topic Apply symbology from layer does not take dataframes into consideration in Mapping Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/apply-symbology-from-layer-does-not-take/m-p/646018#M7054 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to use arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management. i have 2 dataframes in my mxd and preauthored .lyr files which I am not loading into my session, but only referring to when I want to apply the symbology.</P><P></P><P>I shift to the dataframe of interest using&nbsp;mxd.activeView = df. However when I attempt to run arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer it will not change the symbology of the layers in my secondary dataframe(s). It only changes the symbology in my primary dataframe.</P><P></P><P>Also I have noticed that there is no argument in arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer which indicates what dataframe it is to operate on. Is this a bug in arcpy which would render arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer obsolete for map documents with multiple dataframes or am I doing something wrong in my script?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:39:23 GMT TheWorm 2018-11-24T12:39:23Z Apply symbology from layer does not take dataframes into consideration https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/apply-symbology-from-layer-does-not-take/m-p/646018#M7054 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to use arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management. i have 2 dataframes in my mxd and preauthored .lyr files which I am not loading into my session, but only referring to when I want to apply the symbology.</P><P></P><P>I shift to the dataframe of interest using&nbsp;mxd.activeView = df. However when I attempt to run arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer it will not change the symbology of the layers in my secondary dataframe(s). It only changes the symbology in my primary dataframe.</P><P></P><P>Also I have noticed that there is no argument in arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer which indicates what dataframe it is to operate on. Is this a bug in arcpy which would render arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer obsolete for map documents with multiple dataframes or am I doing something wrong in my script?</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Nov 2018 12:39:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/apply-symbology-from-layer-does-not-take/m-p/646018#M7054 TheWorm 2018-11-24T12:39:23Z Re: Apply symbology from layer does not take dataframes into consideration https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/apply-symbology-from-layer-does-not-take/m-p/646019#M7055 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</P><P>Does it help?&nbsp; Nothing is refreshed automatically in ArcMap, this behaviour has changed in ArcGIS Pro</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 24 Nov 2018 15:06:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/mapping-questions/apply-symbology-from-layer-does-not-take/m-p/646019#M7055 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-11-24T15:06:41Z