Updates metadata with the current properties; may create metadata if it doesn't already exist.
[Visual Basic .NET] Public Sub Synchronize ( _ ByVal action As esriMetadataSyncAction, _ ByVal interval As Integer _ )
[C#] public void Synchronize ( esriMetadataSyncAction action, int interval );
[C++]
HRESULT Synchronize(
esriMetadataSyncAction action,
long interval
);
[C++]Parameters
action [in]action is a parameter of type esriMetadataSyncAction
interval [in] interval is a parameter of type long
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Description
The Synchronize method is used to extract metadata properties from an object and write those properties to the metadata .xml. Depending on the value of the esriMetaSyncAction, the Synchronize method may generate a new set of metadata if it doesn't already exist.
Errors Returned
This method cannot be used if the underlying object is a data element (i.e. DETable, DEFeatureClass).
Remarks
The following actions will result in synchronization given each of the listed conditions:
| Action | Metadata status | Esri/Sync element | Interval parameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| esriMSAAccessed | Doesn't matter | Must not be FALSE | Must be less than actual interval |
| esriMSAAlways | Doesn't matter | Doesn't matter | Doesn't matter |
| esriMSACreated | Must not exist | Must not be FALSE | Must be less than actual interval |
| esriMSANotCreated | Must exist | Must not be FALSE | Must be less than actual interval |
| esriMSAOverwrite | Doesn't matter | Doesn't matter | Doesn't matter |
The difference between esriMSAAlways and esriMSAOverwrite lies in which elements are synchronized. esriMSAAlways will honor the removal or value change of an element's Sync attribute (to disable synchronization), whereas using esriMSAOverwrite is equivalent to setting the IXmlPropertySet2.OverwriteSyncAttribute to true for the metadata's property set, meaning that even elements without a Sync attribute of TRUE will be synchronized.