I've noticed something odd happening when exporting to PDF using python.
I have an ArcMap document with a parcels layer and a current selection made of one particular parcel. I have changed the selection colour from the standard ArcMap cyan to a yellow, so it looks like this when you make a selection:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]12466[/ATTACH]
When I run a python command like this from ArcMap:
The PDF is fine with the yellow selection showing. But when I run this script when ArcMap is not open the selection colour in the PDF reverts back to cyan for some reason:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]12467[/ATTACH]
I don't know why that happens? I guess something needs to be set in the ExportToPDF parameters?
I assume you set the selection symbol via the main selection menu --> selection options. Try setting your selection symbol at the layer level via the ayer properties symbology tab. I just confirmed this and it works.
Changing the default highlighting colour is stored in the normal.mxt I believe, not the mxd. I imagine this parameter won't be read when running outside an ArcMap session.
I assume you set the selection symbol via the main selection menu --> selection options. Try setting your selection symbol at the layer level via the ayer properties symbology tab. I just confirmed this and it works.
