topic Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help in Python Questions

Script geoprocessing dialog window help

MarkWisniewski — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:23:42 GMT

In ArcGIS 10.3, I had my shapefile list working in the script geoprocessing dialog window for the projection tool;

# Get the spatial reference

spatialRef = arcpy.Describe(template).spatialReference.name

# Loop through shapfiles in folder and reproject

for fc in fcList:

fcspatialRef = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference.name

if fcspatialRef != spatialRef:

arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)

# Print shapefile Project results

arcpy.AddMessage(fc)

# Return any errors

except:

arcpy.AddMessage(arcpy.GetMessages())

But when I add in copyFeatures_management because I want to copy the files which are already in the same projection and not reproject them, the dialog window changes and I lose my shapefile list in the geoprocessing dialog window;

# Get the spatial reference

spatialRef = arcpy.Describe(template).spatialReference.name

# Loop through shapfiles in folder and reproject

for fc in fcList:

fcspatialRef = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference.name

if fcspatialRef != spatialRef:

arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)

else:

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc)

# Print shapefile Project results

arcpy.AddMessage(fc)

# Return any errors

except:

arcpy.AddMessage(arcpy.GetMessages())

Can anyone please assist?

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

SepheFox — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:06:44 GMT

I'm not sure what you mean by "geoprocessing dialog window". Do you mean the results window? What exactly do you see?

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

MarkWisniewski — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:09:27 GMT

Yes Sephe, the results windows.

I used to see this;

And now I don't

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

SepheFox — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 01:14:41 GMT

Ah ok. Did the script perform the project and/or copy features? Well, anyway it's hard to tell from your formatting, but I think the script should be formatted like this:

for fc in fcList:

fcspatialRef = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference.name

if fcspatialRef != spatialRef:

arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)

else:

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc)

Notice the if/else statements are indented under the for statement, and the commands are indented under those.

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

MarkWisniewski — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 04:46:42 GMT

Thanks Sephe, I couldn't work out why my script stopped working.

Ok, instead of printing out only the projected shapefiles (should be 6) in the list in the dialog window, it is printing both the projected and copied files (all 8 files).

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

SepheFox — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:35:22 GMT

Ok, try it like this:

# Loop through shapfiles in folder and reproject

for fc in fcList:

fcspatialRef = arcpy.Describe(fc).spatialReference.name

if fcspatialRef != spatialRef:

arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)

# Print shapefile Project results

arcpy.AddMessage(fc)

else:

arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc)

Re: Script geoprocessing dialog window help

MarkWisniewski — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:05:10 GMT

the solution is;

arcpy.AddMessage(fc)
arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)

and not

arcpy.Project_management(fc, outFolder + "\\" + fc, template)
arcpy.AddMessage(fc)