Latest Contributions by RichardDaniels

Beware that with new versions of Edge and Chrome the file:// option is no no longer implemented. Solution is to place the pdfs on a web server and use http:// or https:// file paths to the PDF. ... View more

good idea since most users do not know the correct information to add for the Transformation steps. ... View more

We have built a C# application we have named ArcGIS Pro License Manager that allows the user to select their license level and extensions, these are saved just prior to ArcGIS Pro being launched. This allows 'non' administrators on their local machine to change their license levels and extensions on the fly. *This is something that ESRI should add to their application.  ... View more

Since you are talking ArcMap there are two things you should try: 1. Delete your Normal.mxt file at C:\Users\<your user id>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\Desktop10.7\ArcMap\Templates replace 10.7 with your version. Since you downgraded delete the 10.8 folder you may find at the above location as well. 2. Have a different user login to your computer with a different user id and see if they have the same issue with your map.  If their account works and yours does not, that means your Windows 10 Profile is corrupt on the machine. ... View more

or the lack of documentation for the <Addininfo> xml tag.   ... View more

The above is a good idea, if the fonts look good in ArcMap (or Pro) and then are missing or are replaced by #!%# in the PDF then Adobe may not be able to use you selected font.   *this behavior can seen when using an ESRI font (or symbol style) that is ONLY available on machines with ArcGIS Desktop installed. In this case the PDF would look fine on your machine but if someone without ArcGIS Desktop opened it on 'their' machine they would see the !#$#!@ issue. ... View more

What is the best way to do something like this? I need to wait until a layout templated is loaded before updating some of its elements. *this example will not run since we can't return a Task<> with this call. //add the layout to the project and wait for import to complete Task t = await QueuedTask.Run<Task>(() => Project.Current.ImportItem(theItem, true)); t.Wait; ... View more

On the ArcMap side (client)  there is not an exposed setting for this. No settings are listed in Advanced Settings document   found in c:\program files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.8\Utilities regarding layer timeouts.   ... View more

I would try reloading your True Type Fonts. Assuming you are on Windows 10, Open the Windows 10 Settings menu, click on Personalization, and then click on the Fonts tab. You should see in-line examples of the font faces you currently have installed. Other option is navigate to C:\Windows\Fonts. On my machine I have 266 font styles loaded.  If you navigate in File Explorer, on the left side there will be a Font Settings link, follow this to the Restore default font settings button. See example photo attached. This may be worth a try... ... View more

Have you tried the ArcToolbox Table to Table tool? It would take any table (shapefile, feature class, etc.) and export to csv, txt, or dbf file formats. If your table does not have x,y coords use the Add XY Coordinates tool to add POINT_X and POINT_Y fields with those values to the table prior to exporting. ... View more

Steps are: 0. Open ArcMap, do not load an existing MXD. 1. add a table to ArcMap, this can be an Excel worksheet or .csv file. If using .csv ensure you have a header row. 2. look at your table in ArcMap, what are the x and y fields called? Look at the coordinates, are they longitude and latitude decimal degrees or something else like UTM? 3. Use Map an XY option on the table, use the field names identified in step 2 as input. 4. You will see your points on the map and a New Layer will be added to the map you now have two options, define the projection for the Layer and Save to a .lyr file OR 5. right click on the layer and Export Data to Shapefile. 6. Use the Define Projection in ArcToolbox to set the projection.  Now when  you load the shapefile or layer file into your 'other map' it will be reprojected on the fly to match your Map document. ... View more

It would not hurt to return all your licenses then provision and load the new ones. Otherwise your old expired licenses may remain in your concurrent license pool for all to see (for ever 🙂 ... View more

One problem with the use of favorites as a way to pass styles between projects  is that  they are per user. Also the user has to have access to the style and know where to find them on the network or software install folder path. Most large organizations have a a custom style they use on their maps OR use one of the ArcMap style sets that fits with their business. Currently these are 'just there' in ArcMap if you place the style file in the correct place.  ... View more