topic Re: webhelp.esri.com Should Contain Links to Known Bugs in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/webhelp-esri-com-should-contain-links-to-known/m-p/593766#M19669 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>you may want to tri-list it as a support for a "Tip" at</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11409-The-Discussion-Forum-Wish-List">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11409-The-Discussion-Forum-Wish-List</A><BR /><SPAN>aka "don't waste your time doing this....because it doesn't work" would be useful until as you said, the online help is updated and/or a fix is in place</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:22:10 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2010-08-24T17:22:10Z webhelp.esri.com Should Contain Links to Known Bugs https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/webhelp-esri-com-should-contain-links-to-known/m-p/593765#M19668 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Just started writing geoprocessing scripts in ArcPy a few weeks ago.&nbsp; I�??ve already discovered bugs in 2 of the new map document properties in 10.0.&nbsp; Once ESRI declares these as known bugs it would be so useful if they referred to the bugs right there in the online help so that other users don�??t waste time trying to get something to work that is broken out of the box.&nbsp; With online documentation ESRI has the ability to keep us informed so that we don�??t waste our time and theirs.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This has been a pet peeve of mine going back to 9.0.&nbsp; The gp.XYDomain property did not work in 9.0 and 9.1.&nbsp; It was never addressed in any of the service packs.&nbsp; I wasted so much time on it but wouldn�??t have if the online help had simply been updated mention that it didn�??t work.&nbsp; How hard would that have been?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>/rant off</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've posted this as a suggestion on ESRI's Ideas section if anyone would like to vote for it</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087300000008EiI">http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087300000008EiI</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:50:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/webhelp-esri-com-should-contain-links-to-known/m-p/593765#M19668 RandyKreuziger 2010-08-24T16:50:37Z Re: webhelp.esri.com Should Contain Links to Known Bugs https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/webhelp-esri-com-should-contain-links-to-known/m-p/593766#M19669 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>you may want to tri-list it as a support for a "Tip" at</SPAN><BR /><A href="http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11409-The-Discussion-Forum-Wish-List">http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/11409-The-Discussion-Forum-Wish-List</A><BR /><SPAN>aka "don't waste your time doing this....because it doesn't work" would be useful until as you said, the online help is updated and/or a fix is in place</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:22:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/webhelp-esri-com-should-contain-links-to-known/m-p/593766#M19669 DanPatterson_Retired 2010-08-24T17:22:10Z