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ArcView 3.2
Quad Pull-down Menu
To add the quad pull down menu to
ArcView 3.2 use the script. Note that
you must supply the relevant paths, file names and table column
names that are shown in red in the
script. To follow these instructions you need only to have ArcView
3.2 on your work station. You also should either be adventurous
or have intermediate ArcView skills from experience or completion
of the basic ESRI, Inc. classroom or on-line
course. You do not need to be a System Administrator, GIS
Specialist, or have System Administrator privileges on your machine.
You will be modifying only ArcView rather than the operating system.
All the instructions that you need are here. If you have difficulty,
contact your peers who use ArcView, your local GIS Specialist,
Dan Martin, or other available expertise.
Step one:
Create a table in ArcView that looks
like this for your area. Once again you must supply the proper
paths in the right column and insure that you use the same column
headings in both the table and in the script.
In the example here using some of
the quads from the Canyon of the Ancients, that I had on my computer.
At the DOS command prompt, I used the command (Starting from the drive where the program executable resides, run)\GIS\Colorado\DRG\dir>quads.txt
to obtain a file with a list of the quads in the directory to
use in a spread sheet or other editor to build the list for the
Quadpath column in the table. I used ArcView to obtain the Quad
names associated with the Ohio codes (quad file name) to build
the Quadname column.
The next task is to set up and test
the script. In the ArcView Project window open the "Script"
component and open a blank script window using the "New"
button. Paste a copy of the script lifted from the browser window
and edit it according to the above instructions and your local
conditions.
Once you are satisfied with your edits,
compile your script. You will have to compile each time you edit.
Then run your script.
At this point you are ready to put
a button on ArcView's View component's Button bar. In the ArcView
Project window open the "Script" component and on the
Menu bar choose "Project">"Customize".
Choose the settings for the "Customize"
window as below.
In the ArcView Project window when
you open the View component, you should see your new button and
when clicked the pull down script will be run.
You now have an ArcView Quad Pull
Down Menu!!! Congratulations.
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