This workbook covers the basics of ARC Macro Language (AML) in the context of accomplishing practical ARC/INFO tasks, and also includes tips and tricks for experienced AML programmers.
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This workbook is designed to help you get work done. AML provides a wide variety of operations to complement ARC/INFO. AML programs organize ARC/INFO commands into sophisticated geoprocessing operations and AML menus provide the basis for combining these operations into a structured, easy-to-use graphical user interface. AML is a programming language which teaches you the programming concepts and techniques necessary to accomplish ARC/INFO tasks and solve application problems. Each lesson includes numerous examples as well as questions and exercises. In summary, AML provides a wide variety of operations to complement ARC/INFO. The best way to learn what AML can do is use it, so buy this book and get started.
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Chapter 1: AML building blocks, How you can use AML: AML is an interpreted language. Interpreted languages translate each command line to machine language and execute it before moving to the next line. In addition to grouping frequently used command sequences as one task, you can use AML to prompt the user for information, validate user input, provide meaningful error messages, create your own commands, and create a menu driven interface to ARC/INFO operations. Here are some examples:
Customize ARC/INFO tools for your applications: Combine ARC/INFO tools to create your own specialized functions, Build interactive menus, Create your own commands, Enhance native ARC capabilities, Implement complex applications, and Perform modeling.
Increase Productivity: Create a user interface for your application, Reduce typing by storing command sequences in a file, Help less experienced users become productive more quickly, Provide managers with display and query capabilities, Automate frequently performed and repetitive tasks, Automate database access, and Create uick keyboard macros.
In summary, AML provides a wide variety of operations to complement ARC/INFO. The best way to learn what AML can do is use it, so buy this book and get started.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent introduction to AML,
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This review is from: Arc Macro Language Vrsion 7.1.1 : Developing ARC/INFO Menus and Macros with AML, for UNIX and Windows NT (Paperback)
Comprehensive and clearly written, this book starts with the assumption that the reader has no prior programming experiance and steps through the fundamentals of aml programming using short and useful examples. It's a good mix of theory and practical application.This book is written for the Workstation version of ArcInfo, which uses AML as its primary scripting language. It is not relevant to the ArcGIS 'Desktop' release which now uses standard COM based languages (VB,C++, etc.) for applications development.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The best book by ESRI Press for advanced GIS users,
This review is from: Arc Macro Language Vrsion 7.1.1 : Developing ARC/INFO Menus and Macros with AML, for UNIX and Windows NT (Paperback)
This is by far the most useful book I have ever encountered published by ESRI Press! If you are still using Arc/Info from the command line, this is the book to get! Now, if ESRI would only make the documentation from their classes available for purchase ... that stuff is the best GIS software info available! Unfortunately, you have to enroll in one of their courses, which are by no means, cheap!
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ARC Macro Language Version 7.1.1,
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This review is from: Arc Macro Language Vrsion 7.1.1 : Developing ARC/INFO Menus and Macros with AML, for UNIX and Windows NT (Paperback)
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ARC Macro Language (AML) gives you the power to tailor ARC/INFO software's suite of geoprocessing operations to fit your particular applications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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