How to add a control at runtime

Question

Hi there,

How would I go about adding a control, e.g stackpanel with a textblock in it to the map at runtime in a specific place? The effect I am wanting to achieve is similar to the silverlight control at this url - 
http://maps.marlborough.govt.nz/FloodWatch/.  As you can see this control has blue labels at various places on the map. I'd like to do something similar, but don't quite know how to get started.

Thanks
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CharlotteCrawford · Answer

Thanks Jennifer,  that looks like a good way to do it.  I always learn such good techniques from your posts, so keep up the good work!

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JenniferNery · Answer

You can probably use GraphicsLayer with custom symbol that gets a value from the graphic.Attributes. For example you can update this sample: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm#FeatureLayerSimple to include the following code: private void FeatureLayer_UpdateCompleted(object sender, EventArgs e) { var source = sender as FeatureLayer; var target = MyMap.Layers["MyGraphicsLayer"] as GraphicsLayer; foreach (var g in source.Graphics) { var graphic = new Graphic() { Geometry = g.Geometry }; foreach (var attribute in g.Attributes) graphic.Attributes[attribute.Key] = attribute.Value; target.Graphics.Add(graphic); } }

CharlotteCrawford · Answer

Thanks for the help. It does get me a bit further.  I need to be able to add multiple instances of the control at runtime.   How can I do that?

I also want to position the controls near certain items in my graphics layer.  How do I relate the position of the control to something in a graphics layer?