ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabase)

IFieldEdit Interface

Provides access to members that edit the field properties. Note: the IFieldEdit interface has been superseded byIFieldEdit2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

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

Description

The IFieldEdit interface is used when creating new fields. You should not use it to modify fields, for that purpose use IClassSchemaEdit. In general, when modifying fields, the restrictions that apply in ArcCatalog also apply in ArcObjects; for example, you cannot change the name or type of a field.

Members

	Name	Description
	AliasName	The alias name of the field.
	AliasName	The alias name of the field.
	CheckValue	Indicates if the value is valid given the field definition.
	DefaultValue	The default value of the field.
	DefaultValue	The default value of the field.
	Domain	The default domain of the field.
	Domain	The default domain of the field.
	DomainFixed	Indicates if the field's domain cannot be modified.
	DomainFixed	Indicates if the field's domain is fixed.
	Editable	Indicates if the field can be edited. This should always be set to true.
	Editable	Indicates if the field is editable.
	GeometryDef	The geometry definition for the field if IsGeometry is TRUE.
	GeometryDef	The geometry definition if IsGeometry is TRUE.
	IsNullable	Indicates if the field can contain null values.
	IsNullable	Indicates if field values can be null.
	Length	The maximum length, in bytes, for field values.
	Length	The maximum length, in bytes, for values described by the field.
	Name	The name of the field.
	Name	The name of the field.
	Precision	The precision for field values.
	Precision	The precision for field values.
	Required	Indicates if the field is required.
	Required	Indicates if the field is required.
	Scale	The scale for field values.
	Scale	The scale for field values.
	Type	The type of the field.
	Type	The type for the field.
	VarType	The VARTYPE of the field (e.g. VT_I4).

Inherited Interfaces

Interfaces	Description
IField	Provides access to members that return information about the field.

CoClasses that implement IFieldEdit

CoClasses and Classes	Description
Field	Esri Field object.

[C#]

When using C# (and other .NET languages) you must append an "_2" to the property you want to set on this interface. For example fieldEdit.Name_2="NewFieldName".

[Visual Basic .NET]

When using VB.NET (and other .NET languages) you must append an "_2" to the property you want to set on this interface. For example fieldEdit.Name_2="NewFieldName".

.NET Snippets

Create Table | Create FeatureClass

.NET Samples

Create a custom raster type (Code Files: ThumbnailBuilder) | Create a custom raster type from the ground up for DMCII data (Code Files: DMCIIRasterType) | Calculate area geoprocessing function tool (Code Files: CalculateAreaFunction) | Timestamper class extension (Code Files: TimestampClassDescription) | Geoprocessing field mapping (Code Files: FieldMapping)

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