topic Read Symbology From REST in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/read-symbology-from-rest/m-p/653591#M14589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When I bring feature layers into a map I can specify symbology by adding tags like this:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> &lt;esri:symbol&gt; &nbsp; &lt;esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="0xFFCC00" alpha="1" size="12" style="circle"&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;esri:outline&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;esri:SimpleLineSymbol color="0x000000" style="solid" /&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/esri:outline&gt; &lt;/esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol&gt; </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I'm interested in doing it reading it from the REST service and not having to specify the symbol like I have in the code above.&nbsp; Is there a way to get these same properties - color, outline, symbol, etc. from a feature layer.&nbsp; I looked through the properties in debug mode, but didn't know if I should use the graphic provider or graphics collection.&nbsp; It would really help to see how it's called in code.&nbsp; I'm working on my own version of a legend and I'd really like to get information for the symbols to help me build the legend.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Chuck</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:12:10 GMT chuckfrank 2013-02-08T19:12:10Z Read Symbology From REST https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/read-symbology-from-rest/m-p/653591#M14589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When I bring feature layers into a map I can specify symbology by adding tags like this:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="plain" name="code"> &lt;esri:symbol&gt; &nbsp; &lt;esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="0xFFCC00" alpha="1" size="12" style="circle"&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;esri:outline&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;esri:SimpleLineSymbol color="0x000000" style="solid" /&gt; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/esri:outline&gt; &lt;/esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol&gt; </PRE><DIV style="display:none;"> </DIV><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I'm interested in doing it reading it from the REST service and not having to specify the symbol like I have in the code above.&nbsp; Is there a way to get these same properties - color, outline, symbol, etc. from a feature layer.&nbsp; I looked through the properties in debug mode, but didn't know if I should use the graphic provider or graphics collection.&nbsp; It would really help to see how it's called in code.&nbsp; I'm working on my own version of a legend and I'd really like to get information for the symbols to help me build the legend.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Chuck</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:12:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-flex-questions/read-symbology-from-rest/m-p/653591#M14589 chuckfrank 2013-02-08T19:12:10Z