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Printing in SL 2.0 comparsion

LakshmananVenkatesan

Dear All:

We have developed Print functionality in Web application using ESRI SL 1.2, ArcGIS 9.3.1. Client application willl send all visible layers, graphics (poly,line and point) as string , text symbols as string to server side and recreate a map document and construct geometry from string and generate a image and display in web page.

If we have say 100 lines as graphics, string which we generate is very big and unable to process( or send via http). Server side is done using GP Tool. Question is we have planned to move to ArcGIS 10 and SL 2.0.

What are all advantages in print functionality using ArcGIS 10 and SL 2.0 (MS SL 4.0) or rather how easy to print the map with graphics and other options ?

Please throw light on this

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PhilDegler

Hi Dominique,

For some reason, I am not able to run the sample application locally. When I build the application, I get a message "Invalid URI scheme 'file://' for map control. Control must be hosted in a HTTP(s) website."

I get this message when trying to run the sample app with the esri services.

Phil

DominiqueBroux

Could you test with the MapPrinting sample application just by adding your feature layer to the map?
Is it working or are you experimenting the same issue?

My code changes had no effect (positive or negative) which makes me think that this method (clonelayer) is not being called in my scenario. Is that possible based on my setup according to the readme file?

Is the print dialog working well with other layer types?
At this time, I can't figure out how it could work without cloning the layers. Try to set a breakpoint to CloneLayer and execute in debug mode.

PhilDegler

Thankyou for your reply.

I followed your readme file when attempting to add this functionality to my application. I'm using VS2010, so I built the MapPrintingControls dll, added it as a reference in my project and added the MapPrinterDialog control to a xaml page (with the MapPrinter object pointing to my main map). I'm then showing and hiding the dialog based on a print button.

The funny thing is that when I noticed the issue with the graphics layer, I changed some code in the CloneLayer method of the CloneMap class just to see if I could get something different to happen with that layer. My code changes had no effect (positive or negative) which makes me think that this method (clonelayer) is not being called in my scenario. Is that possible based on my setup according to the readme file?

Phil

DominiqueBroux

I'm having a problem with a feature layer. When the print preview window appears, my feature layer graphics appear on the preview map, but disappear from the main map.
I tested the print sample with feature layers again and I didn't notice the issues you are talking about.
Note that in the sample, when cloning a map, the graphic layers are a specific case since we need to clone the graphics as well. It's why there is code like this one:

// For graphics layer, a clone of the graphic collection is done and is frozen
// No web requests will be done
private static Layer CloneLayer(Layer layer)
{
    Layer toLayer;
    if (layer is GraphicsLayer) // Include FeatureLayer and GeoRSS layers
    {
        var fromLayer = layer as GraphicsLayer;
        var printLayer = new GraphicsLayer();
............

Check that you are using the same kind of code and that your graphics are cloned. Once the graphics are cloned, the preview window should not impact the main window.

Another issue I am running into involves clustering. If I bring up the print preview window and zoom in, some of clusters will split apart into individual graphics as I would expect. When I close the preview window (and pan to get the graphics to show up in the main window again), the clustering that appears is how it appeared in the preview map, even though the main map extent may be different (in other words the individual graphics will show up based on the preview extent).

Likely this's tied to the previous issue, if the graphics are not cloned, you can end up with this kind of situation.

PhilDegler

I am using some of the map printer code from the map printing sample application that has been mentioned above. I'm having a problem with a feature layer. When the print preview window appears, my feature layer graphics appear on the preview map, but disappear from the main map. When I close the preview window, the graphics will reappear on the main map when I pan or zoom.

Another issue I am running into involves clustering. If I bring up the print preview window and zoom in, some of clusters will split apart into individual graphics as I would expect. When I close the preview window (and pan to get the graphics to show up in the main window again), the clustering that appears is how it appeared in the preview map, even though the main map extent may be different (in other words the individual graphics will show up based on the preview extent).

I have been looking into map printing in silverlight for a while and have noticed other developers with some of these problems. Is there any solution to this that anyone knows of? It seems that even though the preview map is a clone of the main map, they are somehow still joined at the hip.

Phil

ErikEngstrom

This is done by using the IsActive property of the MapPrinter. The map is cloned for printing when the IsActive property is set to true (and the cloned map is freed when IsActive is set to false).
So binding the IsActive property to the visibility of the preview window allows to take care of all changes when the preview window is opened and to free the resources when it's closed.
Merry Christmas:).

That's what I needed!

I added statements for changing the IsActive property to my code. This is how it looks now:

  private void printMap_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
  {
   int y = printGrid.Children.Count;
   if (y < 1)
   {
    printGrid.Children.Add(printPreviewMap); 
    printMap.IsActive = true;
   }
   else
   {
    printGrid.Children.Remove(printPreviewMap);
    printMap.IsActive = false;
   }
  }

Thanks for the help!

DominiqueBroux

however, the preview map is not honoring changes made to layers within the map control (MyMap). If layers or graphics are added/removed, they are not showing up in the preview map, even if the control is loaded/unloaded. Maybe I'm missing something...

With the sample application, you can take of the layer visiibilities and of the current extent by closing and reopening the preview window.
The scenario is this one:
- launch the application
- close the preview window
- open the table of contents
- change some layer visibilities and/or opacity
- change the current extent
- open the print preview window
You will notice that the print is taking care of all your changes.

This is done by using the IsActive property of the MapPrinter. The map is cloned for printing when the IsActive property is set to true (and the cloned map is freed when IsActive is set to false).
So binding the IsActive property to the visibility of the preview window allows to take care of all changes when the preview window is opened and to free the resources when it's closed.

Merry Christmas:).

ErikEngstrom

The preview window was not designed to stay in sync with the main map. The idea was to get a snapshot of the main map when the preview opens. So after changing visibilities of a layer, the user has to close and reopen the preview window.

Nevertheless it makes sense to keep the 2 windows in sync, I will try to update the sample soon.

That would be fantastic!
For the time being, I'm working on getting the preview to reset when loading/unloading the control.
I have some code that removes the control on pageload. I stuck the control in its own grid (printgrid) on my mainpage.xaml so that it could be easily removed:

printGrid.Children.Remove(printPreviewMap);

Then, I have a button click event that toggles the control on/off:

  private void printMap_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
  {
   int y = printGrid.Children.Count;
   if (y < 1)
   {
    printGrid.Children.Add(printPreviewMap);
   }
   else
   {
    printGrid.Children.Remove(printPreviewMap);
   }
  }

I was able to verify that the control is loading/unloading by inserting some code that fires on the load/unload events of the print control. This works for the extent on the preview window, however, the preview map is not honoring changes made to layers within the map control (MyMap). If layers or graphics are added/removed, they are not showing up in the preview map, even if the control is loaded/unloaded. Maybe I'm missing something...

DominiqueBroux

if the user modifies the map in any way (adds another layer, zooms to another portion of the map, or adds/removes more graphics) those changes are not reflected in the preview window

The preview window was not designed to stay in sync with the main map. The idea was to get a snapshot of the main map when the preview opens. So after changing visibilities of a layer, the user has to close and reopen the preview window.

Nevertheless it makes sense to keep the 2 windows in sync, I will try to update the sample soon.

ErikEngstrom

Dominique,
I have successfully integrated your code into my application and think that it'll work for what we need it to do. Thank you so much for taking the time to develop it and to help us users out!

If you have time, there are a few behaviors that I'd like to address...

I have your print control inside a draggable-window control and this window is able to turn on/off. When the user first opens our map and pans around, adds/removes layers, adds graphics, etc. and then toggles the window on, the print shows all of the modifications and zooms to the extent the users is zoomed to. AWESOME!!!!

However, if the user modifies the map in any way (adds another layer, zooms to another portion of the map, or adds/removes more graphics) those changes are not reflected in the preview window and I'm not positive they are reflected in the printout.

This is what my XAML looks like:

  
<userControls:DraggableWindow IsOpen="True" x:Name="printWindow" Margin="0,20,20,0"
   VerticalAlignment="Top" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Width="Auto" Height="Auto" 
   Padding="0" HorizontalContentAlignment="Stretch" 
   VerticalContentAlignment="Stretch" Title="Print Map" Background="{StaticResource BaseColor}" Grid.Column="2">
   <i:Interaction.Triggers>
    <i:EventTrigger>
     <actions:ToggleWindowVisibilityAction/><!-- Hide at startup -->
    </i:EventTrigger>
   </i:Interaction.Triggers>  
   <ESRI_ArcGIS_Client_Samples_MapPrinting:PrintPreview x:Name="printPreviewMap" Grid.Column="1" HorizontalAlignment="Right" Margin="0,0,20,20" VerticalAlignment="Bottom">
    <ESRI_ArcGIS_Client_Samples_MapPrinting:MapPrinter x:Name="printMap" Map="{Binding ElementName=MyMap}"  MapUnits="Meters" d:LayoutOverrides="Width, Height" Style="{StaticResource MapPrinterStyle}" PrintExtent="{Binding Extent.Extent, ElementName=MyMap, Mode=TwoWay}" Title="{StaticResource Title}"/>
   </ESRI_ArcGIS_Client_Samples_MapPrinting:PrintPreview>
  </userControls:DraggableWindow>

Is there anyway that I can sync up the preview window with layers turning on/off, graphics added/removed, etc.? I can live without the preview window zooming with the map control, but it's a bit of a showstopper if the user can't see in the preview their latest edits.

Thanks again for all your help!

DominiqueBroux

It's a bug in the sample.

To fix it,

1) in MapPrinter.xaml.cs(OnRotateMapChanged method), add a test on _isLoaded:

private void OnRotateMapChanged(bool rotateMap)
{
   if (_isLoaded)
   {
        _printMap.Rotation = (rotateMap ? -90 : 0);
        PreparePages();
   }
}

2) in MapPrinter.xaml.cs(OnApplyTemplate method), initialize the map rotation:

 _isLoaded = true;
_printMap.SizeChanged += (s, e) => { PreparePages(); SetPrintMapExtent(CurrentPage); }; // Calculate print pages when printMap size will be known (or changed by selecting a printer or a printer paper size)
_printMap.Rotation = (RotateMap ? -90 : 0);
PreparePages();

3) in CloneMap.cs(Clone method), don't initialize the map rotation:

 map.TimeExtent = mapToClone.TimeExtent;
//map.Rotation = mapToClone.Rotation;
int index = 0;

Thanks for pointing this out.

DanielWalton

Dominique,

If I set RotateMap="'True" in XAML, I get a runtime exception. Am I doing something wrong?

DominiqueBroux

The legend control is new in 2.1. So, it's not there if you are using 2.0 version.

In the print map sample, the legend is only used in a sample of print style. If you remove it, you no longer need 2.1 version.

BTW : The 2.1 final is now available for download : http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/

FrankTrevino

Hello,
I've downloaded the MapPrinting source code, but I keep getting: The tag 'Legend' does not exist in XML namespace 'http://schemas.esri.com/arcgis/client/2009'.

The type 'esri:Legend' was not found. Verify that you are not missing an assembly reference and that all referenced assemblies have been built.

is there something else I need to add to recognize the 'Legend' tag and also the 'Style' tag found in type 'Legend'

Thanks.
Frank.

DominiqueBroux

Hi,

You can print text inforamtion along the map.

You have to edit the mapPrinter template (for example with BLEND as described in this thread).

As example, if you define this style:

 
    <UserControl.Resources>
        <controls:ToVisibilityConverter x:Key="toVisibility" />
  <Style x:Key="mapPrinterStyle" TargetType="controls:MapPrinter">
   <Setter Property="Foreground" Value="#FF333333"/>
   <Setter Property="Background">
    <Setter.Value>
     <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint=".7,1" StartPoint=".7,0">
      <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FFF9FAFB" Offset="0.375"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FFE5E8EB" Offset="0.625"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FFCBD1D7" Offset="1"/>
     </LinearGradientBrush>
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
   <Setter Property="BorderBrush">
    <Setter.Value>
     <LinearGradientBrush EndPoint="0.5,1" StartPoint="0.5,0">
      <GradientStop Color="#FFA3AEB9" Offset="0"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FF8399A9" Offset="0.375"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FF718597" Offset="0.375"/>
      <GradientStop Color="#FF617584" Offset="1"/>
     </LinearGradientBrush>
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
   <Setter Property="BorderThickness" Value="1" />
   <Setter Property="Height" Value="1050" />
   <Setter Property="Width" Value="750" />
   <Setter Property="ExtentFillSymbol">
    <Setter.Value>
     <esri:SimpleFillSymbol Fill="#05FF0000" BorderBrush="Red" BorderThickness="2" />
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
   <Setter Property="PageFillSymbol">
    <Setter.Value>
     <esri:SimpleFillSymbol Fill="#050000FF" BorderBrush="Blue" BorderThickness="2" />
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
   <Setter Property="TextSymbol">
    <Setter.Value>
     <esri:MarkerSymbol >
      <esri:MarkerSymbol.ControlTemplate>
       <ControlTemplate>
        <TextBlock RenderTransformOrigin="0,0"  Text="{Binding Attributes[Page]}" FontSize="72" Foreground="#800000FF">
                                <TextBlock.RenderTransform>
                                    <CompositeTransform TranslateX="-35" TranslateY="-50" ScaleX="1" ScaleY="1" />                   
                       </TextBlock.RenderTransform>
        </TextBlock>
       </ControlTemplate>
      </esri:MarkerSymbol.ControlTemplate>
     </esri:MarkerSymbol>
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
   <Setter Property="Template">
    <Setter.Value>
     <ControlTemplate TargetType="controls:MapPrinter">
      <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CornerRadius="0">
       <Border Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="0">
        <Grid>
         <Grid.RowDefinitions>
          <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
          <RowDefinition />
          <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
          <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
         </Grid.RowDefinitions>
         <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
          <ColumnDefinition Width="300" />
          <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
         </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
         <!-- Header -->
         <TextBlock Text="{TemplateBinding PrintDocumentName}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Grid.Row="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
           Visibility="{Binding PrintDocumentName, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, Converter={StaticResource toVisibility}}"/>
 
         <!-- Body-->
         <StackPanel Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0">
          <TextBlock  TextWrapping="Wrap"  Text="Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus at leo eu dolor rhoncus lacinia at a elit. Praesent in justo tellus, in consectetur magna. Vivamus nec velit urna, ut posuere odio. Quisque placerat odio id nibh bibendum tristique. Suspendisse ullamcorper mauris in turpis adipiscing cursus. Nullam malesuada ultricies elit id sodales. Nam tincidunt, enim at dapibus facilisis, quam nulla iaculis dolor, vel eleifend nisi ligula at massa. Integer aliquam vestibulum velit, sed vestibulum neque sollicitudin at. Vestibulum magna diam, porta in varius ut, tempus nec mi. Proin rhoncus lacinia tortor, et laoreet neque tincidunt in. Cras varius sagittis augue sed congue. Fusce ipsum enim, iaculis quis luctus nec, facilisis ac sem.
In tortor orci, tempus vel accumsan a, rhoncus vitae arcu. Praesent nisl diam, lobortis et venenatis vitae, pretium eget felis. In porta mi vel libero mattis vel bibendum felis tempus. Vestibulum vehicula suscipit hendrerit. Praesent luctus mattis lorem. Vivamus pharetra nunc placerat tortor consequat a tempus leo aliquam. Etiam iaculis lacus quis tortor porta gravida. Duis congue hendrerit sem, sed consectetur justo sollicitudin eu. Sed fringilla tortor et tortor ullamcorper vitae pulvinar orci luctus. Ut egestas ullamcorper nibh, nec venenatis nulla suscipit sed. In nec quam leo, at fermentum nisi.
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Nullam volutpat bibendum convallis. Nulla id urna nunc. Donec molestie volutpat risus, ac accumsan est tristique non. Aliquam commodo, nisi quis luctus consequat, leo ligula blandit sapien, hendrerit sagittis nisi nisl a dui. Maecenas varius leo ut ante pellentesque euismod. Praesent placerat ornare ante id tincidunt. Cras scelerisque lacinia facilisis. Aenean felis odio, imperdiet nec porttitor nec, pulvinar id urna. Phasellus congue lectus vitae nisi commodo nec blandit leo accumsan. Nullam ultrices lectus id quam vestibulum in molestie leo malesuada. Cras augue orci, mattis in hendrerit et, tincidunt vel urna. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Proin vestibulum tortor in leo feugiat aliquet. Duis nulla mauris, malesuada sed molestie id, imperdiet vitae nisi. Phasellus facilisis aliquam sem, ac porta dolor euismod bibendum.
" />
         </StackPanel>
         <Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1">
          <!-- Map-->
          <!--<Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}">-->
          <esri:Map x:Name="PrintMap" IsLogoVisible="False" />
          <!--</Border>-->
          <!-- Scale Bar -->
          <esri:ScaleBar Map="{Binding ElementName=PrintMap}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="20,0,0,10" Grid.Row="1" TextColor="Black"/>
         </Grid>
         <!-- Footer -->
         <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap"  Grid.Row="2" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
              Text="Duis elit tortor, sollicitudin in pharetra ut, facilisis fringilla nisi. Donec tortor est, rhoncus dapibus pretium quis, sollicitudin in neque. Morbi rhoncus tincidunt nulla. Vestibulum tincidunt suscipit sem, ut ultrices elit sollicitudin eu. Nunc dapibus venenatis augue id iaculis. Proin porta pulvinar augue id lobortis. Vivamus in vestibulum libero. Fusce ac purus eget ante sollicitudin porttitor. Morbi convallis, mi a consequat elementum, odio mauris suscipit diam, eu consectetur sem enim vitae lacus. Sed dictum massa eu sem vehicula adipiscing. Donec vitae nunc id nisl blandit lobortis in eget tellus. In sit amet tincidunt elit. Praesent ac turpis eget nibh laoreet varius nec sit amet magna. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. "/>
         <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="3"
                                   Text="{Binding Now, StringFormat='Printed {0:d} '}" />
         <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2"
                                   Text="{Binding Scale, StringFormat='1 : {0:F0} '}" />
         <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2">
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding CurrentPage, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, StringFormat='Page {0} '}" />
          <TextBlock Text="{Binding PageCount, RelativeSource={RelativeSource TemplatedParent}, StringFormat='/ {0}'}" />
         </StackPanel>
        </Grid>
       </Border>
      </Border>
     </ControlTemplate>
    </Setter.Value>
   </Setter>
  </Style>
 </UserControl.Resources>

and use it as style for your mapPrinter:

 
<controls:PrintPreview x:Name="PrintPreview" Background="{StaticResource CommonBackgroundBrush}" >
  <controls:MapPrinter Map="{Binding ElementName=Map}" PrintDocumentName="Tour de France 2010" IsActive="True" Height="1050" Width="750"
Style="{StaticResource mapPrinterStyle}"
IsScaleFixed="True" Scale="2000000" PrintExtent="-400000, 5230000, 840000, 6870000"
BorderBrush="DarkBlue" BorderThickness="1" Foreground="White" Background="MediumSlateBlue" />
</controls:PrintPreview>

You will get a result looking like the attached document.
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Tour de France 2010.pdf

LakshmananVenkatesan

Hi

I liked your sample very much, how do I customise.?. All I want is I want to print some text information along with the Map in the same page.

Im new to SL can you quickly give few steps to begin with?

SR

DominiqueBroux

Is it possible to print to PDF file (like export to PDF file), instead of print to printer driver?

You can use a PDF printer driver. For example, these PDF : A4, A3, A2, A0, A4 4 pages, A4 16 pages have been generated with PDFCreator as printer driver.

DominiqueBroux

Thanks Dominique, but when I try to change the template programmatically the print preview goes blank.

I didn't reproduce the issue.
I tested by changing programmaticaly the template (with the control template of my previous mail) and it's working well.

 
ControlTemplate dt = (ControlTemplate)Resources["myMapPrinterCT"];
mapPrinterWithPreview.Template = dt;

I tested also changing the style programmaticaly : looks OK.

I would need more info on how to reproduce your issue.
Thanks.

FengLin

Is it possible to print to PDF file (like export to PDF file), instead of print to printer driver?

SamuelDantas

Thanks Dominique, but when I try to change the template programmatically the print preview goes blank.

Any ideas?

DominiqueBroux

To change the layout of the page with Blend:

Right click on the map printer control
Select 'Edit Template'
Select 'Edit a Copy'
Accept the creation of the new style
You can now change the page layout

Basically, the template property in XAML looks by default like this:

 
         <Setter Property="Template">
          <Setter.Value>
           <ControlTemplate TargetType="controls:MapPrinter">
            <Border BorderBrush="{TemplateBinding BorderBrush}" BorderThickness="{TemplateBinding BorderThickness}" CornerRadius="0">
             <Border Padding="{TemplateBinding Padding}" Background="{TemplateBinding Background}" Margin="0">
              <Grid>
               <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
                <RowDefinition />
                <RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
               </Grid.RowDefinitions>
 
               <!-- Header -->
               <TextBlock Text="{Binding PrintDocumentName}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" FontSize="12" Grid.Row="0"
                Visibility="{Binding PrintDocumentName, Converter={StaticResource toVisibility}}"/>
 
               <!-- Body-->
               <Grid Grid.Row="1">
                   <!-- Map-->
                   <esri:Map x:Name="PrintMap" IsLogoVisible="False" />
                  <!-- Scale Bar -->
                  <esri:ScaleBar Map="{Binding ElementName=PrintMap}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Margin="20,0,0,10" Grid.Row="1" TextColor="Black"/>
               </Grid>
 
               <!-- Footer -->
               <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="2"
                Text="{Binding Now, StringFormat='Printed \{0:d\} '}" />
               <TextBlock HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Grid.Row="2"
                Text="{Binding Scale, StringFormat='1 : \{0:F0\} '}" />
               <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Orientation="Horizontal" Grid.Row="2">
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding CurrentPage, StringFormat='Page \{0\} '}" />
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding PageCount, StringFormat=/ \{0\}}" />
               </StackPanel>
              </Grid>
             </Border>
            </Border>
           </ControlTemplate>
          </Setter.Value>
         </Setter>

By changing this template, you will change the layout of the page.

SamuelDantas

Dominique,

I'm trying to change the layout of the page by changing the template property in execution time to another ControlTemplate definition but it's not working.

How can I change the template in execution time?

Thanks a lot.

NathalieNeagle

Thanks Dominique,
I will check it out.
Nathalie

DominiqueBroux

Hi Nathalie,

I am sorry, there was no documentation on how include the controls in a new project.

I just posted a new version with a Readme (readme.txt under MapPrintingControls) and a few bugs/enhancements to simplify the user experience with Blend.

Please download this new version and let me know if you get any problem with.

Thanks

NathalieNeagle

Dominique,

Your sample is great but I'm having a little bit of trouble migrating your printing code to my application do you have any documentation to do this?

Thanks
Nathalie

LakshmananVenkatesan

Thanks for wonderful sample and replies.

DominiqueBroux

Using the Silverlight print API, you can print any control.
If the printed control contains a map with several dynamic layer,feature layer, graphics layer... , all these layers will be printed.

It becomes a little more difficult if you want a print preview or if you want to print at scale. In this case you may need to clone the map, and so you need to clone all the layers as well.

A little time ago,I posted a print sample allowing:
- print preview
- print at scale
- print on multi pages
- templatable print pages

This sample can be tested here.

The silverlight limitation I noticed is that SL don't allow to print using large format and high resolution (probably because Silverlight's print implementation is done by printing to a bitmap and this bitmap could become huge).
For example to print in A0 I have to reduce the the printer resolution to 150dpi.

LakshmananVenkatesan

Silverlight 4 comes with built-in APIs for printing, so you don't need to roundtrip to the server. Basically you can print out any control. That control could be either the map, or a custom user control that contains the map, a title etc.

Iam adding some graphics (polygon,line, point) n graphisc layer, can print API accomdate custom graphics also?. I have map with several dynamic layer,feature layer, graphics laeyer. I want print of all the same in a single click, will that level of sophistication is available?

Please elobrate

SomeGISGuy

Silverlight 4 comes with built-in APIs for printing, so you don't need to roundtrip to the server. Basically you can print out any control. That control could be either the map, or a custom user control that contains the map, a title etc.

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