IGPUtilities Interface

Provides access to the properties/methods of a geoprocessing utilities object. Note: the IGPUtilities interface has been superseded byIGPUtilities2. Please consider using the more recent version.

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	All Properties Methods	Description
	AddInternalLayer	Adds a layer object to the geoprocessing utility object.
	AddInternalLayer2	Adds a layer object and geoprocessing layer object to the geoprocessing utility object.
	AddInternalTable	Adds the given table to the utility object's list of tables.
	AddInternalTable2	Adds the given table to the utility object's list of tables.
	AddToMap	Adds the given geoprocessing value object to the application display.
	CanAddToMap	Returns whether datasets can be added to the current application display.
	Catalog	Returns the catalog object shared between geoprocessing operations.
	CompareWildCard	Returns whether the given string satisfies the given wildcard string.
	Copy	Copies the object referred to by the given geoprocessing value object.
	CreateDataElement	Creates a new data element object from the catalog object specified by the given path, data type, and optional workspace.
	CreateFeatureClassName	Creates a feature class name object from the given catalog path.
	CreateFeatureLayer	Creates a geoprocessing feature layer object from the catalog path.
	CreateParameterValue	Creates a geoprocessing value object of the given data type from the given string.
	CreateParentFromCatalogPath	Returns a name object corresponding to the parent object of the specified catalog path.
	CreateRasterCatalogName	Creates a raster catalog name object from the given catalog path.
	CreateRasterDatasetName	Creates a raster dataset name object from the given catalog path.
	CreateTableName	Creates a table name object from the given catalog path.
	DecodeDETable	Returns the table data element specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeFeatureLayer	Returns the feature class and query filter specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeLayer	Returns the layer object specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeRaster	Returns the raster specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeRasterLayer	Returns the raster dataset specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeStandaloneTable	Returns the standalone table object specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	DecodeTableView	Returns the table and query filter specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	Delete	Deletes the object referred to by the given geoprocessing value object.
	Exists	Returns whether the object referred to by the given geoprocessing value object exists.
	ExpandDataElement	Expands the properties of the given data element according to the given expand options.
	ExportFeatureClass	Exports the given feature class to a new feature class.
	FieldExists	Returns whether the given field exists within the given geoprocessing value object.
	FindField	Returns the field object with the specified name in the given geoprocessing value object.
	FindMapLayer	Returns a layer with the given name.
	FindMapLayer2	Returns a layer and geoprocessing layer with the given name.
	FindMapTable	Locates a table with the specified name.
	FindMapTable2	Locates a table with the specified name and returns the table and geoprocessing table view objects.
	GenerateDefaultOutputValue	Generates the default output value and sets its path to an unique name.
	GenerateSpRef	Generates a new spatial reference object.
	GetEnvironment	Locates a geoprocessing environment with the given name in the given array.
	GetFields	Returns a collection of field objects contained in the given geoprocessing value object.
	GetGPLayers	Returns an enumeration of current geoprocessing layers.
	GetGPMapData	Returns an enumeration of geoprocessing data.
	GetGPSpRefEnv	Creates the spatial reference from both a source and environment.
	GetGPTableViews	Returns an enumeration of geoprocessing table views.
	GetGxObject	Returns the catalog object corresponding to the given data element.
	GetGxObjectFromLocation	Returns the catalog object from the given catalog path.
	GetGxObjects	Returns an array of all catalog objects which correspond to the catalog path.
	GetMapLayers	Returns an enumeration of the current layers in the application.
	GetMapTables	Returns an enumeration of standalone tables in the current map.
	GetNameObject	Returns a name object corresponding to the object referred to by the given data element.
	GetNameObjectFromLocation	Returns a name object corresponding to the object by the location moniker.
	GetUnQualifiedCatalogPath	Returns the unqualified path by striping the GDBs database and user names.
	InternalValidate	Performs a validation of the parameters to a GPTool.
	InternalValidateValue	Performs a validation of the a single parameter to a GPTool.
	IsBadMessage	Tests if a given message within an array of messages is bad.
	IsDatasetType	Returns whether the given object is a dataset.
	IsDerived	Returns whether the given variable or parameter is derived.
	IsGPTableView	Returns test if a geoprocessing table views is in fact a table and not from a layer.
	MakeDataElement	Returns a data element object from the catalog object specified by the given path, data type, and expand options.
	MakeDataElementFromNameObject	Creates a new data element object from the given name object.
	MakeDataElements	Get data elements from catalog path.
	MakeGPLayer	Creates a geoprocessing layer object from the given catalog path and of the given geoprocessing data type.
	MakeGPLayerFromLayer	Creates a geoprocessing layer object based on the given layer object.
	MakeGPTableView	Returns a geoprocessing table view object corresponding to the given catalog path and of the specified geoprocessing data type.
	MakeGPTableViewFromTable	Returns a new geoprocessing table view object from the given table object.
	MakeGPValueFromObject	Generate an GPValue from an Arc Object.
	OpenDataset	Opens the dataset object specified by the given geoprocessing value object.
	OpenDatasetFromLocation	Opens the dataset object from the given catalog path.
	OpenFeatureClassFromString	Opens a feature class from the given catalog path.
	OpenFeatureLayerFromString	Opens a feature layer from the given catalog path.
	OpenRasterDatasetFromString	Opens a raster dataset object from the given catalog path.
	OpenRasterLayerFromString	Opens a raster layer object from the given catalog path.
	OpenTableFromString	Opens a table from the given catalog path.
	PackGPValue	Sets the given geoprocessing value into the given parameter/variable.
	QualifyOutputCatalogPath	Qualify the catalog path with the GDBs database and user names.
	QualifyOutputDataElement	Qualify the catalog path of the given value with the GDBs database and user names.
	RefreshCatalog	Refreshes the parent within the catalog of the given data element.
	RefreshCatalogParent	Returns whether catalog objects, used by the shared catalog object, are refreshed during geoprocessing operations.
	RefreshView	Refreshes the applications active view.
	ReleaseInternals	Releases all internal objects used prior to releasing this GPUtilities object.
	RemoveFromMap	Removes the data/layers specified by the geoprocessing value object and/or name.
	RemoveInternalLayer	Removes the internal layer.
	RemoveInternalLayerEx	Removes the internal layer.
	RemoveInternalTable	Removes the internal table.
	RemoveInternalTableEx	Removes the internal table.
	RemoveInternalValues	Removes all of the GPValues returned from MakeGPValueFromObject.
	Rename	Renames the object referred to by the given geoprocessing value object.
	SetGridIndex	Calculates and sets the grid index sizes on the given geometry definition object.
	UnpackGPValue	Returns the geoprocessing value object from the given parameter, variable, or value object.
	ValidateExists	Verifies that the data referenced by the given geoprocessing value object exists.
	Workspace	Sets the path to the current workspace.

CoClasses that implement IGPUtilities

Remarks

The IGPUtilities interface provides access to the GPUtilities object which contains many useful helper methods and properties to provide easier access to other ArcObjects. For example, the OpenFeatureClassFromString method can create an IFeatureClass object by simply providing the ArcCatalog path as a string.

The GPUtilities object is mainly intended for developers building custom tools. For more information about building custom tools, refer to the technical document Building Geoprocessing Function Tools .