topic Refresh map export upon scale change in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/refresh-map-export-upon-scale-change/m-p/725674#M24027 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to write a python script to work with an existing MXD and export the maps to a PDF.&nbsp; A user will provide a new scale for the maps (data driven pages generates a map book).&nbsp; But, so far I cannot get the sclae to update/refresh for the exported PDFs.&nbsp; Can anyone help?&nbsp; I do a RefreshActiveView.&nbsp; Is an MXD save required?&nbsp; Or do I need to do something with ListLayoutElements in addition?&nbsp; If so, what?&nbsp; Thanks for any help.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"># the portion where help is needed..... mxd_left = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdPathLeft) df_left = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd_left, "Map View")[0] print df_left.scale #returns 108769.210, whatever df_left.scale = user_scale #36000 entered, for instance print df_left.scale #returns 36000.0 arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:38:53 GMT JenniferDuerr 2010-09-24T00:38:53Z Refresh map export upon scale change https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/refresh-map-export-upon-scale-change/m-p/725674#M24027 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to write a python script to work with an existing MXD and export the maps to a PDF.&nbsp; A user will provide a new scale for the maps (data driven pages generates a map book).&nbsp; But, so far I cannot get the sclae to update/refresh for the exported PDFs.&nbsp; Can anyone help?&nbsp; I do a RefreshActiveView.&nbsp; Is an MXD save required?&nbsp; Or do I need to do something with ListLayoutElements in addition?&nbsp; If so, what?&nbsp; Thanks for any help.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"># the portion where help is needed..... mxd_left = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdPathLeft) df_left = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd_left, "Map View")[0] print df_left.scale #returns 108769.210, whatever df_left.scale = user_scale #36000 entered, for instance print df_left.scale #returns 36000.0 arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV></BODY></HTML> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:38:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/refresh-map-export-upon-scale-change/m-p/725674#M24027 JenniferDuerr 2010-09-24T00:38:53Z