On a ESRI DOC in the help topics of ArcGIS 10 about Calculate Value tool it is said that you need to use the "Formulated Raster" data type to feed the Spatial analyst tools input parameters of "Input raster or constant value" type. It is obvious otherwise that this data type dont worked for me in ArcGIS 9.3 SP1. The tool still says the parameter is empty or is not the "Composite Geodataset" data type. I´d set-up the environments on both tools, ie: in the Calculate Value Tool and in the Less than equal tool, but even this way the tool retuns the same error message. Yes, I know thet extent and cell size do not affect Calculate Value tool, but i still tried it, since formulated raster is a constant raster formulated to do the logical operation, and it seens logical to have the same extent and analysis cell size in both output value and in the inputs of the spatial analyst tool. I was using the Less than equal tool. Is it an unsolved bug? I just look for the same topic in the ArcGIS 9.3 help and the topic that says you need to use the formulated raster data type to feed the Spatial analyst Tools is not present in 9.3 like it was in 10.0 help topic. The 9.3 help topic ends in the explanation on how to feed the buffer tool with a calculated value of Linear Unit data type. Why cant ESRI fix not working things whem they get to know it in the past versions of the software? I feel ESRI just forgot the solution in ArcGIS 9.3 and implemented it in 10.0. But if it is a not working feature of 9.3, why cant they just fix it too?
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