Chapter 3. Managing Map Documents and Layers

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

• Referencing the current map document

• Referencing map documents on disk

• Accessing a data frame

• Getting a list of layers in a map document

• Restricting the list of layers

• Changing the map extent

• Getting a list of tables

• Adding layers to a map document

• Inserting layers into a map document

• Updating layer symbology

• Updating layer properties