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Refresh Currently Open ArcMap Attribute Table using ArcObjects

I have written an ArcMap Addin (ArcMap 10.0) that allows a user to perform a join between an in-memory table and a feature class (feature layer) added to the TOC. I want the attribute table of the ...
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Can i assign a list or array to IRowBuffer Row without Row.set_Value()?

Is it possible to assign a list or array to IRowBuffer Row? I have something like the following: I have a fields (list) with values and i have to fill a Row with that values. public void ...
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Is it possible to edit Delimited Text Layers in QGIS?

GIS beginner here... I have a tab-delimited text file that I'm importing into QGIS just fine. But I try to edit the attribute table, the little pencil-looking button is grayed out, and it's not ...
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How to auto populate multiple fields in attribute table?

i have Feature Class Buildings, it has many fields like ...
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How do you auto populate a field when a new point feature is digitized?

Is there a way to populate a field automatically when a new point is dropped on the map? We have our map in State Plane Feet, and we want to the database to automatically add WGS xy coordinates to ...
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Where do I find the Table Manager plugin in QGIS 1,8? [closed]

I've QGIS 1.8 installed. I can't find the "table manager" plugin when I fetch all plugins and perform a search. Does anyone know where it is?
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Edit multiple tables with the same structure at the same time?

does anyone know how to edit multiple tables at the same time? I have multiple .tab files and I want to change the order of the fields. Is there any way to do this for all of them at once. They all ...
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How to change position of columns in attribute table?

If I have an attribute table with columns A B C D, is it possible to move the columns to different positions, say, B C A D? When making a new column with the field calculator it would be useful to put ...
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Could not commit changes to layer X

I am editing a layer's (Z) attribute table. I made some columns, used the field calculator to fill them up, made some more, went back and deleted some and then tried to save the edits and got the ...
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Adding a boolean yes/no field in Arcgis

How does one add a field to an Arcgis feature class with a boolean data type? That is an attribute where the allowed value is only one of a pair such as 1/0, Yes/No, On/Off, Present/Not-present, etc. ...
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How to force ArcGIS to recognize a text field in a CSV file?

Related to Data-type detection in ArcGIS table loading I have a CSV file which contains a mixture of numeric and text fields: ID,Txt,Int,Dbl 12345,abc,45,56.78 12346,9,65,23.12 12347,10,66,23.13 ...
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How to insert data to a table?

I have Table in ArcCatalog, table name: (WorkOrderAss) . This table contains 3 columns : (OBJECTID , FeatureName , Name) . I want to insert data to this table from the code behind in C#. Any help ...
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Adding a new field to table in ArcCatalog

I have a command button in ArcMap, this command button working to add a new field to a specific table in ArcCatalog. e.g. i have a table contains many fields like ObjectID , FeatureName, ... i want ...
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Deleting columns from joined attribute table in QGIS

After joining the attribute tables from two layers, I have a lot of duplicate columns on my table, making it hard to read. However, even when in "edit" mode I am unable to select and delete columns. ...
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Creating a multiple bar graph in ArcMap

I would like to graph my data from a shapefile. The data I wish to display is the sum of the nominal data per each year that it occurred. I have enclosed a screenshot to illustrate my idea. There is ...
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Add multiple fields in attribute table

How do I add in multiple fields in the attribute table? In the attribute table I have crop types such as corn, cotton, sorghum....etc (as shown image below), in square meters. and I want to generate ...
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Adding a new field in ArcMap from data of an existing field

I want to create a new field with years data. There is an existing field with the timestamp YYYYMMDDHHMM. But I just want the years from that field to the new field. That way I can display just the ...
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ArcGIS problem accessing fields attribute table

I encounter a strange problem. I have a simple shape file to which I added some fields and then populated them. Now I wanna access those fields from a script to run some buffer operations. I wanna ...
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Select by Attribute --Top 500 values selection in attribute table - ArcGis

Is there any way we can select top 500 values in attribute table? I tried by sorting area field ascending/descending... but I can't count big numbers to select. In microsoft excell we can do know, ...
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Where is Table Manager in QGIS 1.7.x?

I would like to ask you, if is available funcionality like "Table Manager" for QGIS 1.7.x? I need to move fields in attribute table and then save changes. I don't see "Table Manager" or something ...
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How to fill my column with consecutive numbers

I m very new to Qgis, so forgive this simple question. Searching in older topics didn t help either.So: I make a new column in my attribute table and it has a default value(for example 0). I want to ...
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How to organise species inventory data by survey plot? Mapinfo

I am undertaking a flora species inventory at each of approximately 40 plots. The location of each plot will be recorded with GPS and mapped in a GIS layer. I would like to include the full species ...
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How to find polygons centroids? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Get list of coordinates for points in a layer? Sorry for another basic question - my map is almost done but now my boss wants me to enter new outbreaks (that we don't ...
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How can the scale be projected correctly in Quantum GIS when it is imported from google earth (KML) files?

While importing KML files from google Earth to Quantum GIS, the scale is not being projected properly and the area of a particular selected feature is not being calculated in the attribute table by ...
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How we add XY coordinates (in the attribut table) from shapefile (points) using QGIS? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to get the coordinates in Lat/long from a point layer? I created a new shape file and edited to add points at specific location. Now, I would like to extract the XY ...
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Join attributes of point and line layer by location (closest distance) in QGIS

My problem is the following: i have a line shp (target layer) and a point shp (join layer). the second one (point layer) holds an attribute which i want to join with a line layer based on closest ...
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identify the fraction of raster cells and listing all the cell values in every polygon

In Arcgis 10 I have a netcdf file that maps the fractions of cropland in the world from 1700 to 2007. I extracted the years that i needed as raster layer format (continous data from 0 to 1) and now, ...
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Can a new point automatically be populated with data from the containing polygon

I need some help to create a script. Imagine that I'm using 3 shapes: 1 point and 2 polygons. When I create a new point I want it to assume some attributes of the polygons in which that point is ...
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Zoom to Feature hotkey in ArcMap Table View

In ArcMap 10 table view, is there a way to set up a hotkey that when a feature is selected, pressing say "z" is equivalent to right-click-->Zoom To? I would like to be able to highlight a record and ...
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ARCPAD - VBscript to update values in attribute table

I am working on an automating tool for ArcPad for inventory issues on our mobile GIS machine (Trimble GeoXH - Geoexplorer 2008 series - Windows mobile 6.1 and Arcdap 10.0.3). I have developed the ...
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How to view or export WMS data in tabular format?

Is there any way to export or view data from a WMS in tabular format? The info tool brings up a table showing the attributes for the selected feature, but I want to view attributes for all features.
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Error while trying to view the attribute table

I have a shapefile which displays fine in ArcMap. When I view the attribute table I get the following error. However the same shapefile loads fine and can view its attribute table to in QGIS. Any ...
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Data Driven Pages reading angles in attribute tables question

Is there a way to emulate the Data Driven Pages process (ArcGIS 10) of reading angles (rotation) in a polygon shape file? Screen shot of the DDP window with rotation field and corresponding attribute ...
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Edit Attributes in User Form

I am trying to convert my old ArcGIS 9.3 (VBA) code to ArcGIS 10 using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. So far I have sucessfully created an pop-up window that displays the attributes of a selected ...
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How to import data from excel and associate it with individual shapes?

New user on ArcMap - Working with shapefiles... Question: the shapefile I am working on, a polygon is a plot of land, each plot of land has a history of owners. I am currently having to copy/paste ...
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ArcObjects 10 - copying fields (table structure) to a new feature class

I'm creating a new feature class with the attribute table schema (field names, types etc.) copied from another feature class. Then, I'd like to modify this schema slightly (e.g. add an additional ...
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How to add field in attribute table by python

I have research on the question (How to add an attribute field to an existing Shapefile via Python) but could not implement it. If you can give me examples on how to add field name in attribute ...
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How to select features with NULL attributes in QGIS?

I need to identify which features have null attributes in the attribute table of a shapefile. When i try [field]= 'NULL' it selects the features with value=0 (see picture) Suggestions?
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What FOSS GIS has the option to link attribute tables to rasters

In ArcGIS rasters can have attribute tables. What FOSS GIS offers a similar option?
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Adding fields to raster attribute table

I have a raster attribute table associated with an IMAGINE .img raster that I build and open with: IGPUtilities utils = new GPUtilities(); IRasterDatasetEdit2 raster = (IRasterDatasetEdit2) ...
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Road Symbol/Label issues

I am trying to control how many road symbols and how do I do that ? I have geodatabase that has Transportation and in it has a featureclass, "Major_Rds" and it also has three symbology for Interstate, ...
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ArcGIS 10 attribute table sort issue

what is the solution for this funky sorting Esri does in attribute tables with decimal places values... screen shot: http://i.imgur.com/0fqvF.png attribute table funky sort
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How to merge (append) two tables in ArcGIS 9.3.1?

How do I merge 2 tables (they both have the same field names and columns) in ArcGIS 9.3.1 ? Thanks,
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Feature Layer Attribute table to Datatable and make it editable

Hi Currently i'm using this to turn it into a data table featureCursor = layer.FeatureClass.Search(que, false); row = featureCursor.NextFeature(); if (row != ...

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