Latest Contributions by ChrisFox

It is not that simple because the x coordinate of a point in decimal degrees will be different if the point is in NAD27 vs NAD83. I think the best way to accomplish this is to use the projectAs method on the Geometry object passing in a new spatial reference and appropriate geographic transformation. This will return a new Geometry object and then you can access the X and Y coordinates of the point in the new spatial reference. ... View more

By default, a user is restricted to a single session meaning when they start a session and land on a server, if they start something else, it will piggy-back off of that session and be placed on the same server. This is ideal since it helps with workflows and minimizes licensing impacts (if you start a second ArcMap and it lands on second server….another license is checked-out). Can you check if you have set the option "restrict the user to a single session" is set to Yes. This will not limit you ability to launch multiple instances of ArcMap but will for ensure that the load balancing is at the session level vs individual app launch in this case. ... View more

In the specific scenario you described above you should be able to right-click the tool and select "Why" this will bring up a dialog box that will print the exception that was raised. Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 21, in __init__ ImportError: No module named foo ... View more

The tool that is closer to right-click layer > Export Data is the Feature Class to Feature Class tool. ... View more

@davenicht, I can not reproduce what you are describing. If there is no selection FIDSet should return an empty string. ... View more

Yes, unfortunately those are just not implemented. We did add the ability at 10.1 to clone a text or graphic element in the layout. So if one already exists you can clone a copy it and modify some properties. ... View more

At 10.0 and 10.1 you will find many MXDs are available with the install at: <ArcGIS Desktop Install>\MapTemplates This gives you all sorts of MXDs with different layout sizes and orientation. In addition, depending on how you are sharing your code, if you are building a python add-in it is possible to package data including a blank MXD along with your add-in: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Essential_Python_add_in_concepts/014p0000001p000000/ ... View more

What if you had a blank MXD available with the tool or script that you just created a copy from and did what you needed to do? ... View more

Please check out the following help topic to learn more about how to add an OLE DB connection at 10.1: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//006600000452000000 ... View more

Captain, I wrote a gp function tool that calls the same ArcObjects Interfaces to rename a field alias (in addition to a field name) for 10.1. This makes it very easy to call the gp tool from python: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=4c0bcc95449f4a67822c7f68dc7c6cd4 ... View more

Currently the most efficient way to accomplish this in both workflow and drawing performance is to author the symbology for multiple layers that makes sense at each scale and then set visible scale ranges on the layers. ... View more

@dknudesn, the scenario you described worked fine for me. I have a Top Level folder, and sub folders called Data and Maps. I stored my MXD in the maps folder and the data in the data folder. I moved the Top Level folder to another directory and everything was sourced fine. ... View more

This functionality is available with the Production Mapping Extension: Layout Window ... View more

I would like to point you to a recent blog post on this topic, How to Escalate a Bug. By following this procedure you can accomplish several of the items you have discussed in this post. First you can track your bugs and follow the status. Second you have the opportunity to escalate bugs that are crtitcal to your workflows to the User Advocacy Group. This allows you to talk with someone directly at Esri regarding the key issues that are impacting you. ... View more

I would like to point you to a recent blog post on this topic, How to Escalate a Bug. By following this procedure you can accomplish several of the items you have discussed in this post. First you can track your bugs and follow the status. Second you have the opportunity to escalate bugs that are crtitcal to your workflows to the User Advocacy Group. This allows you to talk with someone directly at Esri regarding the key issues that are impacting you. ... View more