ArcObjects Library Reference (Carto)  

IMapDocument.IsReadOnly Property

Indicates if the map document is read only. 

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Function get_IsReadOnly ( _
    ByVal sDocument As String _
) As Boolean
[C#]
public bool get_IsReadOnly (
    string sDocument
);
[C++]
HRESULT get_IsReadOnly(
  BSTR sDocument,
  VARIANT_BOOL* IsReadOnly
);
[C++]

Parameters

sDocument [in]
  sDocument is a parameter of type BSTR
IsReadOnly [out, retval]
  IsReadOnly is a parameter of type VARIANT_BOOL

Product Availability

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

Description

Determines whether the specified file is read only. The Save method cannot overwrite a read-only MapDocument, use the SaveAs to write to a new document.

See Also

IMapDocument Interface

.NET Samples

Implementing a property page for an ArcGIS Engine application (Code Files: frmMain) | Save a layer file in a MapControl application (Code Files: frmMain) | Schematics Engine application (Code Files: MainForm) | Simple dynamic display application (Code Files: MainForm) | Temporal statistics (Code Files: MainForm) |