Flex 3.1/3.2 advanced printing - layer names are not present in exported map legend

Question

Is anyone using the advanced printing capabilities of Flex 3.1/3.2 to export a web map to a JPG, PDF, or other file format, using a custom map template MXD?

I'm doing this and everything works well, except that the legend items in the exported map do not have the layer names, which essentially makes the entire legend worthless. All I get in the exported map legend is the symbol patches and the associated attribute value. But I also need the name of the data layer from which the symbol patches and attributes are derived.

I have seen nothing in the Flex Help that addresses this issue.

Any ideas?

JoeHewitt · Answer

If you happen to have the python code to share with us that'd be great!

This would be great indeed.

chena · Answer

I also spent some time on reset the legend in my template MXD but nothing works. With the link you provided here, I copied some python scripts and tried to run, but failed. If you happen to have the python code to share with us that'd be great!

Thanks,

Amy
I'd use create an arcpy script, publish that as my custom printing service and use that with my PrintTask in my web app.
These are what arcpy script would do:* calll ConverWebMapToMapDocument() with your layout template to create a mapdocument object
* use LegendElement and apply legend style of your choice
* export to pdf or any other format

here are some help links help you with the script.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Advanced_printing_for_web_maps/01540000056t000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Tutorial_Basic_high_quality_web_map_printing_exporting_using_arcpy_mapping/0154000005z3000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ConvertWebMapToMapDocument/00s30000006n000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/LegendElement/00s300000041000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ExportToPDF/00s300000027000000/

hope this helps.

ahoque · Answer

I'd use create an arcpy script, publish that as my custom printing service and use that with my PrintTask in my web app.
These are what arcpy script would do:* calll ConverWebMapToMapDocument() with your layout template to create a mapdocument object
* use LegendElement and apply legend style of your choice
* export to pdf or any other format

here are some help links help you with the script.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Advanced_printing_for_web_maps/01540000056t000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/Tutorial_Basic_high_quality_web_map_printing_exporting_using_arcpy_mapping/0154000005z3000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ConvertWebMapToMapDocument/00s30000006n000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/LegendElement/00s300000041000000/
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/#/ExportToPDF/00s300000027000000/

hope this helps.