Arc GIS 10 and Map Book DS

[DarenTatham]

The company I work for is possibly upgrading the version of ArcGIS from 9.3 to 10.  I have a few tools that I use on a daily basis for my map generation.  One of which is MapBook DS, which I use to create map books.  If I upgrade this systems' ArcGIS will the mapbook grids be compatible with the built-in mapabook generation tool?  Would that tool also create the mapbook pages in a similar graphical format?  I am really accustomed to using this tool to create our mapbooks and would like to continue using it if possible.

Thanks for the help

Daren Tatham

GIS Analyst
Environmental Resource Solutions Inc.

[mattwilkie]

Here is what I did
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This will add a button to the TOC, however the button will not show an icon but it will work, good luck

Thanks for this Khaled! This indeed lets me open and use Mapbook compositions created in 9.x. I'll fold your instructions into http://code.google.com/p/arcmapbook/wiki/MapbookAndArcGIS10.

Note to anyone else following this thread, the prerequsites for Khaled's instructions are:

1. Install ArcGIS VBA Resources (from the Arcgis 10 installation media)


2. Obtain a license for VBA (from ESRI customer service)


3. Install Mapbook (e.g. run _install.bat)