How to access dynamic text with arcpy

JaredPilbeam2 — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:45:06 GMT

I'm trying to automate updates to the dynamic date in a Pro 3.3.2 map document. The dynamic date is in a text element named PrintDate. I can access the element, but not the date. Things I've tried:

for lyt in aprx.listLayouts(): for elm in lyt.listElements('TEXT_ELEMENT'): if elm.text.endswith("2024"): print(f'{elm.name} | {elm.text}') #prints out the one other element in the document with 2024, not the dynamic date elif elm.name == "PrintDate": print(f'{elm.name} | {elm.text}') #prints out the whole text element with the dynamic date format

I'm not after making the date un-dynamic as there are dozens of maps with this set-up. Anyone have an idea?

Re: How to access dynamic text with arcpy

TonyAlmeida — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:49:00 GMT

try this, The datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y") part formats the current date. The element text is set to include the dynamic date tag <dyn type="date" format="MMMM d, yyyy"/>

import arcpy from datetime import datetime # Access the ArcGIS Pro project aprx = arcpy.mp.ArcGISProject("CURRENT") # Get the current date in the desired format current_date = datetime.now().strftime("%B %d, %Y") # Loop through the layouts and text elements for lyt in aprx.listLayouts(): for elm in lyt.listElements('TEXT_ELEMENT'): if elm.name == "PrintDate": # Update the text element with the dynamic date elm.text = f"Print Date: <dyn type=\"date\" format=\"MMMM d, yyyy\"/>" #elm.text = '<dyn type="date" format="YYYY-MM-DD"/>' print(f'Updated {elm.name} to {elm.text}')

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