IWorkspaceFactory2 Interface

Provides access to members that create and open workspaces and supply workspace factory information.

Members

	Name	Description
	ContainsWorkspace	Indicates if parentDirectory contains a valid workspace, or is a valid file-system workspace.
	Copy	Copies a workspace to the specified destination folder.
	Create	Creates a new workspace specified by the directory, file name, and connection properties.
	GetClassID	The class ID of the WorkspaceFactory.
	GetWorkspaceName	Retrieves the workspace name of a workspace from the given list of file names.
	IsWorkspace	True if the specified file identifies a workspace supported by the workspace factory.
	Move	Moves a workspace to the specified destination folder.
	Open	Opens the workspace specified by the connection properties.
	OpenFromFile	Opens the workspace specified by the given file name.
	OpenFromString	Opens the workspace specified by a connection string.
	ReadConnectionPropertiesFromFile	The connection properties from the specified file.
	WorkspaceDescription	A singular or plural description of the type of workspace the workspace factory opens/creates.
	WorkspaceType	The type of workspace the workspace factory opens/creates.

IWorkspaceFactory2.OpenFromString Method

Opens the workspace specified by a connection string.

Public Function OpenFromString ( _
    ByVal connectStr As String, _
    ByVal hWnd As Integer _
) As IWorkspace

public IWorkspace OpenFromString (
    string connectStr,
    int hWnd
);

Remarks

The connect string is a collection of name value pairs separated by a semicolon (;).

The "VERSION" property is case sensitive and the correct case must be used when entering the version property.

Inherited Interfaces

Interfaces	Description
IWorkspaceFactory	Provides access to members that create and open workspaces and supply workspace factory information.

Classes that implement IWorkspaceFactory2

Classes	Description
BDConnectionWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri Big Data Connection Workspace Factory.
BimFileWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	BimFile Workspace Factory.
CadWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri Cad Workspace Factory.
FileGDBWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	File GeoDatabase Workspace Factory.
InMemoryWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)
MemoryWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	The Pro Memory Workspace Factory.
PCCoverageWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri PC ARC/INFO Workspace Factory.
PlugInWorkspaceFactory	Esri Plug-In Workspace Factory.
RasterWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesRaster)	Provides access to members that control creation of raster workspaces.
RealtimePluginWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	The Realtime Plugin Workspace Factory.
SdeWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	Esri SDE Workspace Factory.
ShapefileWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri Shapefile Workspace Factory.
SqliteWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	Esri SQLite SDE Workspace Factory.
SqlWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesGDB)	Sql workspace factory
TinWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri TIN workspace factory is used to access TINs on disk.
VpfWorkspaceFactory (esriDataSourcesFile)	Esri VPF Workspace Factory
WorkspaceFactory	WorkspaceFactory Object.

Remarks

The IWorkspaceFactory2interface was added to allow opening of a Workspace using a connection string which describes the connection properties for the workspace. You can get a workspace's connection string using the ConnectionStringproperty on IWorkspaceName2.