Latest Contributions by StacyMcNeil

Hi Andrew.  Just seeing this now.  Here it is.  I was hoping to do this outside of ArcMap but found that you have to start an editing session to get it to work so created it as an Add-In.  I  have reported this to ESRI as a bug but don't think it has been fixed yet.     Protected Overrides Sub OnClick()         Dim ipDoc As ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI.IMxDocument 'ArcMapUI         ipDoc = CType(My.ArcMap.Application.Document, ESRI.ArcGIS.ArcMapUI.IMxDocument)         Dim pMap As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IMap         pMap = ipDoc.FocusMap         Dim pDocInfo As IDocumentInfo2 = CType(ipDoc, IDocumentInfo2)         Dim pEnumLayer As IEnumLayer         Dim pLayer As ILayer         Dim pFeatureLayer As IFeatureLayer         Dim pFeatureClass As IFeatureClass         Dim pDataset As IDataset         Dim Plan_Num As String         Dim idx As Integer         Dim m_editor As IEditor         Dim editorUid As New UID()         editorUid.Value = "esriEditor.Editor"         m_editor = TryCast(My.ArcMap.Application.FindExtensionByCLSID(editorUid), IEditor)         'Gets numbers from the name of the map which is the Plan_Num and will be used to set default values         Plan_Num = Integer.Parse(Regex.Replace(pDocInfo.Name, "[^\d]", ""))         pEnumLayer = pMap.Layers(Nothing, True)         pEnumLayer.Reset()         pLayer = pEnumLayer.Next         For idx = 0 To pMap.LayerCount - 1             Do Until pLayer Is Nothing                 If TypeOf pLayer Is IFeatureLayer2 And Not TypeOf pLayer Is RasterLayer Then                     Try                         pFeatureLayer = pLayer                         pFeatureClass = pFeatureLayer.FeatureClass                         If Not pFeatureClass.FeatureDataset Is Nothing Then                             pDataset = pFeatureClass.FeatureDataset                             'Loop through layers in the Plans feature dataset and set default value for Plan_Num                             If pDataset.Name = "REF.SDE.Plans" Then                                 Dim pWorkSpace As IWorkspace = pDataset.Workspace                                 Dim pWorkEdit As IWorkspaceEdit = pWorkSpace                                 If pWorkEdit.IsBeingEdited = False Then                                     'Start an edit session                                     m_editor.StartEditing(pDataset.Workspace)                                     pFeatureLayer = pLayer                                     Dim pLayerExt As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayerExtensions                                     pLayerExt = CType(pFeatureLayer, ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.ILayerExtensions)                                     Dim jdx As Integer                                     For jdx = 0 To pLayerExt.ExtensionCount - 1                                         Dim obj As Object = pLayerExt.Extension(jdx)                                         If TypeOf obj Is ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IEditTemplateManager Then                                             Dim pEditTemplateMgr As ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IEditTemplateManager                                             pEditTemplateMgr = CType(obj, ESRI.ArcGIS.Carto.IEditTemplateManager)                                             Dim pEditTemplate As IEditTemplate = pEditTemplateMgr.EditTemplate(jdx)                                             Dim kdx As Integer                                             For kdx = 0 To pEditTemplateMgr.Count - 1                                                 pEditTemplateMgr.EditTemplate(kdx).SetDefaultValue("Plan_num", Plan_Num, True)                                             Next                                         End If                                     Next                                     m_editor.StopEditing(False)                                 Else                                     MsgBox("Please stop editing and try to run tool again")                                 End If                             End If                         End If                     Catch ex As Exception                         MsgBox("Error! Default value not set for " + pLayer.Name)                     End Try                         End If                 pLayer = pEnumLayer.Next             Loop         Next         My.ArcMap.Application.SaveDocument()         MsgBox("Process complete. Map can be closed.")         My.ArcMap.Application.CurrentTool = Nothing     End Sub‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ... View more

Thank you for your answers!  Both have helped me solve different problems I had with my script. ... View more

Hi Nils.  Sorry it took me so long to answer you.  There is no way to do this with ArcPy. I had to learn some ArcObjects to accomplish this.  You can set a default value through the layer extensions (ILayerExtension) and then access the template manager (IEditTemplateManager) and edit the template (IEditTemplate).  One problem I ran into that is now logged as a bug is that you have to start an edit session for this to work.  If you would like some sample code let me know. ... View more

Thank you Duncan.  Yes I am setting "Lake" as the default value.  The problem is that I can access all of the properties on the Edit Template Interface but it seems that the methods cannot be accessed as shown on the object diagram.  I can get my tool to run as an add-in but have to start an editing session and then the tool will run without error.    My original project however is a standalone form that does not access the ArcMap application, I use the Map Document interface, so it will greatly complicate things if I have to go through the editor in my script.  I have been working a bit with ESRI on this and they will be letting me know if this is an issue since the documentation states you can update default values through the template manager.  Any insights you have on setting the default value without the editor would be great! ... View more

Thank you Freddie.  This is very helpful.  Could you let me know what results.ContainsKey is doing and what the equivalent is in VB.NET.  I am new to ArcObject and so far have not been using c#.  ... View more

Thanks Jeff.  I will look at that.  Thanks to all others who tried to help me!  Just to be sure,before I give up, there is no way to access the Create Feature Template Properties with python and I cannot use field.defaultValue to assign a default?  Many thanks! ... View more

Thanks Dan.  I haven't used functions much.  I did get it to run but as I thought, the default value was assigned to the feature class itself so when I go to another map the same default value is present.  That is why I was trying to use the defaultValue property for the field.  What I really need is a default on a field that will exist for in the mxd only.  Just like how you can set it in the template properties when creating a new feature.  Maybe this is not possible. ... View more

import os  import arcpy tbl = "Roads" fld = "Project_Name" def AssignDefault(tbl, fld):      try:          fname = arcpy.ListFields(tbl, fld)[0].name          mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")          default = os.path.splitext(arcpy.Describe(mxd.filePath).name)[0]          arcpy.AssignDefaultToField_management(tbl, fname, default)         print default     except:          print("Could not assign default") Thanks Curtis.  I will be creating a tool for the user to enter their Project Name but am keeping this simple for now since I don't even know what I am trying to do is possible.  I ran your code frmo ArcMap but nothing happened.  I added a print statement and that was not displayed either.  Any ideas? ... View more

Thanks Christian and Sephe.  I have tried th Assign Default to Field tool and the default value then gets applied to the entire feature class so anyone editing will have the same default value.  I need the default to change from map to map.  Any ideas on that? ... View more

Thank you so much Xander.  That worked perfectly!  I did as you suggested and looked at the geoprocessing results and just couln't figure out how to get my raster list in that format using Python.  I think I really wanted it to be a list since I am used to working with those and am new to Python.  I can now sleep tonight without Python code running through my head ... View more