Latest Contributions by ChrisHolmes

Hello all, I find myself in a situation where I have a script which goes through a mdx (or series of mdx's in a folder(s)) repairing broken links. It works fine from ArcMap as a script tool, but we are thinking it may be better to run it from outside ArcMap (as it can be rather time consuming) as a python script. I'm trying to run it using pyscripter and am getting an error early on. Here is the code: import arcpy import Engine2 as eng import ConfigParser config = ConfigParser.RawConfigParser() configpath = r'X:\Development\ChrisH\BrokenLinks\Config\BrokenLinks.config' config.read(configpath) def main(): mxdToCheck = config.get('data','mxdToReview') planningDataPath = config.get('data','planningDataPath') gdbSearchPath = config.get('data','gdbSearchPath') mxdFolder = config.get('data','mxdFolder') if len(mxdToCheck) > 0: brokenList = eng.GetBrokenLinks1(mxdToCheck) def GetBrokenLinks1(mxdIn): #Get a list of broken layers in the passed in mxd mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxdIn) brknList = arcpy.mapping.ListBrokenDataSources(mxd) return brknList ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The error occurs at line 21. Here is the error message: Traceback (most recent call last):   File "X:\Development\ChrisH\BrokenLinks\Scripts\links.py", line 185, in <module>     if __name__ == '__main__': main()   File "X:\Development\ChrisH\BrokenLinks\Scripts\links.py", line 41, in main     brokenList = eng.GetBrokenLinks1(mxdToCheck)   File "X:\Development\ChrisH\BrokenLinks\Scripts\Engine2.py", line 33, in GetBrokenLinks1     brknList = arcpy.mapping.ListBrokenDataSources(mxd)   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\utils.py", line 181, in fn_     return fn(*args, **kw)   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\mapping.py", line 1465, in ListBrokenDataSources     result = mixins.MapDocumentMixin(map_document_or_layer).listBrokenDataSources()   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\mixins.py", line 832, in listBrokenDataSources     broken_sources = [l for l in self.layers if not l._arc_object.valid]   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\mixins.py", line 683, in layers     for frame in reversed(self.dataFrames):   File "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.2\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\mixins.py", line 695, in dataFrames     return map(convertArcObjectToPythonObject, self.pageLayout.dataFrames) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'dataFrames' Thanks everyone ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Hello all, I have a function that looks like: def RemoveLayers(mxd,layers): arcpy.AddMessage('RemoveLayers-mxd: ' + mxd) arcpy.AddMessage('RemoveLayers-layers: ' + layers) mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument(mxd) df=arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd,"Layers")[0] for lyr in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd): if lyr.name.upper() in (layers): arcpy.mapping.RemoveLayer(df, lyr) arcpy.AddMessage('Layer {} has been removed.'.format(lyr)) mxd.save() del mxd‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The line being used to call the function is: RemoveLayers(ProposedMxd,"'OP_SITE_MNT','LU_BOUNDARY_MNT - OUTLINE','LU_BOUNDARY_MNT - WHITE FILLED','COMM_BOUNDARY_MNT'")‍ ‍ What I see as output is: Any ideas as to why these 2 layers in red are also being removed, what am I missing? Thanks! ... View more

Hello, I have a script tool that is quite simple. It's main purpose is in displaying the following drop down list, the script itself doesn't really do much. I am using the validation tab in the script tool to put the code to generate the items for the drop down list: The script itself just displays the name of the selected lucode: This all works fine on it's own as a script tool. But what I really want to do is to be able to use this list in modelbuilder and have it as a model parameter. As far as I can tell it seems as soon as I drag this script tool onto the modelbuilder interface, I lose the functionality that was available when it was run on it's own as a script tool. Am I missing something? Is there a way I can get this drop down list displayed in modelbuilder and use it as a model parameter? Thanks everyone! ... View more