First let me say I am not versed in python....with that being said I have tried many sample codes of python and have not had any luck.
I am trying to create roughly 127,000 cover pages. I want the pdf name to come from our PARCELNO field, for example 0101010000001000.pdf.
We are having no luck. Is there not a simple way to have python choose the parcel number from the PARCELNO field and export that to a pdf? I apologize in advance if this a simplistic question.
>>> mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
... for pageNum in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount + 1):
... mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum
... arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, r"C:\Users\bpg\Desktop\\" + str(pageNum) + ".pdf")
... del mxd
So the code exports but as 1.pdf, 2.pdf and so on.
In the Set Up Data Driven Pages window I have choose PARCELNO as my Page Number from the drop down.
I feel like we are close any suggestions.
Update
Below is the script that correctly exported our pdf files.
>>>
... import arcpy
... mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
... ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages
... for pageNum in range(1, ddp.pageCount + 1):
... mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
... ddp = mxd.dataDrivenPages
... ddp.currentPageID = pageNum
... arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, r"U:\Bart\test\\" + ddp.pageRow.getValue(ddp.pageNameField.name) + ".pdf")
... del mxd
Just posting this in case anyone else needs the same script.
