Latest Contributions by TomKissane

Hello, I am relatively new user of ArcGIS (a couple of years), and very new to the python language.   I am doing what I can, but I can't seem to get very far because I can't import arcpy. Here is what my screen looks like using PythonWin: PythonWin 2.6.5 (r265:79096, Mar 19 2010, 21:48:26) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32. Portions Copyright 1994-2008 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information. >>> import sys >>> import arcpy Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named arcpy >>> sys.path ['', 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\python26.zip', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\DLLs', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\Lib\\site-packages\\pythonwin', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib\\site-packages', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib\\site-packages\\win32', 'C:\\Python26\\ArcGIS10.0\\lib\\site-packages\\win32\\lib'] >>> sys.path.append('C:\\Program Files (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.0\\Bin') >>> sys.path.append ('C:\\Program Files >>> (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.0\\ArcToolBox\\Scripts') >>> sys.path.append('C:\\Program Files >>> (x86)\\ArcGIS\\Desktop10.0\\Arcpy') >>> import arcpy Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: No module named arcpy I only figured out that I needed to append the last 3 paths after working with a colleague and his screen showed those paths, while mine didn't.  I would like to get it to where I don't have to append anything and I can just start coding. Also, before when I tried it, it said that it could not find the file arcgisscripting.  I was able to find the file folder that contained arcgisscripting, but the file itself was empty. Would my best bet just be to reload ArcGIS 10, or should I be able to work around that? I do have Multiple versions of Python on my 64-bit system, but I don't know that this is what is interfering as I am using 2.6.5 with ArcGIS.  I just have no idea what is going on. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Tom ... View more

Hello, I am relatively new to GIS and very new to the world of Python Scripting.  Here's my issue:  I downloaded the newer standalone version of Python a little while back not realizing that 2.6.5 was already on my system in the ArcGIS folder.  My guess is that when I downloaded the newer version (3.2), it may have removed previous versions that were already installed (2.6.5).  So, when I go into ArcGIS -> Python 2.6 -> IDLE (Python GUI) on the start menu, nothing comes up and says that pythonw.py cannot be found.  So I don't know if I have to load the program on all over again or what. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks, Tom ... View more