Latest Contributions by MichaelVolz

Eric: Thanks for explaining the consequences of changing the config file instead of modifying the source code like Robert Scheitlin suggested. ... View more

This functionality would be useful for ArcGIS Server mapservices where you could use a layer once with different renderers instead of having to add the layer multiple times for different scales. ... View more

Eric: What is the main config file you mention? Does this mean you just need to modify a config file and not make any changes to source code that would require re-compiling the widget (This would be much easier and less risky)? ... View more

Craig: The echo statements allow for messages to be written to the log file (for understanding how processes are working), as well as to the DOS prompt. I am able to call just the python script name because I am running on a 64 bit server with only the 32 bit version of python installed (c:\Python26\ArcGIS10.0\python.exe) and the PYTHONPATH environmental variable set to c:\Python26\ArcGIS10.0.  [If you are running on a server with ArcGIS Server also installed with background processing enabled this gets trickier as you will also have a 64 bit version of python installed on the machine.] >>update_parcel.log after the call to the python script allows me to use print statements in the python script that get written out to the log file. I use the %time% statements to write out important times in the process to the log file which helps to diagnose problems and determine how long processes run so I can optimize times when scripts are run, especially when order of the scripts is important and I need to work around database maintenance times. ... View more

Dan: How do you call your printMessages.py script from other scripts? Do you need to add this code directly to other python scripts? Do you import printMessages into your python script?  If so, where does the printMessages.py need to reside with respect to the installed version of python (e.g. C:\Python26\python.exe)? ... View more

if it is the only standalone table, I think you could access it with index 0. if there is more than 1 table, then use an if then statement to trap it by table.name and then get to the specific field you are looking for. ... View more

Is Map_Elem_Table_v2 a standalone table or the table associated with the feature class? If it is a standalone table, I think you need to use the ListTables function to get to the tabular data that you are looking for. ... View more

@echo off echo Start time: %time% > update_parcel.log echo ------------  Update time: %time% echo ------------  06 Truncating parcel feature class  ----------------------- echo ------------  06 Truncating parcel feature class  ----------------------- >> update_parcel.log 06_truncate_parcels.py >> update_parcel.log echo  ' ' >> update_parcel.log echo Update time: %time% >> update_parcel.log echo  ' ' >> update_parcel.log echo ------------  Update time: %time% echo ------------  07 Appending parcel feature class  ----------------------- echo ------------  07 Appending parcel feature class  ----------------------- >> update_parcel.log 07_append_parcels.py >> update_parcel.log echo  ' ' >> update_parcel.log echo Update time: %time% >> update_parcel.log echo  ' ' >> update_parcel.log @echo on ... View more

I would export your models out to python scripts and then call them consecutively from a bat file that is called from a scheduled task. I can provide a sample bat file if you need it. ... View more

James: Can you create a feature class with a small subset of features (say 10) and then print out the fidset? It appears from Richard's last post that the semi-colon delimited string will need to be converted to a comma separated list.  You shouldbe able to find python methods to easily perform that process. ... View more

How many features do you have in your target feature class? If you print out the fidset, are all of these features included in the semicolon-delimited string? Can you post the results of printing the fidset from your dsc object? ... View more

Have you checked to see if some of your earlier statements are getting the desired results such as the Describe? Can you get a length of your sel_set to see if that is returning values? ... View more

Unfortunately, that is what I found to be the case in my enterprise environment.  I first just resourced the exising mxds from 1 source to another so the old source was not even being used, but locks were still being placed on the old source so I knew there were still references to the old source. I tried using MxdDoctor and SaveAs to get rid of the old source, but these workflows were never 100% effective.  Recreating the mxd was the only 100% way of getting rid of references to the old data source. ... View more

Daniel: Did you recreate the mxds that are the source of your services from scratch?  I ask because I have found that services still find references to old servers even if no layers are pointing to that data source anymore (I was getting locking issues with file geodatabases that were not being used).  I'm not sure if this is why it is referencing a retired server, but I would think it is a possibility. ... View more