zoomToSelectedExtent or dataDrivenPages.refresh()

Question

pre 10.1, I had a script that would zoom to selected features.  at 10.1 that same script crashed when it came to zoomToSelectedFeatures().  Is this something that is going to become usable again?  If not, is there a workaround?

The script uses a MXD that has Data Driven Pages enabled, I have also been trying to get dataDrivenPages.refresh() to work, but I keep getting errors.

Has anyone experienced either of these situations?

Thanks

DanDeegan · Answer

Hi Chad. I was going through this exact script and wanted to have it refresh data driven pages. Coincidentally, I stumbled on this post. This worked: ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages #creates the object ddp.refrech()‍‍‍‍ (he worked where I work now and I am updating his script)

jbarrette · Answer

Can you send a map package and your script to jbarrette@esri.com.  I'll take a look.

If you can't send me a map package, at least send my your script so I can look at it.

Jeff

ChadFoster · Answer

Jeff,

I made the corrections as you suggested, the script still functions, however the df.zoomToSelectedFeatures()

does not do anything and the mxd.dataDrivenPages.refresh()

still throws an error message.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "T:\1_DOUGLAS_PROJECTS\B_RESEARCH_AND_DEVELOPMENT\3_PROGRAMMING_AND_SCRIPTING\PYTHON\DC_NOTICING_SINGLE.py", line 200, in <module>
    mxd.dataDrivenPages.refresh()
  File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 181, in fn_
    return fn(*args, **kw)
  File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.1\arcpy\arcpy\_mapping.py", line 330, in refresh
    return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.refresh(*gp_fixargs((args), True)))
ValueError: PageLayoutObject: Error in refreshing RefreshDataDrivenPages

Failed to execute (SINGLEPARCELNOTICING).