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setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear

EvanThoms

I have one mxd with two data frames ['Layers', 'New Data Frame'] with layers in them. If Layers is active and I use the lines below in the command line window:

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument('Current')
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, 'New Data Frame')[0]
mxd.activeView = df

New Data Frame is made active and I see the layers.

If use the same commands in a geoprocessing script, the layers are removed from the data frame before it is made active.

Does anyone know what's going on?

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jbarrette

This issue will be addressed in service pack 3.

EvanThoms

and Jason! Thank you for the explanation.

EvanThoms

Excellent! Thank you Jeffery.

jbarrette

We reproduced this bug an will hopefully be able to address it in the next service pack.

If you want to check its status, it is: NIM066646

JasonScheirer

Do not change the active data frame in Geoprocessing scripts. Before a geoprocessing tool runs, it takes a snapshot of the active data frame's layers, and then restores it when it finishes executing. By changing the active data frame in between the snapshot and the restore, it gets into a confused state and may drop layers.

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