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I need the name of the current MXD (newbie question)

BobMijwaard — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:52:37 GMT

I have followed the Python course very recently and just finished my first script. To make it more generic I need to know the name of the current MXD

In the script I use:
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")

How can I get the name of the used mxd. Tried os.path.basename(mxd) but that did not work. Got the error: MapDocument is unsubscriptable

Regards,

Bob

Re: I need the name of the current MXD (newbie question)

AndrewChapkowski — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:56:19 GMT

The reason you cannot get the path is because mxd is an object, not a string path. To get the path, you need to use the filePath property on the MapDocument object.

import os
import arcpy
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
mapPath = mxd.filePath
fileName = os.path.basename(mapPath)
print fileName

If your map document isn't saved, you will get returned an empty string.

Re: I need the name of the current MXD (newbie question)

BobMijwaard — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:22:17 GMT

Thanks a lot.

Still learning.......

Regards,

Bob