Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL?

Question

Is it possible to pass arguments to the map in the URL, using the Silverlight API?

eg, pass the map extent, layer visibility, tool open state, etc as URL parameters.

Thanks,
Steve

KrisStitt · Answer

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I am doing this to grab settings from the URL to set the initial map size:

Dim uriTest As Uri = HtmlPage.Document.DocumentUri
        Dim preClean As String = uriTest.Query.ToString

preClean would contain the information at the end of the url.  so if my url were:

http://localhost/ourmap.aspx?mapsize=1

preClean would equal "?mapsize=1"

Then from there I split it apart to get the values..

Not sure if that helps but it seems to work for me.

-Kris Stitt

BrandonIves · Answer

Is it possible to pass arguments to the map in the URL, using the Silverlight API?

eg, pass the map extent, layer visibility, tool open state, etc as URL parameters.

Thanks,
Steve

Steve,

Did you ever get this to work? I would like to pass an address through a URL and have the map zoom to the address when the app launches.

Also I found this very helpful video:

http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-videos/using-startup-parameters-with-silverlight/

TerryGiles · Answer

Try using System.Windows.Browser.HtmlDocument, it has a QueryString property that will return a dictionary of the parameters and values from the URL.