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DFIRM Tools

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• Annotation Tool
• Database Exporter
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• GeoPop Pro
• GIS Data ReViewer
• JTX
• Label-EZ
• Map Production Pro
• Work Map Pro
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DFIRM Tools: General Questions

• Who should use these tools?
• What are the criteria for getting user name and password to use MIP tools?
• How long will it take to get access to DFIRM Tools?
• How do I obtain training?
• How do I configure my browser?
• How do users create their own folders?
• I have ArcGIS 9.0. Will the MIP accommodate the data submitted in this version?
• How do I upload local files and download tools to my local machine?
• How do I submit data?
• In what format can I submit my data?
• Can I map a local drive in Citrix?
• Why do I get a "Missing Projection Information" error when launching ArcMap?
• Why do I get the "Action Disabled" message when trying to access certain tools?
• Who should I contact if I need additional help with DFIRM Tools?
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DFIRM Tools: DFIRM Annotation Tool

• I received an error message that the data is not in a projection.
• Why do I get the error "There is no scale stored for this panel, please go back and enter the correct scale of the panel you are annotating" when I try to use the tool?
• Why do I get the message, "You are try to annotate in 'Layout View.' Please switch to 'Data View.'", when trying to annotate?
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DFIRM Tools: Database Exporter

• I only want to export my data to shapefiles, and I cannot cancel the process after the shapefiles have been created.
• Why do I get an "Error in STUDY_INFO table" error message when trying to export from the geo-database to the dBase tables?
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DFIRM Tools: DFIRM Metadata Builder

• Why do I get "The data frame properties horizontal datum… or The data frame property planar unit…" type termination errors when I try to build a metadata file?
• Why do I get the "The following fields in the Study_Info table must be populated to generate a metadata file: Horizontal Datum…." termination error when trying to build metadata?
• Why do I get the "Either the HORIZONTAL DATUM or the PROJECTION in the study_info table does not matchA…" termination error when trying to build metadata?
• Why do I have to overwrite the existing metadata file, if I want to create a new metadata file?
• Why do I get the "There is a gap in between two source citations…" termination error when trying to build metadata?
• Why do I get the "The information provided is incomplete…" termination error when trying to build metadata?
• What information is required for each of the source citation templates?
• I do not understand some of the terms on the metadata templates, and I do not know what information needs to be entered.
• Why do I get the "The year you entered for CALENDAR DATE is not a valid 4-digit number…" Invalid Date error message when trying to populate a source template?
• The following dialog appeared when I tried use the USGS Quad Index or NGS Benchmark template for the second time…
• Why do I get the "No additional source citations were found in the database..." termination error when trying to add a new source to an existing metadata file?
• Why do I get the "Source citations have been removed since the creation of the metadata file…" termination error when trying to add a new source to an existing metadata file?
• Why do I get the "The information provided is incomplete…" termination error when trying to edit a source in the existing metadata file?
• Why do I get the "No source was selected…" termination error when trying to edit a source in the existing metadata file?
• Why was I only able to pick one source from the drop-down list to edit?
• In the metadata file the publication date and calendar date are listed as 'prelim', but the metadata is for an effective study, not a preliminary study.
• Why can't I edit the keywords or the altitude resolution value in the current metadata file?
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DFIRM Tools: DFIT

• Why do I get the "There is no BASE MAP SOURCE note associated with 51163c." error message after running DFIT?
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DFIRM Tools: GeoPop Pro

• Attribute dialog boxes do not appear after a new sketch has been created.
• Feature Type tool is enabled and not displaying any line types.
• I cannot add a feature to a feature class that is visible (there is a checkmark in the box next to the name). I have made sure that the layer is selectable.
• I digitized several features, but when I open the attribute table, many of the fields are null.
• The following error message appears: (Only DFIRM_ID 46031C may be edited)
• The Panel Divider tool is not displayed when I select the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel I want to split.
• The Panel Index Generator doesn't work.
• The Panel Merger tool is not displayed when I select the FIRM panels I want to merge.
• When splitting and merging panels, a panel will not merge properly.
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DFIRM Tools: GIS Data ReViewer

• After I ran the Rendering Using VVT Symbology tool, some of my features were displayed as bright purple or pink.
• Unintentionally, I deleted a record from the error table.
• The error description that I entered for an error needs to be changed.
• When I click on the Select and Identify Tool, I do not see the attribute fields for the feature that I've selected.
• The Duplicate Error Tool is not working.
• The information that I entered for an error record is incorrect.
• I ran Batch Validate on a feature class or selected set of features without any problem. I want to run Batch Validate again, this time on new features or some additional features. When I launch the batch validation, the features I want to have checked are not selected. Batch Validate is not detecting the features.
• Why do I get the "The associated layer referenced by the error table in no longer in the map" message when trying to visit and error message?
• Why do I get the "Some Feature Classes had problems when loading their WT/CNT information…" message when trying to run batch validation?
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DFIRM Tools: JTX

• Why do I get the "Error #91: Object variable or With block variable not set…" message when trying to uncheck the previous step?
• Which steps in the workflow require child jobs to be created?
• Why can't I mark my parent step as being finished?
• Why do I get the "The final step of this job must be completed by an Administrator…" message when I mark step 41 finished?
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DFIRM Tools: Label-EZ

• Label Panel has completed the batch processing, but I cannot see the annotation.
• Why do I get the "This operation has been cancelled due to restriction in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator." Error message when I try to change the abbreviation or hyphenation dictionary in the Label Edit Options settings?
• I corrected the annotation to resolve an error in the data, but the value did not change in the attribute table.
• I've restored a suppressed label, but the associated leader line is not visible.
• I am trying to reposition a two-word label (i.e., Rambling Creek), but only one word is moving.
• I cannot change the properties of the leader ine that I just created.
• When using the Annotation Tools and the Label-Edit Tools, sometimes the Label-Edit tool becomes grayed out (inactive).
• In the previous step, I labeled a panel. I followed the workflow process and advanced to the step where I am editing the annotation. I just launched a new child job for the annotation editing step to see the results of the labeling process. I see "8000" all over my panel. None of the features in the panel have an attribute value of "8000".
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DFIRM Tools: Map Production Pro

• Why do I get the "No records were found matching the search criteria…" message when I tried to preview a panel layout?
• Why do I get the "Error in selecting ANI_TF = 2000 or Could not store community information" error messages when I tried to preview a panel layout?
• Features appear outside of the map frame in Layout view.
• My suppressed labels are visible when I create a panel layout.
• Why do I get the "Please populate 'T' or 'F' of 'DOQ Based' field in Study_Info table for this project" message when I tried to export a layout to image files?
• What size layouts can I export using the Export to Image tool?
• To what image file formats can export my layout?
• Why do I get the "Could not get Panel No. Please run Map Production Pro tool first" message when I opened an ArcMap session and tried to export a layout to image files?
• Why do I get the "No tfw file exists under the current project. Please do georeference for the tif files first" message when I tried to create a PGW World file?
• Why do I get the "No png file exists under the current project" message when I tried to create a PGW World file?
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DFIRM Tools: Work Map Pro

• The text in the panel layout is too large and extends past the bounding box.
• I have selected multiple panels and changed the title and/or scale information. However, my changes are not being displayed on all of the panels.
• How do I send my panel layouts to my local printer?
• I made changes to my legend in Work Map Pro, but my changes are not being displayed when I preview my panel again.
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