topic Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369637#M12712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>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.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:58:32 GMT JasonScheirer 2011-03-25T22:58:32Z setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369636#M12711 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>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:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code">mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument('Current') df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, 'New Data Frame')[0] mxd.activeView = df</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>New Data Frame is made active and I see the layers.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If use the same commands in a geoprocessing script, the layers are removed from the data frame before it is made active.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Does anyone know what's going on?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:46:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369636#M12711 EvanThoms 2011-03-25T22:46:51Z Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369637#M12712 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>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.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:58:32 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369637#M12712 JasonScheirer 2011-03-25T22:58:32Z Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369638#M12713 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>We reproduced this bug an will hopefully be able to address it in the next service pack.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If you want to check its status, it is: NIM066646</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:55:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369638#M12713 JeffBarrette 2011-03-27T15:55:08Z Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369639#M12714 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Excellent! Thank you Jeffery.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:16:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369639#M12714 EvanThoms 2011-03-28T17:16:31Z Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369640#M12715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>and Jason! Thank you for the explanation.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:18:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369640#M12715 EvanThoms 2011-03-28T17:18:55Z Re: setting MapDocument.activeView causes existing layers to disappear https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369641#M12716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>This issue will be addressed in service pack 3.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:59:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/setting-mapdocument-activeview-causes-existing/m-p/369641#M12716 JeffBarrette 2011-08-22T19:59:27Z