topic Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script in Python Questions

How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

OLANIYANOLAKUNLE — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:15:33 GMT

How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script. Thanks

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

RichardFairhurst — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 04:51:51 GMT

How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script. Thanks

Python is still more of a geoprocessing oriented language is GIS than a full blown windows application management language. The arcpy options only let you save or saveacopy of the document, but there is no close option. I haven't seen any native Python that manages open Wndows applications. Perhaps there is an extension someone has written that I am unaware of, but the python.org help does not come up with anything I can find.

I think you are expecting more out of Python than ESRI has tried to support at this time.

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

BruceBacia — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:22:34 GMT

This will kill ArcMap itself.

import os
os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM ArcMap.exe")

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

BruceBacia — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:22:36 GMT

Also you can open a specific mxd like this:

import os
os.startfile("Your MXD Path")

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

RichardFairhurst — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 23:22:39 GMT

This will kill ArcMap itself.
import os
os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM ArcMap.exe") 

I stand corrected.

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

OLANIYANOLAKUNLE — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:44:22 GMT

Thanks! I got it

Re: How Can I Close an mxd using arcpy script

EdMorris — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 15:38:39 GMT

I have just blogged on this >>

Using Python to close an ArcMap map document down | Spatial Needs....

This will show you how to close an MXD down by name....

thanks ed