How to edit a shapefile using C#

First, I'm not sure why you're using ocx to edit shapefiles. Obviously, you can, but that's not a normal method. You can use Windows Forms to do the same thing.

If you want to know how to edit shapefiles, (assuming you mean a .shp file), you need to look at ArcObjects. You can start here[^].

ArcObjects are incredibly complex and you really have to understand the interfaces in order to get the most out of it.

If you are brand new, it's a steep learning curve. I would suggest buying the two volume Exploring ArcObjects. Even though it was written for an earlier version of Arc, the majority of the information is the same and gives you a lot of good examples of how to use the objects.

Searching through the internet for reading and editing a shapefile, i came accross this post. Unfortunately, there seems to be not much information for the question. Thought, i would update with some usefuly information.

Like mentioned above, ArcObjects do provide the full feldge functionality for reading and editing the shapfile, but unfortunately, its a licenced software and not many can afford to utilize its functionality.

Here are some opensource tools which provide an easy way of reading and editing the shapefile:

SharpMap c# OpenSource library for both Web and Desktop - http://sharpmap.codeplex.com/[^]


MapWindow - http://www.mapwindow.org/[^]

DotSpatial C# Opensource library (Extended Library version of MapWindow) : http://dotspatial.codeplex.com/[^]

Net Topology Suit (NTS) has bindings for C#: https://code.google.com/p/nettopologysuite/[^]

Shapelib has C# bindings for Shapefile