Data Driven Pages - cannot export more than once

[OliviaL]

I have a map document setup with data driven pages to export a set of PDFs. After I export the map (File>Export Map), I may notice that I want to make a change, which I do, and then if I try to re-export the map again to PDF, the process just hangs. I have to close ArcMap with the task manager, and reload the map document just so that I can export the map document layouts.

A colleague running on an ArcInfo license did not seem to have this issue. She was able to export using data driven pages multiple times without issue. Similarly, when I load the map document using a different ArcGIS Editor license and export pages, several times, I do not run into any issues. However, another colleagues was experiencing the same problem with data driven pages with a different file, and we both run ArcEditor.

Does anyone know if there is a setting issue or have suggestions to resolve this issue?

[AmySteiger]

I have no basemap or aerial imagery and encounter the same problem.

[CurtisDeVault]

I too am experiencing this issue. It seems that the second time I export the maps to a single PDF it freezes and eventually requiring me to close ArcMap via the task manager. It does not matter whether I open the PDF or not. It seems to be the second time I export all the map pages to a single PDF in the same session. But if I close ArcMap after exporting, reopening the MXD, and exporting there are no issues.

[CarstenBerens]

Hi,

we have the same problem. Any "real" solution?

[JoeFlannery]

All 11 of us in our shop experience the same thing.

>ArcGIS for Desktop Advance 10.3.1

Second attempt to print from an MXD with DDP fails.

Doesn't matter if it is one page at a time or all the pages.

[ElizabethHigh]

I have this exact same problem. I tried taking all the Arc online basemaps out and that fixed it (I had a basemap in there that wasn't turned on, but just having it in the layers caused a problem).

This sucks because those basemaps are really great, but not worth closing and re-opening my MXD 100 times.

[JoeFlannery]

I wonder if this Bug Fix in ArcGIS for Desktop 10.4 will resolve the problem?

We have yet to install and test 10.4

ArcGIS Issues Addressed at 10.4

http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/104-IssuesAddressedList.pdf

[ElizabethHigh]

It sounds like it. I really hope so. This is ridiculous.

[FasilTiru]

Hello All,

A bug was logged on this issue and it has been fixed in the latest release 10.4.

BUG-000090284 - When Data Driven Pages are scale dependent, have a..

If you are still having the same issue after upgrading, please contact Esri Technical support directly.

Thanks,

[JerryGarcia1]

Same issues, how about releasing a fix for 10.3? Some of us can't update since most of our clients are still using 10.3. 

[JenniferSeverson]

Hey, Jerry, I just posted in response to the original comment, but it may also help you.