Latest Contributions by MatthewBrown1

Python is incredibly powerful and arcpy.mapping is incredibly useful, however it requires a user to go and research the commands and syntax they require. This can be daunting for new users and for simple tasks, it is often faster for them to continue using the UI than it is learn to use arcpy.mapping to perform task such as changing the symbology of a layer. It would be a great feature if ArcGIS Desktop/Pro automatically populated the Python Window with these commands when they are performed through the UI. This feature feature could also be implementent as a recordable macro or incorporated into the Task feature of ArcGIS Pro or  in a similar way that Geoprocessing history can be copied as a Python snippet. This feature could also be implemented beyond the scope of arcpy.mapping.   ... View more

Hi Jason, I checked the AMD require format, and it was fine (I did a copy and paste into the HTML and it worked). I've also been using Derek's AMD require generator to check. I figured I'd made a noob mistake like that but it seems like the problem is something in my IDE - VS 2012. Not sure what happened, but after closing down the solution for a while (I opened it up to respond to your post), the original code worked. When I first hit the error I cleared the browser cache for Chrome and IE, killed IIS Express, and rebuilt the solution with no change. We are supposed to use VS and TFS, but perhaps I should perform my prototyping in Aptana? Any folks out there using VS for the JS API? Thanks, Matt ... View more

Mike, Perhaps this should be a new thread, but this issue has made me wonder what the relationship between initial and full extent is. It seems that the default behaviour in the Runtime is to use the full extent (at least for TPKs and map services, not sure about feature services). Is there some documentation on this? It would be great if there was an expanded code sample to read in the two extents from the service/map control and change the extent from full to initial on load. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/runtime-wpf/concepts/index.html#/Navigating_the_map/01700000008m000000/ hints at it. If I use something like: map.ZoomTo(TiledLayer.InitialExtent); The value is null. But I might be calling it too soon. UPDATE: Yes, of course I was.... TiledLayer.Initialized += (s1, e1) => {         map.ZoomTo(TiledLayer.InitialExtent); }; Thanks, Matt ... View more

Hi Mike, I used the same MXD and updated the extent to match the new image, but this did not change the extent of the TPK in the Runtime. When opening the TPK in a new instance of ArcMap, the display is centred on the top level tile, but I'm not sure if ArcMap checks the extent of the data and updates the display accordingly. I also recalculated the statistics and rebuilt the pyramids, in case the TPK was somehow picking up the old extents from this, but it didn't change the display in the Runtime. However, your post made me realise I had not tried creating a TPK from a NEW MXD... This worked!! I had a look in the extracted package folders created when viewing the TPK in ArcMap, checked the mapserver.json file and noticed that the initial extent and full extent were different for the TPK I was having problems with. The initial extent is correct for the updated imagery, but the full extent matches the old imagery. So it seems that the Runtime was looking at the full extent when displaying the TPK. I'm still not sure what caused this difference, but now I will make sure I start with a new MXD for TPKs. Thanks, Matt ... View more

Regarding creating GPKs (or extending geoprocessing functionality) without ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Ideas might be a good place to start, similar to this entry: http://ideas.arcgis.com/ideaView?id=087E00000004EgJ&returnUrl=%2Fapex%2FideaList%3Fc%3D09a300000004xET%26category%3DArcGIS%2BRuntime%26p%3D1 Also, depending on what you are trying to achieve, there might be some native .NET libraries that could manipulate existing rasters. ... View more

Hi Ankita, The Spatial extension for Runtime won't appear as an individual item on your EDN page. There's just one rusxxxxxxxxx code (on mine, at least). The extensions are included as part of the development license (see image), but you need to purchase deployment packs separately. (Mike posted the relevant link.) You should see something similar to this when you use: Start > Programs > ArcGIS > Runtime SDK for WPF > ArcGIS Runtime Tools > Runtime Tools > License Viewer [ATTACH=CONFIG]25564[/ATTACH] ... View more

Hi Ankita, Not all EDN subscriptions include ArcGIS Desktop licenses: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/edn/what-you-get EDN Basic doesn't include licenses for ArcGIS Desktop (and extensions). But I think this can be upgraded to EDN Advanced. (Talk to your local ESRI rep if this is the case.) You should be able to go to https://customers.esri.com/ and see the licenses available. (You may need to contact your local ESRI rep to set this up.) My experience with GPKs is that you need ArcGIS Desktop to author and publish them. The Geometry Service (local or ArcGIS Server) can perform some of these tasks, but sadly not anything from the Spatial Analyst extension. (It would be really great if you were able to write a Python script and call it directly from the Runtime SDK, but I haven't seen examples of that.) http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//0154000004n5000000 One thing to note, your EDN should include ArcGIS Engine (and extensions) and you may find that this is a good fit for your application, although very different to the Runtime SDK. ... View more

Hi Johan, If you want to zoom in further than the scale defined in the TPK, you can set the MinimumResolution for the map based on the map units per pixel for your desired scale. <esri:Map UseAcceleratedDisplay="True" WrapAround="True" MinimumResolution="2500" Extent="-15000000,2000000,-7000000,8000000" Background="#FFE3E3E3">     <esri:ArcGISLocalTiledLayer ID="BaseMap" Path="..\Data\TPKs\Topographic.tpk"/> </esri:Map> If the base map is no longer visible a scale greater than 1:10,000 there may be rules set in the original MXD. http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#/Displaying_layers_at_certain_scales/00s500000008000000/ ... View more

As a follow up, I found that there were still some issues when passing credentials from other machines (e.g. publishing services when enterprise GDBs are used). The best solution I've found is to use sysprep with an unattended XML file to set the server name at initialisation. Here's a sample of the unattended file I used for Server 2008 R2. Note the tags: <ComputerName>ilium</ComputerName> [HTML]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">   <settings pass="specialize">     <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">             <ComputerName>ilium</ComputerName>     </component>     <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">             <InputLocale>en-NZ</InputLocale>             <SystemLocale>en-NZ</SystemLocale>             <UILanguage>en-NZ</UILanguage>             <UserLocale>en-NZ</UserLocale>         </component>   </settings> <settings pass="oobeSystem">         <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">             <OOBE>                 <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>             </OOBE>         </component>     </settings> </unattend> [/HTML] I then called sysprep from the command line: sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.xml ... View more

That looks like an excellent solution! I would think that method will be faster and less setup than initiating/running a GP task. Only downside seems to be that it isn't supported on XP according to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.imaging.tiffbitmapencoder.aspx ... View more

Hi Ryan, I think it should be possible to create your raster using an array in .NET and use an in-memory raster datatype as an input to a geoprocessing package or service and containing the Copy Raster tool to write the raster to disk. Pretty sure GeoTiff is supported in Desktop, not sure about Runtime. NumPyArrayToRaster in a Python script tool (published as a GP service or package) may also work in the Runtime SDK for WPF: http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.1/index.html#//018v0000005n000000 Can you provide more detail about your workflow? Are you creating the raster from existing data or from scratch? ... View more