Problem with MultiValue MXD Parameter

JohnStephens

I have a script that is supposed to automate exporting several map documents. I have it set up as a script tool. The user is prompted to enter a few things, including several MXDs to be exported. I have handled those values as a list and used the 'split' function to separate them:

mapList = string.split(sys.argv[1],";")

After that I have a loop that is supposed to loop through the above list and export the maps. However, when I run the script I get the error:

<type 'exceptions.AssertionError'>: Invalid MXD filename.

The top of the loop looks like this:

for map in mapList:
    mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(map)

I know the rest of the code works, because if I take out the 'map' variable and directly enter the file path of an MXD the script works. I assume it is something blatantly simple, but I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.

George_ChandeepCorea

I wrote a script to create thumbnails of each mxd in a directory which works fine, but I want it to also walk through subdirectories - I am getting a Assertion Error (below). I've looked through the help but can't figure out whats wrong.

Code attached.

best,

Reading mxd files from P:\2011\Job_031_TownPlanning_SeriesProduction\Working\mxd\B&L\2\Ver1
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2\11_TownPlanning_B&L_Overlay_Ver2_Kuranda.mxd <geoprocessing Map object object at 0x15DE25E0>
Created thumbnail for 2\10_TownPlanning_B&L_Overlay_Ver2_MtMalloy.mxd
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "P:\2011\Job_031_TownPlanning_SeriesProduction\Working\mxd\B&L\2\Ver1\MakeThumbnails-TB.py", line 25, in <module>
    mapDoc=arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mapDocs)
  File "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\mixins.py", line 443, in __init__
    assert (os.path.isfile(mxd) or (mxd.lower() == "current")), gp.getIDMessage(89004, "Invalid MXD filename")
AssertionError: Invalid MXD filename.

MakeThumbnails-TB.py.zip