Naming a created PDF with the DDP title

Question

Good Day,

Ok so first I'm a very fresh beginner to Python and using it to help automate my map book creation.

Here is what I am looking to do.

I have several mxd files (one for left page, one for right page). I can currently use python to export each page in the map book, using DataDriven pages, to a pdf for each page.

I'm looking for a way to tell my stand alone script to name each page dependent on the name being used to sort the data driven pages.mxdPathLeft = r"C:\MappingTemp\NorthFAC.mxd" tempMapLeft = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdPathLeft) tempDDPLeft = tempMapLeft.dataDrivenPages  # Loop creates individual pdf's for odd numbered pages # for pgNumLeft in range(1, tempDDPLeft.pageCount + 1):   temp_filename = r"C:\MappingTemp	emp_pdfs\North_" + \                             str(pgNumLeft) + "_FAC.pdf"   if os.path.exists(temp_filename):     os.remove(temp_filename)   tempDDPLeft.exportToPDF(temp_filename, "RANGE", pgNumLeft)

Is what I have for naming the files currently. I though I could just change the str(pgNumLeft) to str(tempMapLeft.title) but it just causes the script to hang and not do anything.

MikeMacRae · Accepted Answer

Is there a title set under File-->Map Document Properties or is it empty? Do you use characters in your Title other than letters and numbers or underscores?

Also, in the string you have build to save the file to:r"C:\MappingTemp	emp_pdfs\North_" + \ str(pgNumLeft) + "_FAC.pdf"

Remove the backslash after your first concantenation (+). So:r"C:\MappingTemp	emp_pdfs\North_" + str(pgNumLeft) + "_FAC.pdf"