green mystery lines in layout view

[AngelaCunningham]

What the heck are these?


This map was fine the last time I opened it, but now there are these green lines. I've run a basic python script to update layer symbology in between opening the map before and opening it now, but these lines haven't appeared in any of the other maps I ran the same script on.

The green mystery lines only appear in the layout view and they seem to go on forever.  They don't seem to be associated with any of the layers in my map (I tried turning them off one at a time in the TOC). I can't select them or identify them. Closing and reopening the mxd doesn't help.

thanks,
Angela

[BryanGonzales]

I've also experienced the same problem, but also in plotting. In a normal ANSI-D plot, everything seemed to be fine except for USGS quads, there would be two lines that might start at the NW corner at maybe 30 degree angles, and of course get wider the further away they moved from the origin. When going to a tiled plot (larger than ANSI D with multiple pages), random lines would often appear at the point of origin on different feature classes and go all over the map. NONE of these could be seen on the preview so I never knew if or why they would appear.

[HansSmith]

This issue just happened on my co-worker's workstation (ArcGIS 10 on Windows 7 Pro)...

I've never seen this happen before but it is definitely not related to any layer geometry issues nor page layout guides...  Those are completely different issues and have no value to this thread.  I see no real resolution provided in this forum except  copying the project into a new .mxd file (not really a "solution")...

I believe somehow a phython logic error is occurring within ArcMap's layout rendering commands.  In my coworker's project, the green lines appear after using the select element arrow to adjust the size and position of the data frame.  I can make the lines disappear temporarily by simply opening the layout properties dialogue and immediately clicking "okay" (which closes the dialogue and I believe resets the entire Layout View rendering script that is part of ESRI's base ArcGIS code).  I then hit the refresh view button and the lines are gone.  I can then make the lines reappear by adjusting the size and position of the data frame again using the select element arrow...  Nothing else I do seems to remove the lines besides opening the layout properties dialogue (which again I think completely reloads ESRI layout rendering script).

One interesting note - my coworker has "rotated" the data frame view under the layout properties dialogue for this project.  I'm not sure if that is a variable involved in the issue or not.  I think Duncan is on to the issue in dealing with his python script generating the green lines.  I hope ESRI will look into this issue more and resolve it via an update as I believe it is a software bug.

hms4th

[BeverlyFinch]

If this issue hasn't been solved, here's how I fixed mine when I encountered this same problem. Draw a rectangle on the line(s), like if you're selecting elements. You won't see any visible indication that it's selected but that�??s okay.  Mouse right click on the white portion of the screen and choose Delete.

[BrittanyBrannon]

thanks Beverly - fixed it!!

[KatieWhite1]

This worked! Thanks

[RobertPhetteplace]

This worked perfectly, thanks!

[StacyCulpepper]

Thank you Beverly.  This solved my problem.  I would still love to know WHAT causes this so that it may be avoided in the future.  Thanks again,

Stacy

[RussellNichols]

worked for me!! thanks Bev!!

[JefferyJohnson1]

Yes!! Thank you. This worked for me as well.

[TobiasLitherland1]

If this issue hasn't been solved, here's how I fixed mine when I encountered this same problem. Draw a rectangle on the line(s), like if you're selecting elements. You won't see any visible indication that it's selected but that�??s okay.  Mouse right click on the white portion of the screen and choose Delete.

I hade the exact same issue, and pinay1975's solution solved it perfectly. Thank you!