Provides access to members that return information about the field.
Note: the IField interface has been superseded byIField2 . Please consider using the more recent version.
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
The field object represents a column in a table. A field has many properties, the most obvious ones being its name and its datatype. The esriFieldType enumeration lists the possible datatypes.
Members
All
Properties
Methods
Description
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.
Domain
The default domain of the field.
DomainFixed
Indicates if the field's domain is fixed.
Editable
Indicates if the field is editable.
GeometryDef
The geometry definition for the field if IsGeometry is TRUE.
IsNullable
Indicates if the field can contain null values.
Length
The maximum length, in bytes, for values described by the field.
Name
The name of the field.
Precision
The precision for field values.
Required
Indicates if the field is required.
Scale
The scale for field values.
Type
The type of the field.
VarType
The VARTYPE of the field (e.g. VT_I4).
CoClasses that implement IField
CoClasses and Classes
Description
Field
ESRI Field object.
Remarks
When you create a field of type esriFieldTypeSingle, esriFieldTypeDouble or esriFieldTypeInteger, and specify zero for precision and scale, the geodatabase will attempt to create a binary type field if the underlying database supports it. Personal geodatabases support only binary type fields. ArcGIS ignores precision and scale of binary type fields.
The length property of a field has meaning only for esriFieldTypeString fields. The length property for all other field types is not important and will be ignored if specified.
.NET Snippets
Write Blob Field Contents To File |
Create FeatureClass |
Create Table |
Write Blob File Contents To Table Row Field |
.NET Samples
ArcGIS GPConsole (Code Files:
Program ) |
Bind a geodatabase table to a .NET control (Code Files:
FieldPropertyDescriptor TableWrapper ) |
Calculate area geoprocessing function tool (Code Files:
CalculateAreaFunction ) |
Convert part to feature command (Code Files:
ConvertPart ) |
Create a custom raster type (Code Files:
ThumbnailBuilder ) |
Displaying MapTips in the MapControl (Code Files:
MapTips ) |
Export any network analysis class to a text file (Code Files:
NAClassToTextfileCmd ) |
Find the closest intersection from a point (Code Files:
FindClosestIntersection ) |
Geoprocessing field mapping (Code Files:
FieldMapping ) |
Import signposts (Code Files:
SignpostUtilities ) |
Retrieve a color ramp from the SymbologyControl (Code Files:
SymbolForm ) |
Route application using the NAServer extension in ArcGIS Server via a GIS client (Code Files:
Route_GISClientClass ) |
Server spatial query COM utility (Code Files:
VegUtils_VBNet ) |
Server spatial query server object extension (Code Files:
Configurator Extension ) |
Simple point plug-in data source (Code Files:
SimplePointCursor SimplePointDataset ) |
Single line address geocoding (Code Files:
SingleLineGeocodingForm ) |
StreetMap routing (Code Files:
RoutingForm ) |
Timestamper class extension (Code Files:
TimestampClassDescription TimestampClassExtension TimestampPropertyPage ) |
.NET Related Topics
Assigning domains to fields |
Building a custom geoprocessing function tool |
Converting simple data |
Copying or loading data while preserving GlobalID values |
Creating a plug-in data source |
Creating an address locator |
Creating annotation and dimension feature classes |
Creating class extensions |
Creating feature classes |
Creating fields |
Creating indexes |
Creating relationship classes |
Creating tables |
Geodatabase API best practices |
Geometry |
Geoprocessing services |
Getting a list of schema differences between replicas |
How to create SOE property pages |
How to develop the SOE |
How to find the address closest to a point using reverse geocoding |
How to geocode a single address |
How to geocode a table of addresses |
How to standardize an address |
How to work with geocoding properties |
Migrating VB6 to VB.NET for ArcGIS 10 |
Updating geometry of existing features |
Using schema locks |
Working with fields |
Working with indexes |