topic Manipulating a layout using python and arcpy in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/manipulating-a-layout-using-python-and-arcpy/m-p/725830#M56258 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you open the attribute table for a feature class or a shapefile and you want to display this table in a layout, can you let me know what arcpy command(s) I need to issue?&nbsp; I cannot find an example in the ArcGIS Help.&nbsp; Thanks in advance for your help.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:50:50 GMT karlkliparchuk 2011-01-31T19:50:50Z Manipulating a layout using python and arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/manipulating-a-layout-using-python-and-arcpy/m-p/725830#M56258 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>If you open the attribute table for a feature class or a shapefile and you want to display this table in a layout, can you let me know what arcpy command(s) I need to issue?&nbsp; I cannot find an example in the ArcGIS Help.&nbsp; Thanks in advance for your help.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:50:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/manipulating-a-layout-using-python-and-arcpy/m-p/725830#M56258 karlkliparchuk 2011-01-31T19:50:50Z Re: Manipulating a layout using python and arcpy https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/manipulating-a-layout-using-python-and-arcpy/m-p/725831#M56259 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>MY UPDATE TO THIS QUESTION.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I found out from ESRI that arcpy currently does not have that capability.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I think I have a work around, but I am unsure of what arcpy command to use.&nbsp; Maybe one of your VB people would know, or if there are any trailblazing python programmers out there.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I make a default table and place it in the layout, I can then find it using ListLayoutElements.&nbsp; When I find it, is there a way to change the layer that is attached to that GRAPHIC_ELEMENT? For example my template can be using junk.dbf.&nbsp; I find this GRAPHIC_ELEMENT, then I use some arcpy command that let's me change that GRAPHIC_ELEMENT from junk.dbf to myRealFile.dbf.&nbsp; I am hunting for the arcpy command to do this.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any codehints? If I make a default table and place it in the layout, I can then find it using ListLayoutElements.&nbsp; When I find it, is there a way to change the layer that is attached to that GRAPHIC_ELEMENT? For example my template can be using junk.dbf.&nbsp; I find this GRAPHIC_ELEMENT, then I use some arcpy command that let's me change that GRAPHIC_ELEMENT from junk.dbf to myRealFile.dbf.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am hunting for the arcpy command to do this.&nbsp; Let me know.&nbsp; Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:02:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/manipulating-a-layout-using-python-and-arcpy/m-p/725831#M56259 karlkliparchuk 2011-02-02T17:02:57Z