Latest Contributions by JeffBarrette

Have you tried activating the map frame in the layout?  Right-click a map frame, choose "Activate".  Now as you pan the map, you are also updarting your layout at the same time. ... View more

I’m glad my suggestion helped. I can’t explain why you are seeing what you are seeing. One difference is that I’m on 10.3 (not released yet) but I’m not aware of changes. This issue may be a core arcpy issue and not specific to arcpy.mapping (my area of development). I’ll forward this onto someone on that team to see if there was a known issue that was addressed. Anyway, I hope you can continue forward, Jeff ... View more

Madeline, For some reason I can’t respond to the thread. I don’t get the error when I run the following from a script tool within ArcMap. import arcpy precipLayer = arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(r"D:\Active\ArcPY\10x\ScrumWorks\Data\Drive_A\basin_utmcopy.shp") mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT") df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0] arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df, precipLayer.getOutput(0), "TOP") #NO ERROR #arcpy.mapping.AddLayer(df, precipLayer, "TOP") #GOT ERROR BUT EXPECTED What version of the software are you using? Have you tried using a layer file that references the shapefile on disk? Replace: precipLayer = arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(r"D:\Active\ArcPY\10x\ScrumWorks\Data\Drive_A\basin_utmcopy.shp") with: precipLayer = arcpy.mapping.Layer(r"D:\Active\ArcPY\10x\ScrumWorks\Data\Drive_A\basin_utmcopy.shp") Jeff ... View more

There are several options but without knowing the requirements, here is a link to arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer.  It allows you to alter the properties of a layer, specifically symbology. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/UpdateLayer/00s30000003p000000/ Jeff ... View more

DDP out of the box can not do this.  You can create the index page by exporting a separate MXD to PDF.  Then use arcpy.mapping (Python scripting) to append the pages into a single result. Here is a snippet from the arcpy.mapping PDFDocument class help: import arcpy, os #Set file name and remove if it already exists pdfPath = r"C:\Project\ParcelAtlasMapBook.pdf" if os.path.exists(pdfPath):     os.remove(pdfPath) #Create the file and append pages pdfDoc = arcpy.mapping.PDFDocumentCreate(pdfPath) pdfDoc.appendPages(r"C:\Project\Title.pdf") pdfDoc.appendPages(r"C:\Project\ParcelAtlas.pdf") #Commit changes and delete variable reference pdfDoc.saveAndClose() del pdfDoc Jeff ... View more

I'm not sure I understand your question.  I sounds to me like the legend is doing what you need it to do. Jeff ... View more

Yes.  You can build a dynamic text table.  There are two examples out there.  I suggest you download and review the code / readme files. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3a525b986b774a3f9cbbd8daf2435852 http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=af4fe32a93554eadbd3be3b0e55326be Jeff ... View more

Python arcpy.mapping could also be used.  Author a layer file (.lyr) and use the UpdateLayer function to apply the symbology in the layer file to the layer of interest. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/UpdateLayer/00s30000003p000000/ Jeff ... View more

Interesting. It works for me.  I.e., if a string is empty, the pre-string does not display. Are you sure your values are empty or is it possible they contain spaces? Jeff ... View more

Have you tried something like: <dyn type="page" property="attribute" field="NewName_E" domainlookup="true" preStr="See Map " emptyStr=" "/> Jeff ... View more

ListDataFrames was not new at 10.1.  Maybe you are talking about ListBookmarks.  There are a couple of samples in the help. This first one shows you how to iterate through bookmarks. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/ListBookmarks/00s300000060000000/ import arcpy mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(r"C:\Project\Project.mxd") df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, "Transportation")[0] for bkmk in arcpy.mapping.ListBookmarks(mxd, data_frame=df):     df.extent = bkmk.extent     outFile = r"C:\Project\Output\\" + bkmk.name + ".jpg"     arcpy.mapping.ExportToJPEG(mxd, outFile, df) del mxd You can easily change that to export to PDF. The next script shows you how to append many PDFs into a single PDF. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/#/PDFDocument/00s30000002w000000/ import arcpy, os #Set file name and remove if it already exists pdfPath = r"C:\Project\ParcelAtlasMapBook.pdf" if os.path.exists(pdfPath):     os.remove(pdfPath) #Create the file and append pages pdfDoc = arcpy.mapping.PDFDocumentCreate(pdfPath) pdfDoc.appendPages(r"C:\Project\Title.pdf") pdfDoc.appendPages(r"C:\Project\ParcelAtlas.pdf") #Commit changes and delete variable reference pdfDoc.saveAndClose() del pdfDoc Jeff ... View more

All I'm suggesting is that you try exporting your MXD Layout rather than a dataframe.  Create an MXD with a layout that has a a single dataframe that is the same size/orientation as the layout. Jeff ... View more

Exporting a dataframe to get the exact extent is tricky for a couple of reasons.  First, the aspect ratio of the provided coordinates may not match the shape of the frame.  Second, the output depends on the DPI settings of the computer. The easiest way to get what you want is to build a layout with a dataframe that is the same size of the layout.  Export the layout instead of just the data frame.  Exporting the layout allows you to use the layout page units rather than try to calculate height and width in pixel length. Jeff ... View more