ArcObjects Library Reference (Geoprocessing)

IToolboxWorkspaceFactory Interface

Provides access to methods on the toolbox workspace factory object.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

The ToolboxWorkspaceFactory object is used to open a toolbox workspace such as a folder or personal geodatabase. In a next step, it is used to open toolboxes contained in such a workspace.

CoClasses that implement IToolboxWorkspaceFactory

CoClasses and Classes	Description
ToolboxWorkspaceFactory	Workspace Factory used to open toolbox workspaces.

Remarks

A WorkspaceFactory is a dispenser of workspaces and allows a client to connect to a workspace specified by a set of connection properties. A Workspace is a container of spatial and nonspatial datasets such as feature classes, raster datasets, and toolboxes. It provides methods to instantiate existing datasets and to create new datasets.

Workspaces are classified by types through the esriWorkspaceType enumerator: esriFileSystemWorkspace, esriLocalDatabaseWorkspace, and esriRemoteDatabaseWorkspace.A toolbox workspace can be one of these three types, in other words, toolboxes can exist in a folder, a personal geodatabase, a file geodatabase, or an enterprise geodatabase.