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#SLUG DEMO
#Data Driven Maps & Python
#February 9, 2011
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#******Changing Title Dynamic text and exporting Data Driven Pages as a PDF.****
############# REFERENCE THE EXISTING MAPDOCUMENT ######################
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
############# Set-up two List for UNIT NUMBER and UNIT TYPE VALUES ##########
StakeNumber = []
Unittype = []
############# CREATE A CURSOR OBJECT, OR DATA ACCESS OBJECT, ON THE STAKE_DISTRICT LAYER TABLE ######
PortCur = arcpy.SearchCursor("Stake_District Boundary", "","","","ORGLONGNAME D")
############# ITERATE THROUGH ALL THE ROWS OF DATA AND APPEND VALUES TO THE
############# StakeNumber and Unittype
for row in PortCur:
Unitnumber = row.getValue("UNITNO")
Orgtype = row.getValue("ORGTYPELONGDESCTXT")
StakeNumber.append(Unitnumber)
Unittype.append(Orgtype)
print StakeNumber
############ REFERENCE THE MAP TITLE OBJECT TO CHANGE IT's TEXT ELEMENT PROPERTY ############
Title = arcpy.mapping.ListLayoutElements(mxd, "TEXT_ELEMENT", "MAPTITLE") [0]
########## START ITERATION THROUGH DATA DRIVEN PAGES AND CHANGE THE TEXT ELEMENT PROPERTY AND
########## EXPORT EACH ONE AS A PDF DOCUMENT
for pageNum in range(1, mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount +1):
mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID = pageNum
DescText = Unittype.pop()
Title.text = ' ' + DescText + ' ()'
arcpy.RefreshActiveView()
StkNbr = StakeNumber.pop()
print "Exporting page {0} of {1}".format(str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.currentPageID), str(mxd.dataDrivenPages.pageCount))
arcpy.mapping.ExportToPDF(mxd, r"C:\SLUG\Portrait\m_" + str(StkNbr) + ".pdf",resolution=200, image_compression="DEFLATE")