topic Highlight Selected feature in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/highlight-selected-feature/m-p/651913#M50762 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to select some features&nbsp;by "SelectLayerByAttribute_management" like this:</P><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"><CODE>flayer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MakeFeatureLayer_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>r<SPAN class="string token">"D:\LAKES.shp"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"myLayer"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>SelectLayerByAttribute_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>flayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"NEW_SELECTION"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">""""NAME" = 'Clarks Hill Lake'"""</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> cnt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetCount_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>flayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> cnt arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RefreshActiveView<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P>Everything is fine and cnt = 1, but in the map, it is not highlighted. How can highlight selected feature when you are running the arcpy script out of ArcGIS environment.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:38:31 GMT MohammadrezaNikfal1 2021-12-12T03:38:31Z Highlight Selected feature https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/highlight-selected-feature/m-p/651913#M50762 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am trying to select some features&nbsp;by "SelectLayerByAttribute_management" like this:</P><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"><CODE>flayer <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>MakeFeatureLayer_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>r<SPAN class="string token">"D:\LAKES.shp"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"myLayer"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>SelectLayerByAttribute_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>flayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"NEW_SELECTION"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">""""NAME" = 'Clarks Hill Lake'"""</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> cnt <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>GetCount_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>flayer<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> <SPAN class="keyword token">print</SPAN> cnt arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>RefreshActiveView<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><P>Everything is fine and cnt = 1, but in the map, it is not highlighted. How can highlight selected feature when you are running the arcpy script out of ArcGIS environment.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:38:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/highlight-selected-feature/m-p/651913#M50762 MohammadrezaNikfal1 2021-12-12T03:38:31Z Re: Highlight Selected feature https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/highlight-selected-feature/m-p/651914#M50763 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>From you limited code, there is no reference to the active document.</P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/arcpy-functions/refreshactiveview.htm">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/analyze/arcpy-functions/refreshactiveview.htm</A></P><P>see if the addition of the appropriate lines in the code sample there help</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 09 Apr 2018 22:47:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/highlight-selected-feature/m-p/651914#M50763 DanPatterson_Retired 2018-04-09T22:47:45Z