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Mark would you tell me where this is?  I am trying to use this with annotation  Thanks Dan ... View more

Thank you I will try this ... View more

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The script is still failing at line 21  the more than two data frame is just incase.  I will try that and see if it helps. ... View more

I am trying print statements ... View more

It is down lower in the script  the following fields .append(row.getValue(f)) ... View more

Runtime error Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 19, in <module> File "c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\arcpy\arcpy\arcobjects\arcobjects.py", line 1100, in getValue return convertArcObjectToPythonObject(self._arc_object.GetValue(*gp_fixargs(args))) RuntimeError: ERROR 999999: Error executing function. ... View more

I have gotten a script to run but I am getting a runtime error, any ideas? the error happens at fields .append(row.getValue(f)) import arcpy from arcpy import env arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True arcpy.env.addOutputsToMap = False arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/temp" out_layer = "temp.lyr" mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument('CURRENT') df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd, '*')[0] # need to find way to get list of layers there can be more than one data frame listfields = [] thebadlist = [] for LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd):  if LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff.isGroupLayer:   print "group print"  elif LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff.isFeatureLayer:   fields = dict((f.name, []) for f in arcpy.ListFields(LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff) if not f.required)   rows = arcpy.SearchCursor(LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff,"","","","")   for row in rows:    for f in fields.keys():     fields .append(row.getValue(f))     #print row.getValue(f)   for field, values in fields.iteritems():    #print field        if  field == "Shape":     listfields.append(field)    elif all(map(lambda s: s is None or not str(s).strip(), values)):     thebadlist.append(field)    else:     listfields.append(field)   # LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff = arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd, 'exampledata', df)[0]   # fill in your desired fields to remain visible      desiredFields = listfields      field_info = arcpy.Describe(LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff).fieldInfo # I need this for field count          for i in range(field_info.count):    if field_info.getfieldname(i) not in desiredFields:     if field_info.getfieldname(i) == "SHAPE":      field_info.setvisible(i, 'VISIBLE')     elif field_info.getfieldname(i) == "Shape":      field_info.setvisible(i, 'VISIBLE')     else:      field_info.setvisible(i, 'HIDDEN')           arcpy.SaveToLayerFile_management(LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff, out_layer)   arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff, 'temp_layer', '', '', field_info)   refLyr = arcpy.mapping.Layer('temp_layer')   # rename the ref layer the same as your target layer   refLyr.name = LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff.name   lyrfile = "C:/temp/temp.lyr"   print LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff.name   arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management(refLyr, lyrfile)   arcpy.mapping.UpdateLayer(df, LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff, refLyr, False)   # mxd.save()    print 'cleaning up-'   if arcpy.Exists('temp_layer'):    print '\'temp_layer\' still in memory...deleting now...'   arcpy.Delete_management('temp_layer')   print 'deleting obj refs...'   del LayerNeedsFieldsTurnedOff, refLyr,  fields, f, i      print 'done.' ... View more