Latest Contributions by JeffBarrette

Have you tried creating a layer file that references the service?  Then try using arcpy.mapping UpdateLayer or AddLayer followed by RemoveLayer. Jeff ... View more

Posting to this forum too. That is because when the application is actually open the data frame window has a defined size.  But when you run a stand-alone script, the application isn't actually open, there is not a real point of reference and depending on your system settings, you may get different results on diferent machines.  Using a page layout that has a defined page space whether open or not, you will get consistent results. Also - defining a page layout size and fixed dataframe size on the layout you will get consistent results.  Otherwise when you resize the TOC, the application, etc, the data frame size will be different. etc, etc, Jeff ... View more

That is because when the application is actually open the data frame window has a defined size.  But when you run a stand-alone script, the application isn't actually open, there is not a real point of reference and depending on your system settings, you may get different results on diferent machines.  Using a page layout that has a defined page space whether open or not, you will get consistent results. Also - defining a page layout size and fixed dataframe size on the layout you will get consistent results.  Otherwise when you resize the TOC, the application, etc, the data frame size will be different. etc, etc, Jeff ... View more

Yes, this bug was addressed during a 10.1 SP. I just retested the original use cases and the original bug is still fixed.  It is possible you have a slightly different scenario.  Please contact support services so we can isolate and fix the issue. Jeff ... View more

The easiest solution is to create a page layout the size of the desired data frame and export the layout, not the data frame.  See response to related post. http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/93836-ExportToTif-width-height-calculation Jeff ... View more

This may be a more simple solution:  Create a page layout that is the size AND shape of the output image you want to create (with dataframe exports you can't specify page size, only pixel width/height).  On the layout you will have a single data frame with your data.  Export the layout rather than the data frame. Here is a snippet from the help: Controlling graphic quality of the generated image differs for page layout exports versus data frame exports. When exporting a page layout, control image detail by changing the resolution parameter. When exporting a data frame, keep the resolution parameter at its default value, and change the df_export_width and df_export_height parameters to alter image detail. The height and width parameters directly control the number of pixels generated in the export file and are only used when exporting a data frame. Images with larger numbers of pixels will have higher image detail. For most page layout exports, the default parameter values should generate good results and nice looking export images on the first try. For data frame exports, you may need to experiment with the df_export_width and df_export_height values a few times before getting the result you want. If you have to export a data frame, then multiply the resolution (default=96) times the size (this is a general rule but results can vary from machine to machine).  For example if i want a 3 inch x 3 inch output, then my export_height and export_width will = 288 (96x3). Jeff ... View more

There are two solutions available for download. The first is an example of graphic tables.  The linework is static on the layout but the text dynamically fills in the cells. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=af4fe32a93554eadbd3be3b0e55326be The second example is true dynamic tables.  The linework and text is dynamic from page to page.  The tabular infomation also resizes itself to "fit" within a given area. http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3a525b986b774a3f9cbbd8daf2435852 Jeff ... View more

I'm not clear on the following: I have 50 polygons named P1 to P50 which I want to merge. I cannot find any way to keep the layer names of the origional polygons Does this mean that you have 50 polygon feature classes (aka layers) or is this a single feature class with 50 polygons? Jeff ... View more

The default value for UpdateLayer's {symbology_only} parameter is True.  Set this to False for ALL properties to be updated.  Note - it updates all properties, even data source. Try: arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(df, outputlyr, symbologylayer, False) Jeff ... View more

It would be nice to see the functions as well. What is the value of your newDBPath?  They should be just the name of the dataset, not the data source.  Perhaps you could change the value to equal layer.datasetName. Jeff ... View more

You can iterate through all layers and test for Layer.isGroupLayer.  If it returns false, set visible = False. Jeff ... View more

These names are being generated internally by the Adobe library based on the name of the "single" PDF file name.  There is nothing that can be done using this approach. I think the best workaround is to automate this using arcpy.mapping: 1) export each DDP page as a single page (using page name or page number as the identifier). 2) Use PDFDocumentCreate to generate each a new PDF. 3) Append the pages from step 1 in to the new PDF. 4) saveAndClose() the final PDF. 5) delete single PDFs from step 1 6) open in Adobe and the pages should appear as you want. The other work around is to manually rename the tmp files using Adobe Pro. Jeff ... View more

This is double posted.  A response can be found at: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/90311-Has-anyone-modified-UniqueValuesSymbology�??s-Lyr.symbology.classLabels-successfull?p=320348&posted=1#post320348 Jeff ... View more