CompositeSymbol in ArcGIS API for Silverlight

AliKaraman1

Hi All,

There is no "CompositeSymbol" class in "ArcGIS API for Silverlight"
as there are in other APIs (Esri's Flex, Java etc.)

Is there a work around?

I want to combine two symbols, namely "PictureMarkerSymbol" and "TextSymbol" as one Symbol object, to use it in a single renderer and layer.
It must be bindined to a graphic object which has only a point geometry.

Thanks!

chuckyboy81070

You can pretty much make a symbol look like anything using the controltemplate, including a "composite symbol":

<symbols:MarkerSymbol x:Key="AtSymbol" OffsetX="10" OffsetY="10">
                <symbols:MarkerSymbol.ControlTemplate>
                    <ControlTemplate>
                        <Grid>
                            <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                                <RowDefinition/>
                                <RowDefinition/>
                            </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                            <VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                                <VisualStateGroup x:Name="CommonStates">
                                    <VisualState x:Name="MouseOver">
                                        <Storyboard>
                                            <DoubleAnimation BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="Highlight" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" To="1" Duration="0:0:0.15"/>
                                        </Storyboard>
                                    </VisualState>
                                    <VisualState x:Name="Normal"/>
                                </VisualStateGroup>
                                <VisualStateGroup x:Name="SelectionStates">
                                    <VisualState x:Name="Selected">
                                        <Storyboard>
                                            <DoubleAnimation BeginTime="00:00:00" Storyboard.TargetName="Highlight" Storyboard.TargetProperty="Opacity" To="1" Duration="0:0:0.5" AutoReverse="True" RepeatBehavior="Forever"/>
                                        </Storyboard>
                                    </VisualState>
                                    <VisualState x:Name="Unselected" />
                                </VisualStateGroup>
                            </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
                            <Image HorizontalAlignment="Left"  Source="Images/At_Location.png" Opacity="1" Width="20" Height="20"/>
                            <Image x:Name="Highlight" HorizontalAlignment="Left"  Source="Images/At_Location_hover.png" Opacity="0" IsHitTestVisible="False" Width="20" Height="20"/>
                            <Grid IsHitTestVisible="False" Grid.Row="1" Margin="20,-2,0,0">
                                <TextBlock Margin="2,2"  Text="{Binding Attributes[Name]}" Foreground="Black" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="12"/>
                                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Attributes[Name]}" Foreground="White" FontWeight="Bold" FontSize="12"/>
                                <Grid.Effect>
                                    <DropShadowEffect />
                                </Grid.Effect>
                            </Grid>


                        </Grid>
                    </ControlTemplate>
                </symbols:MarkerSymbol.ControlTemplate>
            </symbols:MarkerSymbol>
            <esri:SimpleRenderer x:Name="AtSymbol_Renderer" Symbol="{StaticResource AtSymbol}"/>