Mapping News by Mapperz

12 December 2007

Microsoft Windows Update Kills ArcGIS Help

Microsoft Windows Update Kills ArcGIS Help

"ESRI® announces the ArcGIS 9.2 Desktop Help Search Patch. This patch solves an issue where the search tab in ArcGIS Desktop help becomes inoperable. We recommend all ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 users download and install this patch at their earliest convenience to ensure the highest quality experience when working with ArcGIS Desktop 9.2"

BBC 's Little Britain - Computer Says No!

NIM013534 - AnswerWorks search in ArcGIS Desktop Help will stop functioning after a Microsoft Windows Update.

Description

The ArcGIS Desktop help uses a 3rd party search engine called AnswerWorks. Microsoft has released a security update to Internet Explorer affecting the Desktop help search to become inoperable. This patch resolves the issue of the search engine being non functional by updating the 3rd party search engine.

NOTE:
ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 Service Pack 4 must be installed before you can install this Patch.
If you have installed client setups from a shared Network Administrative ArcGIS Desktop setup, this Patch must be applied to all client installations.

Download the Patch
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=43&MetaID=1357

Labels: ArcGIS, Help, Kills, Microsoft, Patch, Service Pack 4

16 November 2007

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 4 Soon

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 4 Out Now

So here is the ESRI Service Pack 4 Link
http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks
.viewPatch&PID=17&MetaID=1351
176mb for the ArcGIS Desktop SP4 installer
379mb for the ArcGIS Desktop Help

Nothing new but lots of bug fixes....

Mapperz top picks...

NIM002728 - GeoTIFF files created with the ArcMap Export Map function should contain spatial reference information in addition to the currently encoded position and transform.
NIM007791 - Append Annotation tool in ArcToolbox creates duplicates of all fields for each annotation feature class being appended.
NIM007843 - Text symbol halos often fail to draw correctly, or they drop out.
NIM008760 - File geodatabase raster catalogs with managed imagery crash ArcGIS Engine applications.
NIM009820 - Graphic elements added using the Insert Picture command may have some pixels turn black when the MXD is saved with elements in "Save picture as part of document" mode. Parts of the picture may also turn black during export to PDF or other vector graphics formats.
NIM010025 - Closing the map when multiple editors are editing a version concurrently does not save edits when requested.
NIM011119 - Browsing for PMF (ArcPublisher) files will no longer cause the computer to freeze.
NIM011379 - When switching from the Maplex labeling engine to the standard ESRI labeling engine, the View Unplaced Labels function stops working for the standard labeling engine, and any previously displayed unplaced labels are removed.
NIM011521 - The ExportCAD function now creates a new PRJ file if overwriting an existing CAD file that already has a PRJ file, along with the CAD file.