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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Getting started

What is ArcGIS Desktop?

ArcGIS geodatabase

ArcGIS geoprocessing

ArcGIS geovisualization

ArcGIS Desktop extensions

GIS data structure types

Data types supported in ArcGIS
Desktop Administration

Administering the ArcGIS License Manager

Checking license availability

Viewing and changing the license manager

Common license manager problems and how to solve them

Setting the software product

Registering ArcView or ArcEditor and extensions

Evaluating an ArcGIS extension
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Getting started with editing in ArcMap

An overview of editing in ArcMap

The structure of vector datasets

The sketch construction tools

Shortcut keys for editing in ArcMap

Adding the editing toolbars

Adding the data you want to edit

Starting and stopping an edit session

Selecting features

Moving features

Rotating features

Deleting features

Copying and pasting features

Setting the number of decimal places displayed for measurements

About editing your geodatabase in ArcMap
Creating new features
Using a digitizer
Creating features from other features
Editing existing features
Editing topology
Editing attributes
Spatial adjustment
Editing geometric networks
Editing relationships and related objects
Editing annotation
Editing dimension features
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Getting started with writing geoprocessing scripts
Accessing tools within a geoprocessing script
Batch processing with geoprocessing scripts
Messaging and script tools
Data properties and access when scripting

Describing data in a geoprocessing script

Data access using cursors in a geoprocessing script

Working with geodatabases in a geoprocessing script
Scripting Object: Properties and methods

IGPDispatch object

Geoprocessor programming model
Properties and Methods

AddError method

AddMessage method

AddReturnMessage method

AddToolbox method

AddWarning method

CheckExtension method

CheckInExtension method

CheckOutExtension method

CheckProduct method

Command method

CopyParameter method

CreateObject method

Describe method

Exists method

GetMessage method

GetMessages method

GetParameter method

GetParameterAsText method

GetReturnCode method

GetSeverity method

GetSystemEnvironment method

InsertCursor method

ListDatasets method

ListEnvironments method

ListFeatureClasses method

ListFields method

ListIndexes method

ListRasters method

ListTables method

ListToolboxes method

ListTools method

ListWorkspaces method

MaxSeverity property

MessageCount property

OverWriteOutput method

ParameterCount property

ParseFieldName method

ParseTableName method

ProductInfo method

QualifyFieldName method

QualifyTableName method

RefreshCatalog method

RemoveToolbox method

SearchCursor method

SetParameter method

SetParameterAsText method

SetProduct method

TemporaryMapLayers property

TestSchemaLock method

Toolbox property

UpdateCursor method

Usage method

ValidateFieldName method

ValidateTableName method
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop

Getting started migrating from ArcInfo Workstation

Creating your ArcInfo Workstation migration plan

Phase 1: Requirements prior to migration from ArcInfo Workstation

Phase 2: Designing the geodatabase when migrating from ArcInfo Workstation

Phase 3: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation data

Phase 4: Migrating ArcInfo Workstation processes
ESRI Data & Maps
Extensions
Getting more help
Help for developers