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Calculate Representation Rule (Cartography) (ArcInfo only)

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Last modified July 13, 2007
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Applies existing representation rules to features in a feature class representation by calculating the RuleID field.


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Command line syntax
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CalculateRepresentationRule_cartography <in_features> <representation> <representation_rule>

Parameter Explanation Data Type
<in_features>

The feature class that contains the features for which representation rules will be calculated.

Feature Layer
<representation>

The feature class representation that contains the representation rules that will be applied to features. This feature class representation must belong to the input feature class.

String
<representation_rule>

The representation rule to be applied to the input features by calculating the RuleID field.

String
Data types for geoprocessing tool parameters


Command line example

CalculateRepresentationRule_cartography c:\workspace.mdb\roads roads_Rep Road_SymbID

Scripting syntax
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CalculateRepresentationRule_cartography (in_features, representation, representation_rule)

Parameter Explanation Data Type
in_features (Required)

The feature class that contains the features for which representation rules will be calculated.

Feature Layer
representation (Required)

The feature class representation that contains the representation rules that will be applied to features. This feature class representation must belong to the input feature class.

String
representation_rule (Required)

The representation rule to be applied to the input features by calculating the RuleID field.

String

Data types for geoprocessing tool parameters


Script example

import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create()

gp.workspace = "c:\Workspace.mdb"
gp.toolbox = "cartography"
gp.CalculateRepresentationRule ("roads", "roads_Rep", "Road_SymbID")

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