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Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook, Second Edition

You're reading from   Programming ArcGIS with Python Cookbook, Second Edition Over 85 hands-on recipes to teach you how to automate your ArcGIS for Desktop geoprocessing tasks using Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785282898
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Pimpler Eric Pimpler
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Preface 1. Fundamentals of the Python Language for ArcGIS 2. Managing Map Documents and Layers FREE CHAPTER 3. Finding and Fixing Broken Data Links 4. Automating Map Production and Printing 5. Executing Geoprocessing Tools from Scripts 6. Creating Custom Geoprocessing Tools 7. Querying and Selecting Data 8. Using the ArcPy Data Access Module with Feature Classes and Tables 9. Listing and Describing GIS Data 10. Customizing the ArcGIS Interface with Add-ins 11. Error Handling and Troubleshooting 12. Using Python for Advanced ArcGIS 13. Using Python with ArcGIS Pro A. Automating Python Scripts B. Five Python Recipes Every GIS Programmer Should Know Index

Installing and testing an add-in


You'll want to test add-ins before distributing them to your end users. To test these, you first need to install the add-in.

Getting ready

In the working folder of your add-in, the makeaddin.py script can be used to copy all files and folders to a compressed add-in folder in a working directory with the <working folder name>.esriaddin file format. Double-click on this .esriaddin file to launch the Esri ArcGIS add-in installation utility, which will install your add-in. You can then go into ArcGIS for Desktop and test the add-in. The custom toolbar or menu may already be visible and ready to test. If it is not visible, go to the Customize menu and click on Add-in Manager. The Add-In Manager dialog box lists the installed add-ins that target the current application. Add-in information, such as name, description, and image, which are entered as project settings, should be displayed.

How to do it…

  1. Inside the main folder for your add-in, there will be a Python...

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