Latest Contributions by AnnStark

Is the .sddraft XML schema published somewhere.  How does one know what the possible choices are when modifying the XML to fit one's needs? ... View more

It took some digging, but here is the location of the configuration files referred to above: ...\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\server\user\cfg\maps ... View more

I had this trouble too, but discovered farther down in the MdDlgContent.xsl code that the BackgroundImage variable had been commented out.  To reveal the background image, remove the <!-- at the beginning and the --> at the end of the line with this on it:     background-image :    <xsl:value-of select="$BackgroundImage" />;  (around line 58). ... View more

I'm looking forward to this being resolved.  Additionally, I'm wondering if a locator, created in a scripted process with arcpy.CreateAddressLocator can then be changed to a relative paths geocoder.  I don't see anyway to make that distinction in the coded process.  Can Esri comment on that please? Ann ... View more

Thank  you Tom for posting your xml file location.  This is exactly what I was looking for.   I voted your answer up. ... View more

Thank you rfairhur24.    This is getting me in the right direction , however I'm still stumped as to how I can calculate the lat/long of a point.    !shape.length@DECIMALDEGREES!  returns zero. !shape.firstpoint.X! returns the location in my State plane coordinates. !shape.firstpoint.X@DECIMALDEGREES! doesn't work .  (just taking a stab at things) Any one know how to do this? A couple clicks in the desktop software does it easily, but I need to incorporate this functionality into a python script that will do this each night with new points. Ann ... View more