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What's New In MapLogic Layout Manager New Features In Version 5.0Version 5.0 adds a number of new element types to MapLogic Layout Manager as well as enhances a number of existing capabilities. Detail Frame Version 5.0 adds a new element to the collection MapLogic layout elements called a Detail Frame. A Detail Frame is an area set aside on the layout for detail maps. Detail maps are created based on a user-selected layer. As the map moves from page to page, the detail frame will examine the layout to see if features from the selected layer are present on the visible extent of the map and automatically generate detail maps highlighting the location of the features. The detail frame is not the same as a single detail map. The detail frame represents and area on the layout that is reserved for detail maps. The detail frame will fill this area with as many detail maps as there are detail features in the visible extent of the map up to a maximum number that will fit within the boundaries of the frame. The heading, size, scale and layers present in the detail maps are all parameters that are set by the user. This feature requires a Pro license Legend Symbol Labeler The Legend Symbol Labeler is designed to make it much easier to create custom legend labels based on the data contained in the attribute table of a feature layer in ArcMap. Instead of having to create a summary table and then manually type the results into a layer's legend, you can now automate the process by creating an expression for the labels. EXPRESSON: [TYPE].First.UCase - [DESCRIPTION].First ([ACRES].Sum.Round(0) ac.) In the above example, the label is created by combining the value of three fields: the "TYPE" field changed to uppercase ("[TYPE].First.UCase"), the "DESCRIPTION" field ("[DESCRIPTION].First") and the sum of the acreages in the "ACRES" field rounded to 0 decimal points ("[ACRES].Sum.Round(0)"). The actual label that appears in the legend might look like the following: R1 – Residential (52,356 ac.) This tool has been available from MapLogic as a stand-alone software product. It has now been incorporated into MapLogic Layout Manager at the Pro license level. Furthermore, these expression based labels can now work in concert with other parts of MapLogic Layout Manager so that, as you move from page to page, the legend will update itself to represent information about that page rather than the entire map. Map Series Dynamic Layer Definition Queries Prior to version 5.0 users were required to use custom code to update the definition queries of layers as a series moved from page to page. This functionality has now been added as a property of the Map Series Frame and can be accessed through the Map Series tab on the Data Frame Properties dialog. This feature is available for Basic, Advanced and Pro licenses. Map Series Dynamic Map Projections Prior to version 5.0 users were required to use custom code to update coordinate system of the map as a series moved from page to page. This functionality has now been added as a property of the Map Series Frame and can be accessed through the Map Series tab on the Data Frame Properties dialog. As the series moves from page to page, the coordinate system for that page is read from a field in the Index (grid) Layer and applied to the map. This feature is available for Basic, Advanced and Pro licenses. Map Series Support for Joined Fields As of release 5.0, the Map series supports joined tables and the fields in joined tables can be used to set the properties of the Map Series Frame. This feature is available for Basic, Advanced and Pro licenses. New Features In Version 4.1Version 4.1 adds a number of new element types to MapLogic Layout Manager as well as enhances a number of existing capabilities. Dynamic Legends Version 4.1 adds a new element to the collection MapLogic layout elements called a Dynamic Legend. This element creates a subset of an ArcMap legend so only those symbols appear in the legend that are within the visible extent of the map. The Dynamic Legend will examine each item in the ArcMap legend and then check the map to see if there is a corresponding feature within the visible extent of the map. If a map feature is found then, then the symbol is included in the legend. If no map feature is found, then the symbol is not displayed. Dynamic Legends can also be linked to a legend that is in a different section in the map book. This is useful if you want to create an independent legend page in your map book. There is no longer the need to convert the legend to graphic element and copy/paste them into a separate sheet. The Dynamic Legend will automatically keep your legend page in sync with the map pages in your map book. Dynamic Legends work with single symbol, unique value, graduated color and graduated symbol legends. Geo-Text Element The Geo-Text element is a new dynamic text element introduced at version 4.1. Geo-Text is similar to the Series Text element in the sense that the text element gets refreshed as you move from page to page in a series. However, unlike the Series Text which could only extract information from the attribute table of the Index Layer (grid layer), the Geo-Text element can extract information from any layer’s attribute table. For example, suppose your map series moves over a number of different municipalities and you would like a label on your map layout showing the name of the municipality you are currently on. With the Geo-Text element you can link the text label to the municipality layer and extract the name and place it as a label on the layout. Python Customization Prior to version 4.1 users could customized MapLogic Layout Manager using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). This allowed users to develop features specific to their needs that did not exist in the extension. As the series moves from page to page MapLogic Layout Manager updates the layout and then runs any custom code created by users. As ESRI is discontinuing support for VBA in ArcGIS, MapLogic Layout Manager now also supports Python as the method for customizing the extension. We will continue to support VBA customization as well until it is permanently removed from ArcGIS. There have also been a number of other minor enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager as well as a number of bug fixes in version 4.1. New Features In Version 4.0The focus of Version 4.0 has been to modernize the internal code for MapLogic Layout Manager and to make it compatible with the new requirements set forth by ESRI@ with the release of ArcGIS 10.0. MapLogic Layout Manager is now entirely a .Net compatible product. There have been a few changes to the MapLogic Layout Manager interface to make it more compatible with the new ArcMap user interface: Layouts Table of Contents At 4.0 the Layouts Table of Contents is no longer a tab on the ArcMap Table of Contents. There is now a new Layouts dockable window. To display this window select View > Layouts Table of Contents from the MapLogic Layout Manager toolbar. This new dockable window also has its own toolbar and some of the layout related tools have moved from the MapLogic Layout Manager toolbar to the Layouts dockable window. MapLogic Element Explorer The Layouts Table of Contents now has a new window which will list all the MapLogic specific elements contained on the active layout. From this window users can flash the elements on the layout or directly access the properties of MapLogic Elements. PDF Merge Tool A new PDF Merge Tool is now available which allows users to select multiple PDFs and merge them into a single document. Merge PDFs on Export A new option on the export dialog now allows you to merge all of the exported PDFs into a single document. Indexing Wizard The Indexing Wizard has been updated with a more modern looking interface. It also no longer locks ArcMap while the wizard is being displayed. This allows you to continue to interact with the map as you are populating the parameters of the Indexing Wizard. Adjacent Labels as Series Text The Series Text Element now has a number of new reserved words which allows the user to place the adjacent page labels as series text elements. This gives the user much greater control over the placement and content of the adjacent page labels. $$ADJACENT_PAGE_TOP – The page adjacent to the top edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_BOTTOM – The page adjacent to the bottom edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_LEFT – The page adjacent to the left edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_RIGHT – The page adjacent to the right edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_TOP_LEFT – The page adjacent to the top left corner of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_TOP_RIGHT – The page adjacent to the top right corner of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_BOTTOM_LEFT – The page adjacent to the bottom right corner of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_BOTTOM_RIGHT – The page adjacent to the bottom left corner of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_TOP_ALL – All pages adjacent to the top edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_BOTTOM_ALL – All pages adjacent to the bottom edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_LEFT_ALL – All pages adjacent to the left edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_RIGHT_ALL – All pages adjacent to the right edge of the current page $$ADJACENT_PAGE_ALL – All pages adjacent to the current page on all sides Preview Pages Toolbar The Preview Pages toolbar has been modernized with a new look and now can display pages across the entire map book rather than only the current section. There have also been a number of other minor enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager as well as a number of bug fixes in version 4.0. New Features In Version 3.2 The focus of Version 3.2 has been to make it easier to use MapLogic Layout Manager. Although MapLogic Layout Manager has always been a very powerful map book creation tool, understanding how to use the extension is not very easy. To help solve the problem this version brings the following enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager: Book Wizard The Book Wizard is a new wizard enabling the generation of map series and map books using a few easy selections. The Book Wizard takes these selections and combines them with the most commonly used options to quickly generate a map book. With the new wizard users can create a complete map book with an overview map and street index in a matter of minutes. Grid Wizard The Grid Wizard is a new wizard enabling users to create grid index layers. Although MapLogic Layout Manager offered two tools for generating index layers (Grid Index Wizard and Linear Index Wizard), these tools were rather limited in functionality and unfriendly to use. The new Grid Wizard combines the capabilities of these two tools and adds many more features including the ability to edit, merge, split and move individual grid cells. The new previewing capabilities allow the user to see what the grid is going to look like before the shapefile is created. Indexing Wizard The Indexing Wizard is the new name for the Multi-Layout/Multi-Layer Indexing Wizard introduced in version 3.1. There have been a number of improvements and bug fixes and the wizard now replaces the Location Listing Database Wizard as the primary tool for creating indexes in MapLogic Layout Manager. New Features In Version 3.1Version 3.1 brings the following enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager: Multi-Layout/Multi-Layer Indexing Wizard Version 3.1 introduces a new Pro level indexing wizard. This wizard contains a number of new features which users have requested, including:
Select Print and Export Page Ranges Based On Queries and Selections Many users expressed an interest in being able to print or export pages in a map series or book based on the polygons in the index layer that are currently selected or based on pages that containing certain information (for example, export pages in the series where there is a school or hospital). A new tab has been added to the print/export page range dialog which allows you to create print and export page ranges based on these types of queries and selections. Right to Left Series and Page Indexes Series and page indexes now support right to left column layouts. This option helps support Arabic and Hebrew languages. Expanding Page Index Prior to this release if the user did not set aside enough space for a page index, the index would be truncated. A new option on the page index allows the index to expand until all the listings are displayed. Turn Off Layer Sorting in Thematic Series A new option has been added to thematic series properties to turn off layer sorting. Relaxed Series Index Database Requirements The Series Index Element no longer requires the “Listing” and “Page” fields in the DBF file it is accessing. This requirement was removed in order to support the new multi-layer indexing wizard. Issues Addressed In Version 3.1General Issues Multiple Layouts Inadvertently Stored In ArcMap Templates (MXTs) Under certain circumstances when editing an ArcMap template file (mxt) multiple layout containers were added to the template file. This caused errors when attempting to open a mxd that referenced the template. MapLogic Layout Manager now prevents multiple layouts from being stored in the ArcMap template. Folder Tool Causes Error When Attempting To Create New File Name There have been a few very rare instances on user computers where the folder tool fails to create a new shapefile or DBF file name. Although we have never been able to solve why this is happening on these client computers, we have added a second method for creating file names which should bypass this issue. Map Series Frame Index Layer Not Found When In A Group Layer In previous releases the Map Series Frame failed to find the selected index layer when it was inside a group layer. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. Corner Adjacent Label Not Placed Properly In previous releases adjacent page labels were not being placed correctly under certain circumstances. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. Mask Layer Transparency Causes Error On GeoPDF Export Under certain circumstances adding transparency to the Map Series Frame’s mask layer causes GeoPDF export to fail. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. Series Locator Frame Highlight Layer Transparency Causes Error On GeoPDF Export Under certain circumstances adding transparency to the Series Locator Frame’s highlight layer causes GeoPDF export to fail. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. Page Index Element Indexing Features With Empty or Blank Attributes Causes Error In prior versions if the layer being indexed by a Page Index Element contained blank or empty attributes, the indexing failed. Users were required to add a definition query to the layer to remove these blank records. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1 and the definition query is no longer required. Column Breaks Missing if Break Occurs at Top of Column In prior versions the Page Index Element failed to place a column break if the column break was needed after the last listing in a column. The Page Index started the next column without placing the required break. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. Series Index Element Column Breaks Missing if Break Occurs at Top of Column In prior versions the Series Index Element failed to place a column break if the column break was needed after the last listing in a column. The Series Index started the next column without placing the required break. This issue has been corrected in version 3.1. New Features In Version 3.0Version 3.0 brings the following enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager: Thematic Series Themes represent a new way of creating multiple maps from the same map layout. Up to now the only option available for creating multiple maps from the same layout has been creating a map series. In a map series, the content of the map remains constant but the visible extent of the map is panned and zoomed as you move from page to page. In a thematic series, the layer visibility and order changes as you move from page to page. For example, you may want to create a land use and zoning map within the same layout. You can setup a land use theme and a zoning theme. As you move from one theme to the next, certain layers will automatically turn themselves on or off according to the rules of each theme. Furthermore, you can set up series text elements that update themselves as you move from theme to theme. So, for example, your map title will automatically correct itself as you switch themes. Finally, a thematic series can be combined with a map series. So a 50 page map series with 3 themes will generate 150 maps. Search And Replace Text Across Multiple Layouts This new tool allows you to search and replace text across all the layouts stored inside your MXD. Because MapLogic Layout Manager allows you to store multiple layouts inside a single MXD, making small text changes can often become tedious as the user must activate each layout and make the changes. With this new tool making text changes becomes much easier. For example, if the project title changes, you can use this tool to replace all instances of the title in the MXD with the new title. Search and Replace is not limited text elements. You can choose to search through data frame names, layer names, and even layer symbol labels. Copy Layers To Multiple Layouts This is another tool added to make working across multiple layouts easier. With this tool you can copy a layer from your existing map to any or all maps stored inside your MXD. You no longer need to activate each layout one-at-a-time to paste the new layer. You also have the option of replacing existing layers in the destination maps with the new layer based on certain matching criteria (name, data source, definition query, etc.) Furthermore, when replacing an existing layer, you have the option of applying the definition query or symbology of the layer being replaced to the new layer. Support For GeoPDF Export The MapLogic Layout Manager export dialog now supports the GeoPDF export format. A number of clients have requested the ability to support this format with our extension. Keep in mind that Terrago’s Map2PDF extension for ArcGIS must be installed on your computer for this option to be available through the export dialog. Also users will need to make sure they have installed the Map2PDF map book patch available at: http://www.terragotech.com/software/map2pdf_arcgis_patch_2.exe Run Custom Scripts In A Map Series Clients sometimes have specific needs that are too specialized to be added to the core product. Adding the ability to run custom VBA scripts as a map series moves from page to page solves this issue. With this new scripting ability you can pretty much do whatever you want as extension is moving from page to page. Furthermore, we pass information to your script which lets you know what page in the series you are in, what polygon feature in the index layer the software is zooming to and even what map is being updated. Pause During Print And Export Sometimes the rapid fire printing or exporting of pages can overwhelm system resources or the print queue. Version 3.0 adds the ability to pause between each page during printing and exporting. This allows your system additional time to print files that are already in queue as well as to do additional cleanup as needed. Expand Map Series Mask Layer At version 3.0 we have added the ability to expand (or contract) the Map Series Frame’s mask layer beyond edge of the current page’s polygon. Some clients were using index layers that were using street centerlines as the boundary of pages in a map series. Since the mask layer was lining up exactly on the centerline, street labels on these roads were often cut in half. In the latest version you can specify a distance by which the mask layer is expanded or contracted. Change Map Series Reference Grid Based On A Field Value Prior to version 3.0 the reference grid around the map frame (A1, A2, B1, B2, etc.) was static. If the user wanted to have a different reference grid on some of the pages in the map series, it was necessary to create a whole new template for those pages. In the latest version you can set up multiple reference grids for your map frame and have the appropriate grid turn itself on depending on the page. All you need to do is add a field in your index layer and populate it with the name of the grid you want to use in each page. Page Index Wraps Around Other Elements On The Layout At version 3.0 we have added the option to allow the Page Index to correctly wrap around other elements that appear on the layout. Wrap Series Text Elements At version 3.0 we have added the option to wrap series text elements if they get longer than a user specified number of characters. New Series Text Reserved Words At version 3.0 we have added a number of new reserved words that you can use in Series Text expressions; $$PROJECT_NAME, $$PROJECT_FULLNAME, $$PROJECT_PATH and $$PROJECT_DRIVE. These reserved words allow you to put links on maps to the source MXD. New Export File Naming Options At version 3.0 we have added a number of new options for creating file names during the export process. We have also changed the default settings on the naming options so that none of them are selected by default. Beyond these changes there have been a number of tweaks and bug fixes all aimed at making MapLogic Layout Manager a more useful and robust product. Issues Addressed In Version 2.21Version 2.21 has been released to address a number of issues (i.e. bugs) found in prior versions of the extension. Attempts to change the active layout in ArcGIS 9.2 causes ArcMap to crash A small number of users are encountering this issue on multi-layout projects that were created prior to the ArcGIS 9.2 release. A new tool has been added to the MapLogic Layout Manager toolbar to address this issue. You can find this tool in: Tools \ Advanced \ Make all maps in MXD 9.2 compliant... IMPORTANT: This tool may reset any legends that you have placed on any of your layouts. You may need to fix the settings on your legend element after running this tool. This may also apply to north arrows, scale bars and scale text as well. Please note that this is an interim solution to this issue. This tool may not correct the problem in all cases. We are releasing this patch due to the critical nature of the problem. ESRI has confirmed this problem and has assigned it an incident number (#NIM006855) and is working on a solution to be included in a future ArcGIS service pack. DO NOT USE THIS TOOL unless you are encountering the above described issue. Export file naming options are being ignored by the extension This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. Indexing of polygon layers not capturing all features on page This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. Better handling of certain errors during indexing When indexing feature layers certain features caused the indexing process to crash. This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. Better cleanup during the export process MapLogic Layout Managerexport routines have been updated to account for changes that ESRI has made to the export cleanup process. Proper placement of Key Map labels Key Map labels were not being positioned on the map correctly when index layer and data frame did not have the same Coordinate System. This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. Indexing of multi-point feature layers encounters errors This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. Deleting Master Template in multi-template map book section causes "CountTemplatePage" error This issue has been corrected in Version 2.21. RELEASE HISTORY (INFORMATION ABOUT
PRIOR VERSIONS)
Version 2.0 brings the following enhancements to MapLogic Layout Manager: Page Index Element We are pleased to introduce a new element called the page index at version 2. The page index is similar to the series index except that it creates an index for the current page in the map series. While a series index usually comes after the map series and list the location of features in the entire map series, the page index is placed on the same layout as the map series and lists where features are located on the page. Map Series Frame Faster Performance Users will notice much faster performance on sorted map series, in particular those that have a large number of pages. For the greatest performance boost, bring up the properties of your map series frame, change/unchange a parameter and click OK (i.e. force a refresh of the properties). This faster performance also speeds up the performance of all other objects that rely on the map series frame (for example, series indexes, series text, etc.) Better Placement Of Adjacent Labels The adjacent page labeling engine has been modified to position labels better when dealing with complex polygons in the index layer. Corner Adjacent Labels You can now add corner labels to the map series frame, if you setup your index layer polygons so they are the same aspect ratio as your map series frame. Select Adjacent Label Sides You can now turn off adjacent page labels on each side of the map series frame. For example, if you don’t want labels on the binding side of the map book, you can turn them off. Mask Areas Outside Index Polygon Before version 2, you had the option of clipping the areas outside of the boundaries of the current page’s index polygon. Now you also have the option of masking those areas using a symbol of your choice. Series Locator Frame Highlight Layer At version 2 we have added the option of displaying the current page symbol of a locator frame as a layer in the map. This allows you to move the position of the highlighted area in the table of contents. In other words, you can choose what layers are placed on top of the highlighted area and what is place under it. Invert Highlight At version 2 you have the option of inverting the highlighted area. In other words, you can choose to highlight everything but the location of the current page. Series Index Frame “As Is” Listing Database At version 2 you can now create “As Is” listing databases. An “As Is” database stores the appropriate page numbers and row and column labels in the database when it is created. This eliminates the need to link the database to the map series frame in order to correct the page numbers and column labels. This option increases the performance of the series index. However, this option will require that you recreate the database whenever changes are made in the map book that modify the page numbers or row and column labels in the map series. $$DOTS Reserved Word Column expressions now support a new reserved word: $$DOTS. This reserved word expands the column text with dots to fill the entire width of the column. For example: [LISTING]$$DOTS $$PAGE_NUMBER Will result in the following: |
STREET |
PAGE |
Main Street………….….. |
1 |
STREET |
PAGE |
Grid |
Main Street |
3 |
A1, A2, B3, B4, C4, D4 |
STREET |
PAGE |
Grid |
Main Street |
3 |
A1 - D4 |
CITY |
STREET |
PAGE |
Gainesville |
Main St |
1,4 |
Gainesville |
University Ave |
2 |
Gainesville |
Willow Rd |
5 |
Springfield |
Lincoln Ave |
12 |
Springfield |
Main St |
9,10 |
CITY |
STREET |
PAGE |
Gainesville |
Main St |
1,4 |
University Ave |
2 |
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Willow Rd |
5 |
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Springfield |
Lincoln Ave |
12 |
Main St |
9,10 |
STREET |
PAGE |
Allen Ave |
3 |
Arbor St |
2 |
B |
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Boardwalk Ave |
2 |
STREET |
PAGE |
A |
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Allen Ave |
3 |
Arbor St |
2 |
B |
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Boardwalk Ave |
2 |
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