Here is a recipe for accessing arcobjects from python:
http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/80/how-do-i-access-arcobjects-from-python
cheers,
matt wilkie
Geomatics Analyst
Information Management and Technology
Yukon Department of Environment
10 Burn
Hey Ivan,
Yeah that's what im thinking that id have to access the COM API in
ArcGIS 9 to get this accomplished. I don't actually need to read the
data in the layers that are included in the document only the name of
the layer in the document and the corresponding file/database name for
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Ben,
There are some interfaces on the ArcObject package that let you not exactly *ready* the MXD but you
can get some useful information from the document. I believe that you can access the ArcObject COM
API in ArcGIS 10 or 9 by using the win32com.client.Dispatch() the same way as you can load
Can you do that with ArcGIS 9.3? i was under the impression from the
doc's/forums that it's only available in the arcpy package in 10.
Ben
On 9/4/2010 5:44 PM, Paolo Corti wrote:
Im wondering if there is any way to read MXD files in ether gdal or some
other python based extension. I'm n
>Im wondering if there is any way to read MXD files in ether gdal or some
> other python based extension. I'm not looking for the raster data for the
> files only the filename/SDE name of the layer and the name of the layer in
> the MXD file. Is there any easy way to pull this information ou
Hey All,
Im wondering if there is any way to read MXD files in ether gdal or
some other python based extension. I'm not looking for the raster data
for the files only the filename/SDE name of the layer and the name of
the layer in the MXD file. Is there any easy way to pull this
informat
