Anyone know how to Flash a Selected Feature using Python or to call the ArcObjects function through Python?
I have a process set up to allow the user to easily Query a Layer and then Zoom to the Selected Feature, immediately after zooming to the feature though, I want the feature to Flash the same as it would through the Identify Window in order to draw the user's attention to it.
I tried creating a crude version of it using SelectLayerByAttribute, but it's god-awful slow.
The reason I don't want to just leave the feature selected is that I don't want to create a situation where the User might then run some sort of GeoProcess and it only executes against the single selected feature.
I have a process set up to allow the user to easily Query a Layer and then Zoom to the Selected Feature, immediately after zooming to the feature though, I want the feature to Flash the same as it would through the Identify Window in order to draw the user's attention to it.
I tried creating a crude version of it using SelectLayerByAttribute, but it's god-awful slow.
Code:
def crudeFlash(FeatureLayer, Query):
mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("Current")
df = arcpy.mapping.ListDataFrames(mxd)[0]
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(FeatureLayer, "NEW_SELECTION", Query)
df.zoomToSelectedFeatures()
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(FeatureLayer, "CLEAR_SELECTION")
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(FeatureLayer, "NEW_SELECTION", Query)
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(FeatureLayer, "CLEAR_SELECTION")
>>> crudeFlash("MyLayer", '"NAME" = ' + "'MyFeature'")