topic Using arcpy to switch to layout view in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-arcpy-to-switch-to-layout-view/m-p/182147#M14011 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Looking for arcpy syntax to change a mxd from </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">data view to layout view </SPAN><SPAN>and zoom to a certain scale. The following works to change from layout view to data view, but I also need the opposite. Thanks all!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>import arcpy, arcpy.mapping as map, sys, os</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mxd = map.MapDocument("CURRENT") </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>data_frame = map.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0] </SPAN><BR /><SPAN># Switch to data view</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mxd.activeView=data_frame.name</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>for df in map.ListDataFrames(mxd):</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> df.scale=2400</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>del mxd</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:00:14 GMT JuliePaine 2011-06-15T18:00:14Z Using arcpy to switch to layout view https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-arcpy-to-switch-to-layout-view/m-p/182147#M14011 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Looking for arcpy syntax to change a mxd from </SPAN><SPAN style="text-decoration:underline;">data view to layout view </SPAN><SPAN>and zoom to a certain scale. The following works to change from layout view to data view, but I also need the opposite. Thanks all!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>import arcpy, arcpy.mapping as map, sys, os</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mxd = map.MapDocument("CURRENT") </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>data_frame = map.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0] </SPAN><BR /><SPAN># Switch to data view</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>mxd.activeView=data_frame.name</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>for df in map.ListDataFrames(mxd):</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> df.scale=2400</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>arcpy.RefreshActiveView()</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>del mxd</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:00:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-arcpy-to-switch-to-layout-view/m-p/182147#M14011 JuliePaine 2011-06-15T18:00:14Z Re: Using arcpy to switch to layout view https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-arcpy-to-switch-to-layout-view/m-p/182148#M14012 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>mxd.activeView='PAGE_LAYOUT' should do it.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:32:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/using-arcpy-to-switch-to-layout-view/m-p/182148#M14012 ChrisMathers 2011-06-15T18:32:10Z