Creates a new persistent Dataset of a given format.

[Visual Basic .NET]  Public Function SaveAs ( _      ByVal Name As String, _      ByVal Workspace As IWorkspace, _      ByVal Format As String _  ) As IDataset

[C#]  public IDataset SaveAs (      string Name,      IWorkspace Workspace,      string Format  );

[C++]  HRESULT SaveAs(    BSTR Name,    IWorkspace* Workspace,    BSTR Format,    IDataset** Dataset  );

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How to SaveAs raster data

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public void SaveAs(IRasterDataset rasterDataset, IWorkspace workspace, string      sFormat, string sName)  

{  

    //Using ISaveAs2, you can specify the storage property for the output raster, such as tile size, compression,   

    //and pyramid building, etc. for geodatabase raster, some also applies to output as a file format.  

    ISaveAs saveAs = rasterDataset as ISaveAs;  

    saveAs.SaveAs(sName, workspace, sFormat);  

}    

public void SaveAsWithCompressionAndTile(IRasterDataset rasterDataset)  

{      //rasterDataset can be created from any data source, file system, or geodatabase. 

    //It could also be a raster object (IRaster).  

    ISaveAs2 saveAs2 = (ISaveAs2)rasterDataset;        //Set storage.   

    IRasterStorageDef rasterStorageDef = new RasterStorageDefClass();  

    IRasterStorageDef2 rasterStorageDef2 = (IRasterStorageDef2)rasterStorageDef;  

    rasterStorageDef2.CompressionType =          esriRasterCompressionType.esriRasterCompressionJPEG2000;  

    rasterStorageDef2.CompressionQuality = 50;  

    rasterStorageDef2.Tiled = true;  

    rasterStorageDef2.TileHeight = 128;  

    rasterStorageDef2.TileWidth = 128;  

    //Set output workspace.  

    IRasterWorkspaceEx rasterWorkspaceEx = OpenFileGDBWorkspace("c:\\temp\\fgdb.gdb")          ;  

    IWorkspace workspace = (IWorkspace)rasterWorkspaceEx;  

    saveAs2.SaveAsRasterDataset("filegdbRaster", workspace, "gdb", rasterStorageDef2)          ;  

}      

public IRasterWorkspaceEx OpenFileGDBWorkspace(string sPath)  

{  

    IWorkspaceFactory workspaceFactory = new FileGDBWorkspaceFactoryClass();  

    IWorkspace workspace = workspaceFactory.OpenFromFile(sPath, 0);  

    IRasterWorkspaceEx rasterWorkspaceEx = (IRasterWorkspaceEx)workspace;  

    return rasterWorkspaceEx;  

}

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Public Sub SaveAs(ByVal rasterDataset As IRasterDataset, ByVal workspace As IWorkspace, ByVal 

sFormat As String, ByVal sName As String)        

    'Using ISaveAs2, you can specify the storage property for the output raster, such as tile size, compression,  

    'and pyramid building, etc. for geodatabase raster, some also applies to output as a file format.  

    Dim saveAs As ISaveAs = TryCast(rasterDataset, ISaveAs)  

    saveAs.SaveAs(sName, workspace, sFormat)        

End Sub      

Public Sub SaveAsWithCompressionAndTile(ByVal rasterDataset As IRasterDataset)        

    'rasterDataset can be created from any data source, file system, or geodatabase.  

    'It could also be a raster object (IRaster).  

    Dim saveAs2 As ISaveAs2 = CType(rasterDataset, ISaveAs2)        

    'Set storage.  

    Dim rasterStorageDef As IRasterStorageDef = New RasterStorageDefClass  

    Dim rasterStorageDef2 As IRasterStorageDef2 = CType(rasterStorageDef, IRasterStorageDef2)        

    rasterStorageDef2.CompressionType = esriRasterCompressionType.esriRasterCompressionJPEG2000  

    rasterStorageDef2.CompressionQuality = 50  

    rasterStorageDef2.Tiled = True  

    rasterStorageDef2.TileHeight = 128  

    rasterStorageDef2.TileWidth = 128        

    'Set output workspace.  

    Dim rasterWorkspaceEx As IRasterWorkspaceEx = OpenFileGDBWorkspace("c:\temp\fgdb.gdb")  

    Dim workspace As IWorkspace = CType(rasterWorkspaceEx, IWorkspace)        

    saveAs2.SaveAsRasterDataset("filegdbRaster", workspace, "gdb", rasterStorageDef2)        

End Sub      

Public Function OpenFileGDBWorkspace(ByVal sPath As String) As IRasterWorkspaceEx        

    Dim workspaceFactory As IWorkspaceFactory = New FileGDBWorkspaceFactoryClass  

    Dim workspace As IWorkspace = workspaceFactory.OpenFromFile(sPath, 0)  

    Dim rasterWorkspaceEx As IRasterWorkspaceEx = CType(workspace, IRasterWorkspaceEx)        

    Return rasterWorkspaceEx        

End Function

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public void SaveAsWithoutBuildingPyramids(IRaster raster)  

{  

    ISaveAs2 saveAs2 = (ISaveAs2)raster;    

    IRasterStorageDef rasterStorageDef = new RasterStorageDefClass();  

    IRasterStorageDef2 rasterStorageDef2 = (IRasterStorageDef2)rasterStorageDef;    

    rasterStorageDef2.PyramidLevel = 0;    

    IRasterWorkspace rasterWorkspace = SetRasterWorkspace("c:\\temp");  

    IWorkspace workspace = (IWorkspace)rasterWorkspace;    

    saveAs2.SaveAsRasterDataset("image1.img", workspace, "IMAGINE Image",          rasterStorageDef2);    

}      

public IRasterWorkspace SetRasterWorkspace(string sPath)  

{  

    IWorkspaceFactory workspaceFactory = new RasterWorkspaceFactoryClass();  

    IWorkspace workspace = workspaceFactory.OpenFromFile(sPath, 0);  

    IRasterWorkspace rasterWorkspace = (IRasterWorkspace)workspace;    

    return rasterWorkspace;  

}

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Public Sub SaveAsWithoutBuildingPyramids(ByVal raster As IRaster)        

    Dim saveAs2 As ISaveAs2 = CType(raster, ISaveAs2)        

    Dim rasterStorageDef As IRasterStorageDef = New RasterStorageDefClass      Dim rasterStorageDef2 As IRasterStorageDef2 = CType(rasterStorageDef, IRasterStorageDef2)        

    rasterStorageDef2.PyramidLevel = 0        

    Dim rasterWorkspace As IRasterWorkspace = SetRasterWorkspace("c:\temp")  

    Dim workspace As IWorkspace = CType(rasterWorkspace, IWorkspace)        

    saveAs2.SaveAsRasterDataset("image1.img", workspace, "IMAGINE Image", rasterStorageDef2)        

End Sub      

Public Function SetRasterWorkspace(ByVal sPath As String) As IRasterWorkspace        

    Dim workspaceFactory As IWorkspaceFactory = New RasterWorkspaceFactoryClass  

    Dim workspace As IWorkspace = workspaceFactory.OpenFromFile(sPath, 0)  

    Dim rasterWorkspace As IRasterWorkspace = CType(workspace, IRasterWorkspace)        

    Return rasterWorkspace        

End Function