Latest Contributions by DarrenWiens2

Is ArcMap able to recognize any shapefiles at all? ... View more

You don't need to include a '__main__' section in the main script (although it is good practice), nor remove the '__main__' from an imported script (I think this might actually not be good practice). Why you don't need a '__main__' section: when you call your script, it is read from top to bottom, executing lines as it goes. If you know that script will always be the main script (i.e. not imported as a module) then it will execute as if everything was wrapped within a '__main__' section - you just skip the part where it confirms that it is indeed the main script. The problem arises when you want different behaviour between the script as run as a main script and when it's imported. Making Python scripts modular is good practice, although to be honest, I never do it. Why you don't need to remove the '__main__' section from the imported script: since you're importing the module, it will not be named '__main__' so that section will not execute. ... View more

See the example on using logic with Python: Calculate Field examples—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop  ... View more

Just to confirm: you've set the placement to on the line for each label class? Also, have you tried using Maplex labeling for this? ... View more

Have you tried f.close()? ... View more

What have you tried so far? I see lots of search results searching for "python email attachment". ... View more

One way to add a selection to your layer using Python is to run: Select Layer By Attribute—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop  ... View more

Errrrr Dan, the statsFields parameter is supposed to be a list of lists. It's a list of field-stat pairs, so you can count one field, sum another field, etc. Summary Statistics—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop  ... View more

out_path and outpath are different. ... View more

It might help to describe where you are stuck, and go from there. Have you started? For sending email, I'd start here: 18.1.11. email: Examples — Python 2.7.12 documentation  ... View more

Rather than pointing the cursor to the .lyr file, can you try pointing it to the feature class that the .lyr refers to? ... View more

You can always add a new field and calculate as metres to check against your known values, but given that you have to make an effort to calculate in units other than the linear unit, it's a safe bet that it's what was used. ... View more

I think you need fieldVar.name (a string) rather than fieldVar (a field object). ... View more