Latest Contributions by TedCronin

Perf is pretty slow when validating 700,00 records, seems like this could get a bit faster.  Going on two hours, and I still have 50,000 + records left. ... View more

You do have a point Chris, but knowing esri personnel, they pretty much speak their minds, and the whole idea of not wanting to upset the boss may not be applicable here in this situation, due to the flat nature of their management structure but then these are User forums, so it can go either way.  I kinda see Capt. Barry as the BDFL for these here forums... ... View more

I agree, a model will be very useful for arcpy, figuring this is a major enhancement to the esri python at 10, and more updates will be coming at each new iteration.  Help has improved a 100% at 10.  Python is fun. ... View more

what is the timeline for the Sp2 release.  Will that be around Feb-March timeframe?  Also, speaking of Sp1 will there be any outside testing of the SP, like a SP1 beta? ... View more

Nope, there is no doc at 10.  There is a NIM number out to create one.  Perhaps use Module Docs to find direct info for arcpy through pydoc.  Hopefully, it will be here by 10.1 ... View more

but please do not go back to the old style. I guess a bit of clarification.  It seems that slowly but surely more forum sections are being generated, and now they want SDE broken out, so that is what I mean by old style.  Fix the search, institute better tagging, limit the forum topics, so if new ones are to be added for gp, have only 3 rather than 4.  Less is more. ... View more

The error:  "Unable to determine if the user is an admin" can happen when logging into REST admin using a domain user when a. the server is off the network or b. when arcgis server is installed on a subdomain and ArcGIS Server SOM process is run as a local user.  A workaround is to login to REST admin as a local user that belongs to the agsadmin group instead of a domain user. We are addressing this in 10.0 SP1 by changing the way the validation for a user beloging to the agsadmin group is made. (NIM059442: http://resources.arcgis.com/content/nimbus-bug?bugID=TklNMDU5NDQy). Thanks to everyone (Ted, Trevor, Jacob, Steve and João) who provided feedback on this. Thank you Ravi for listening.  This is fantastic news.  Sp1 is looking to be a good sp, hopefully nothing else breaks 😉 ... View more

After Chris Mathers became decided, the votes are 6 to 2 in favor of splitting. So, splitting the Geoprocessing forum is the consensus (sorry Dan and Chris: I think you are right, but splitting is more right). I think I would actually be a part of the no split group which would still only be 5 to 3, but then Kevin was a no split as well which means that it is actually 4 to 4, right.  I think that esri votes should count, but perhaps with less weight from a User perspective, but from a support the forums perspective perhaps a bit more weight.  So isn't it actually tied, unless esri people don't count.  I just like Dave's, Dan's and Chris' naming ideas.  I am not averse to 4 categories like Chris S. mentions, but please do not go back to the old style. ... View more

Ok, I think I understand Heather.  You threw me a curve, I think (Good Pitch).  You are referring to GTE from Production Mapping Correct, if so, I am referring to Core Tables using arcpy.mapping, but you do bring up an interesting point, perhaps using GTE is better than normal tables in Layouts, especially with all of the 10 idiosyncrasies with normal tables.  Hopefully some of these will be fixed with SP1, though, but definitely worth a test case for sure. @Jeff, I still need to try out your code, every other week I am working with the mapping module, but thanks for your snippet, you only align Position Y, and only with a single Graphic Element.  Python is a lot more fun to work with than my other week which is straight server, too bad the two could not be more integrated, hint Python API 😛 ... View more

Hey Ted, I couldnt make out your code in the video, but I was able to get this basic script to work. Can you let me know if it works for you? import arcpy mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\temp\forum\table.mxd") elm = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "GRAPHIC_ELEMENT")[0] elm.elementPositionY = 1 mxd.save() del mxd I created a table layout element that had a buch of space under it, resized the layout element to match the bottom of the table, then ran the code. Basically, the resize is not what I would want to have to do manually.  When the Table is added, it should behave like a Report in that the bounding box is on top of the outside extent. import arcpy import os import datetime from arcpy import env as ENV from arcpy import mapping as MAP ENV.overwriteOutput = True ENV.workspace = r"C:\1GIS\Test" wrksp = ENV.workspace mxd = MAP.MapDocument (r"C:\1GIS\Test\MappingModule.mxd") for elm in MAP.ListLayoutElements (mxd):     print elm.name     if elm.name == "ReportMap":         elm.elementHeight = 2         elm.elelmentWidth = 2         elm.elementPositionX = 6.5         elm.elementPositionY = .5     if elm.name == "TableMap":         elm.elementHeight = 2         elm.elelmentWidth = 2         elm.elementPositionX = .5         elm.elementPositionY = .5 mxd.save () del mxd This is really just test code for playing with the mapping module. ... View more