Delete MS Word-Object in Dataview with Arcpy (ArcMap)

Philip_Sarnecki — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:37:00 GMT

My mxd has a dataframe which contains a MS Word-Object ("Insert" - "Object").

I want to access the mxd dataframe in PyScripter using

arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]

However, i get the following error:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'dataFrames'

Also, importing the mxd to ArcGIS Pro does not work either.

When i delete the Word-Object these errors does not occur.

(Note: When i use the build in python window in ArcMap, the AttributeError does not occur. However, i would like to make it work in PyScripter)

I thought about deleting the Word-Object with Arcpy, is that possible? I have hundreds of mxds with this Word-Object, so i need to automate this.

I already tried using ListLayoutElements but nothing is returned because the object was added in data view.

Re: Delete MS Word-Object in Dataview with Arcpy (ArcMap)

Philip_Sarnecki — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:55:28 GMT

My problem was solved in my question on GIS StackExchange .

It's not possible with arcpy, i will try it using ArcObjects / VBA