How to create a new personal geodatabase

This sample will demonstrate the how to create a new personal geodatabase stored in an .mdb file.
 

How to use

  1. Paste the function in your project.
  2. Call the function from your code.
[VCPP] 
//
// createAccessWorkspace
// NOTE:
//   Location does not have to contain ending '\'.  Also name should not contain .mdb extension
//
HRESULT createAccessWorkspace(BSTR location, BSTR name, IWorkspaceName
  **ppOutWorkspaceName)
{

  if (ppOutWorkspaceName == NULL)
    return E_POINTER;

  HRESULT hr;
  CComPtr < IWorkspaceFactory > ipWkspFact;
  ipWkspFact.CoCreateInstance(CLSID_AccessWorkspaceFactory);

  return ipWkspFact->Create(location, name, NULL, NULL, ppOutWorkspaceName);
}





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