https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idi-p/1574399 <P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/parameter-controls.htm" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/parameter-controls.htm</A><BR /><BR /></P><P>It would be helpful if something like arcpy.parameters.appearance.multiline_text_clsid (or similar) existed. This would make it easier to programmatically access control CLSIDs. Such an approach would improve usability and maintainability, as developers wouldn't need to search for or manually input CLSIDs.</P><P>Having a structured API like this would make programming more efficient and less error-prone.<BR /><BR /></P> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:05:17 GMT HildermesJoséMedeirosFilho 2025-01-10T17:05:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idi-p/1574399 <P><A href="https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/parameter-controls.htm" target="_blank">https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/parameter-controls.htm</A><BR /><BR /></P><P>It would be helpful if something like arcpy.parameters.appearance.multiline_text_clsid (or similar) existed. This would make it easier to programmatically access control CLSIDs. Such an approach would improve usability and maintainability, as developers wouldn't need to search for or manually input CLSIDs.</P><P>Having a structured API like this would make programming more efficient and less error-prone.<BR /><BR /></P> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:05:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idi-p/1574399 HildermesJoséMedeirosFilho 2025-01-10T17:05:17Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idc-p/1574405#M421 <P>I'm a simple man, I see "add an enum to arcpy", I hit the thumbs up button.</P> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:17:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idc-p/1574405#M421 DavidSolari 2025-01-10T17:17:09Z https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idc-p/1574908#M424 <P>I usually just slap this code into a module or at the top of my toolfile:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><LI-CODE lang="python">class ControlCLSID(Enum): """ See [Parameter Controls](https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/arcpy/geoprocessing_and_python/parameter-controls.htm) documentation for more information on parameter controls. """ EXCLUDE_INTERSECT_AND_UNION = '{15F0D1C1-F783-49BC-8D16-619B8E92F668}' SLIDER_RANGE = '{C8C46E43-3D27-4485-9B38-A49F3AC588D9}' LARGE_NUMBER = '{7A47E79C-9734-4167-9698-BFB00F43AE41}' COMPOSITE_SWITCH = '{BEDF969C-20D2-4C41-96DA-32408CA72BF6}' MULTILINE = '{E5456E51-0C41-4797-9EE4-5269820C6F0E}' MULTIVALUE_CHECKBOX = '{172840BF-D385-4F83-80E8-2AC3B79EB0E0}' MULTIVALUE_CHECK_ALL = '{38C34610-C7F7-11D5-A693-0008C711C8C1}' FEATURE_LAYER_CREATE = '{60061247-BCA8-473E-A7AF-A2026DDE1C2D}' HORIZONTAL_VALUE_TABLE = '{1AA9A769-D3F3-4EB0-85CB-CC07C79313C8}' SINGLE_VALUE_TABLE = '{1A1CA7EC-A47A-4187-A15C-6EDBA4FE0CF7}'</LI-CODE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I think there are still some hidden/undocumented ones, so having a version of that maintained by Esri in arcpy proper would be great</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>You can also just use a dictionary so you don't need to have the Enum class and you can get some intelisense since it's a constant:</P><LI-CODE lang="python">ControlCLSID = { 'EXCLUDE_INTERSECT_AND_UNION':'{15F0D1C1-F783-49BC-8D16-619B8E92F668}', 'SLIDER_RANGE':'{C8C46E43-3D27-4485-9B38-A49F3AC588D9}', 'LARGE_NUMBER':'{7A47E79C-9734-4167-9698-BFB00F43AE41}', 'COMPOSITE_SWITCH':'{BEDF969C-20D2-4C41-96DA-32408CA72BF6}', 'MULTILINE':'{E5456E51-0C41-4797-9EE4-5269820C6F0E}', 'MULTIVALUE_CHECKBOX':'{172840BF-D385-4F83-80E8-2AC3B79EB0E0}', 'MULTIVALUE_CHECK_ALL':'{38C34610-C7F7-11D5-A693-0008C711C8C1}', 'FEATURE_LAYER_CREATE':'{60061247-BCA8-473E-A7AF-A2026DDE1C2D}', 'HORIZONTAL_VALUE_TABLE':'{1AA9A769-D3F3-4EB0-85CB-CC07C79313C8}', 'SINGLE_VALUE_TABLE':'{1A1CA7EC-A47A-4187-A15C-6EDBA4FE0CF7}', }</LI-CODE> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:08:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-ideas/add-an-arcpy-class-with-availabes-enums-of-clsid/idc-p/1574908#M424 HaydenWelch 2025-01-13T17:08:36Z