ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabase)

IFieldsEdit.AddField Method

Add a field to the fields collection.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub AddField ( _
    ByVal Field As IField _
)

[C#]
public void AddField (
    IField Field
);

[C++]
HRESULT AddField(
  IField* Field
);

[C++]
Parameters
Field [in]
  Field is a parameter of type IField

Product Availability

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

Remarks

AddField is used when creating a fields collection and cannot be used to insert a field into a fields collection belonging to an existing table. To add a field to an existing object class, use the IClass::AddField method.

The order in which fields are added to the fields collection will dictate their order in the database.

.NET Snippets

Create FeatureClass | Create Table |

.NET Samples

Calculate area geoprocessing function tool (Code Files: CalculateAreaFunction) | Create a custom raster type (Code Files: ThumbnailBuilder) | Import signposts (Code Files: SignpostUtilities) |