topic Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version in Mapping Questions

MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

SeanFadum — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:49:28 GMT

Hi,

I have written a small python script to save the ArcGIS 9.4 files I have created back to version 9.3.

The script seems to run fine, but when I try to open the files in Arc 9.3 I get an error message saying the files have been created in a newer version of ArcGIS. In the help it says if you do not specify a version number that it defaults to an Arc 9.4 file. Has anyone had success doing this, or is this a bug, or (most likely) am I doing something wrong. Here is the script:

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
import os
import arcpy.mapping as MAP

env.workspace = "U:\\Projects_VAN\\1961\\0245\\17\\D-Drafting-Design-Analysis\\GIS\\Projects\\mxds"

for file in arcpy.ListFiles("*.mxd"):

    mxdFile = os.path.splitext(file)[0] + ".mxd"

    MXD = MAP.MapDocument("U:\\Projects_VAN\\1961\\0245\\17\\D-Drafting-Design-Analysis\\GIS\\Projects\\mxds\\" + mxdFile)

    MXD.saveACopy("U:\\Projects_VAN\\1961\\0245\\17\\D-Drafting-Design-Analysis\\GIS\\Projects\\mxds\\93\\" + os.path.splitext(file)[0] + "_V_9_3.mxd", '93')

print "Files Saved"

Thanks in advance for your help...

'9.3' instead of '93"?

DavidWatkins — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:42:29 GMT

Does this line need to be '9.3' instead of '93'?

MXD.saveACopy("U:\\Projects_VAN\\1961\\0245\\17\\D-Drafting-Design-Analysis\\GIS\\Projects\\mxds\\93\\" + os.path.splitext(file)[0] + "_V_9_3.mxd", '93')

Not sure if this is why, but have you tried it?

Saving to Version 9.3

SeanFadum — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:27:25 GMT

Does this line need to be '9.3' instead of '93'?

MXD.saveACopy("U:\\Projects_VAN\\1961\\0245\\17\\D-Drafting-Design-Analysis\\GIS\\Projects\\mxds\\93\\" + os.path.splitext(file)[0] + "_V_9_3.mxd", '93')

Not sure if this is why, but have you tried it?

I tried it, and python threw the following error:

Invalid value for version: '9.3' (choices are: ['90', '93', '92', '94', '83'])

The help for saveACopy() also says the version needs to be listed as string as one of those 5 versions...

Thanks for the thought but I am still stuck...

MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

DavidWatkins — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:01:41 GMT

This appears to be an issue at Beta 2. We have tested this with the pre-release and it is working now. Another thing to be aware of is that we did make the change at pre-release that requires the dot in the version number, so your script will need to be updated to �??9.3�?? when you get pre-release. Please get the pre-release when it is available and give it another try and let us know how it goes.

MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

SeanFadum — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:32:04 GMT

This appears to be an issue at Beta 2. We have tested this with the pre-release and it is working now. Another thing to be aware of is that we did make the change at pre-release that requires the dot in the version number, so your script will need to be updated to �??9.3�?? when you get pre-release. Please get the pre-release when it is available and give it another try and let us know how it goes.

Thanks David... will do.

Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

GünterDörffel — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:31:41 GMT

Hi,

this thread states that in pre-Release the saveACopy works with the optional second argument of a version number

theMXD.saveACopy(r'c:\temp\mytest.mxd','9.1')
theLYR.saveACopy(r'c:\temp\mytest.lyr','9.3')

I can not confirm this. Regardless of the language settings I use, both produce the same error type:

Runtime error <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: function takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

Any other formatting of the second argument (as a floating number, with a different decimal delimiter) produces an error stating

Runtime error <type 'exceptions.ValueError'>: Invalid value for version: 9.0 (choices are: ['10.0', '8.3', '9.0', '9.2', '9.3'])

Is that known?
Regards
Guenter

Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:59:36 GMT

Thanks for reporting this. There have been several changes to saveACopy and it has been verified that at 10.0 final this does work correctly with recent testing. There were issues with saving to a previous version, but I don't recall when it was addressed. The latest version no longer references "94" but rather "10.0". "93" is now "9.3" in the constants list.

Please try this again with a new 10.0 map document. Testing on intermediate release MXDs (i.e., beta) may not be a valid test because sometimes the internal content may change.

Thanks,
Jeff

Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

KathrinJannek — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:31:59 GMT

Hi Jeff,
I created a MapDocument with the 10 PreRelease Version and successfully exported it as a 9.3 Version.

>>> mxd = MAP.MapDocument(r'C:\Data\Mxd10.mxd')
>>> mxd.saveACopy(r'C:\Data\Mxd10output.mxd',"9.3")

But, if I try to open the same MapDocument in Desktop 9.3.1, I get following error:

"Opening the selected ArcMap document failed.
An unexpected error occured....
This map document was saved using a newer version of ArcGIS."

In addition I have tried the same steps with a LayerFile, created with the PreRelease (10.0), but I get the same runtime error Guenther has already posted:

>>> layer = MAP.Layer(r'C:\Data\layer10.lyr')
>>> layer.saveACopy(r'C:\Data\layer10test.lyr','9.3')
Runtime error <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>: function takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)

It seems to be a bug in the PreRelease. Could you tell me, if this issue will be solved with the Final Release?

Thanks,
Kathrin

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

runegullstrom — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:25:56 GMT

Hi,

same problem here. We've got the 10 installed (not prerelease) and when I save the mxd
as 9.3 I can't open them on a desktop running 9.3.

Is this still an issue?

cheers

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:13:00 GMT

Hello rgullstrom,

We just tried testing this again and can't reproduce. Is it possible you have a beta MXD that you are trying this with? If this is a newly created 10.0 final MXD, there may be a layer or layout element that is cauing the problem. Would it be possible for you to share? My contact info is jbarrette@esri.com.

Thanks,
Jeff

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:16:09 GMT

I forgot to ask, does this happen using the User Interface. Can you successfully save the map document out to a previous user using the File-->SaveACopy... command?

Thanks again,
Jeff

Re: Release 10.0: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

StevenCyphers — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:56:50 GMT

Hi Jeff,

Am having similar issue with a script form of: saveACopy (file_name, {version}) in a final release version of 10.

File>save a copy {set to 9.3} > provide name.mxd works fine

via a toolbox script
with param properties set as Mapdocuments input and output

mxdIn = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(0)
mxdOut = arcpy.GetParameterAsText(1)
ver = '9.3'

try:
    mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdIn)
    mxd.saveACopy(mxdOut, ver)
    del mxdIn, mxdOut

spits out a v10 .mxd

have tried it with '93', '9.3', "9.3", str(ver)

i went as far as editing the _mapping.py
def saveACopy(self, file_name, version='9.2'):

which is when i noticed there is no return statement in ESRI's
def saveACopy():...
in _mapping.py
is this an oversight?

fyi putting A return in = same effect
putting '9.2' as the default value = same effect (yes got rid of the _mapping.pyc)

maybe its in the constant class assignment?
# For version
        'version': {
            '10.0': 10,
            '8.3': 83,
            '9.2': 92,
            '9.0': 90,
            '9.3': 93
        },

But it is beyond me, pls help
I really need to be able to script this, there is no way I'm going to do quantities of rollbacks via mouse clicking.

-Steve

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:52:20 GMT

We have confirmed that this is a bug for 10.0 final (and too late to fix for SP1).

SaveACopy does appear to work with CURRENT but NOT with stand-alone scripts/script tools.

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("current")
mxd.saveACopy(r"C:\path\someNew.mxd", "9.3")

If you are experiencing this issue, please call techincal support and have your name associated with NIM061274. It will help with expediting a fix for the issue.

Jeff

ArcPyMapping saveACopy() to previous version

GerryGabrisch — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:18:29 GMT

Having suffered enough frustrations with 10 bugs and crashes, I decided to finally reinstall 9.3.1 throughout our department. Since we have many mxds as 10 mxds I thought I could write a nice little script to convert them all to 9.3.1 mxds and get on with work using 9.3.1. Unfortunately, I too, get the �??this map created in a later version of ArcGIS�?? message. Too bad this function, like so much of 10, did nothing but waste my time.
Maybe, if this method works sp2, and someone is still tired of 10, here is the code to convert all the v10 mxd to 9.3 mxds in a new directory.
[HTML]
#Convert all the v10 mxds in TheFolder, and any subdirectory in TheFolder, to
#an earlier version of mxd to CopyToHere directory.

try:
    import arcpy, os, sys
    TheFolder = r"Z:\GISpublic\GerryG\ATLAS\Copyof2010LummiAtlas"
    CopyToHere = r"Z:\GISpublic\GerryG\ATLAS\Copyof2010LummiAtlas\93mxds\\"
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TheFolder):
        for file in files:
            if file.endswith("mxd") or file.endswith("MXD"):
                print root
                print file
                mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(root + "\\"+ file)
                #Only make copies of mxd that have a dateSaved value (v10 only)
                if mxd.dateSaved:
                    print mxd.dateSaved
                    mxd.saveACopy(CopyToHere + file, "9.3")
    print "Done!"
    sys.exit()
except:
    print arcpy.GetMessages(2)
    print ErrorDesc.message
    print "Error"
    sys.exit()[/HTML]

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

MalcolmParnell2 — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:43:55 GMT

We have confirmed that this is a bug for 10.0 final (and too late to fix for SP1).

SaveACopy does appear to work with CURRENT but NOT with stand-alone scripts/script tools.

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("current")
mxd.saveACopy(r"C:\path\someNew.mxd", "9.3")

If you are experiencing this issue, please call techincal support and have your name associated with NIM061274. It will help with expediting a fix for the issue.

Jeff

And from here and here, not important enough to fix in SP2 either?

In fact, despite not being mentioned in the Issues addressed with Service Pack 2 document, they have done something (possibly related to fixing NIM064668?). It will actually now save to a V9.3 format, however it destroys the data paths when your MXD is using relative paths. Absolute paths seem to survive.

BTW, this bug is different to NIM058666 - ArcPy Layer.saveACopy method fails when saving to the previous version. , which is addressed at SP2.

Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Tue, 03 May 2011 20:02:53 GMT

Let me clarify the confusion.

Unfortunately, NIM061274 was marked as a duplicate and NIM064633 is the bug being tracked internally by Esri. This was resolved and addressed for 10.0 SP2 and does appear in the Fixed Issues list.

The other two bugs listed in the previous post (NIM064668 and NIM058666) are related issues and were both resolved for 10.0 SP2.

I need to do some more testing but it appears the previous post is suggesting that the new fix is breaking data paths for layers stored in an MXD when relative paths are turned on. I can't reproduce. I assume you are talking about saving an MXD. I ran mxd.saveACopy on an MXD with relative paths, saved out a 9.3 mxd, renamed the parent folder and could still open the 9.3 mxd without broken paths.

Thank you!
Jeff

Re: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

MalcolmParnell2 — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:05:46 GMT

Let me clarify the confusion.

I need to do some more testing but it appears the previous post is suggesting that the new fix is breaking data paths for layers stored in an MXD when relative paths are turned on. I can't reproduce. I assume you are talking about saving an MXD. I ran mxd.saveACopy on an MXD with relative paths, saved out a 9.3 mxd, renamed the parent folder and could still open the 9.3 mxd without broken paths.

Thank you!
Jeff

Jeff, you are absolutely correct; it has been fixed. I saved to another directory and, of course, the paths didn't follow.

Apologies for my mistake and consequential confusion. 😮

Re: Beta 10: MapDocument saveACopy to previous version

JeffBarrette — Fri, 13 May 2011 13:57:40 GMT

Phew! I was a bit nervous for a moment there.

Thanks for the update!!!
Jeff