topic Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:17:18 GMT

My attributes are in the correct order in Arc but when I run my Flex application the attributes in the Inspector are all out of order. Also, how do you make the attributes show with their alias instead of the actual names. Thanks.

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

DasaPaddock — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:36:47 GMT

What version of the API are you using?

Have you tried setting AttributeInspector.formFieldsOrder?

See:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#formFieldsOrder

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:51:20 GMT

I'm using version 2.5, and no, I have not tried this AttributeInspector.formFieldsOrder method. I just looked it up and am quite confused as to where and how I would implement this. Could you clarify? Thanks.

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

DasaPaddock — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:05:57 GMT

The possible values in 2.5 are a little different and there is a bug where "none" and "label" do the same thing:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#formItemsOrder

Can you post your code?

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:38:34 GMT

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
      xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
      xmlns:esri="http://www.esri.com/2008/ags"
      initialize="application1_initializeHandler(event)"
      pageTitle="Editor">

<fx:Style>
@namespace s "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark";
@namespace mx "library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx";
@namespace esri "http://www.esri.com/2008/ags";

esri|InfoWindow
{
   background-color: #FFFFFF;
   border-thickness: 2;
}
</fx:Style>

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
   import com.esri.ags.FeatureSet;
   import com.esri.ags.utils.GraphicUtil;
   import mx.rpc.AsyncResponder;
   import mx.controls.Alert;

   var eFeatureSet:FeatureSet;
   protected function doQuery():void
   {
    GraphicsLayer.clear();

    queryTask.execute(query, new AsyncResponder(onResult, onFault));
    function onResult(eFeatureSet:FeatureSet, token:Object = null):void
    {
     if (eFeatureSet.features.length == 0)
     {
      Alert.show("parcel not found");
     }
     else
     {
      var graphicsExtent:Extent = GraphicUtil.getGraphicsExtent(eFeatureSet.features);
      if (graphicsExtent)
      {
       myMap.extent = graphicsExtent;
      }
     }
    }
    function onFault(info:Object, token:Object = null):void
    {
     Alert.show(info.toString());
    }
   }
]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Script>
<![CDATA[
   import mx.events.FlexEvent;

   protected function application1_initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
   {
    myEditor.featureLayers = [ grant, historic ];
   }
]]>
</fx:Script>

<fx:Declarations>
<esri:GeometryService id="myGeometryService" url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/Geometry/GeometryServer"/>
<esri:SimpleFillSymbol id="sfs" alpha="0.7" color="0xFF0000"/>
<esri:QueryTask id="queryTask" url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/MapServer/2" useAMF="false"/>
<esri:Query id="query" outSpatialReference="{myMap.spatialReference}" returnGeometry="true" where="APN = {parcelText.text}">
   <esri:outFields>
    <fx:String>APN</fx:String>
   </esri:outFields>
</esri:Query>
</fx:Declarations>
<s:BorderContainer width="370" height="560" backgroundColor="#ffffff"
        borderColor="#ff821c" borderWeight="4"
        cornerRadius="10" horizontalCenter="-456">
<s:layout>
   <s:VerticalLayout verticalAlign="top" horizontalAlign="left" paddingLeft="10"/>
</s:layout>
<s:Label text="Edit" fontWeight="bold" fontSize="18" paddingTop="5"/>
<s:TextInput id="parcelText" enter="doQuery()"/>
<s:Button label="Find Parcel" click="doQuery()"/>
<s:Label paddingBottom="20"/>
<esri:Editor id="myEditor"
      width="100%" height="250"
      geometryService="{myGeometryService}"
      map="{myMap}"/>

</s:BorderContainer>
<s:BorderContainer width="950" height="560" cornerRadius="10"
        borderStyle="inset" horizontalCenter="228">
<s:borderStroke>
   <s:SolidColorStroke color="#00923f" weight="4"/>
</s:borderStroke>
<esri:Map id="myMap" x="0" top="5" height="540" right="5" left="5" bottom="5" horizontalCenter="0">
   <esri:extent>
    <esri:Extent xmin="-13049723" ymin="4043802" xmax="-13042275" ymax="4046486">
     <esri:SpatialReference wkid="102100"/>
    </esri:Extent>
   </esri:extent>
   <esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer url="http://server.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer"/>
   <esri:FeatureLayer id="grant"
          mode="snapshot"
          outFields="[LName, Fname, Street_Address, Parcel_Number, Grant_Program, Grant_Amount, Escrow_Date, Reconveyance_Date, PaidByHomeowner]"
          url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/FeatureServer/1">
    <esri:renderer>
     <esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
      <esri:defaultSymbol>
       <esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="#00FF00" style="diamond" size="12"/>
      </esri:defaultSymbol>
     </esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
    </esri:renderer>
   </esri:FeatureLayer>
   <esri:FeatureLayer id="historic"
          mode="snapshot"
          outFields="[ReferenceNo, Street_Address, AssessorParcelNo, ConStatus, CertificateOfAppropriateness]"
          url="http://msgis-ags-1/ArcGIS/rest/services/C20-amanda_hutsel/HighlandMapSDE3/FeatureServer/0">
    <esri:renderer>
     <esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
      <esri:defaultSymbol>
       <esri:SimpleMarkerSymbol color="#61280E" style="square" size="12"/>
      </esri:defaultSymbol>
     </esri:UniqueValueRenderer>
    </esri:renderer>
   </esri:FeatureLayer>
   <esri:GraphicsLayer id="GraphicsLayer" graphicProvider="{queryTask.executeLastResult.features}" symbol="{sfs}"/>
</esri:Map>
</s:BorderContainer>
</s:Application>

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

DasaPaddock — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:47:47 GMT

You can get to the Editor's AttributeInspector using the "attributeInspector" property:
http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/Editor.html#attributeInspector

Is it currently sorted alphabetically?

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:37:34 GMT

Yes, they are sorted alphabetically now.

How exactly do I code the body of the function?

protected function getFormItemLabel(featureLayer:FeatureLayer, field:Field, fieldInspector:FieldInspector):String
{
what do I put here?
}

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

DasaPaddock — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:47:45 GMT

Where did the getFormItemLabel function come from? Are you OK with the sorting now? Can you upgrade to the 3.0 API?

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:02:04 GMT

No, I still can figure this out. The getFormItemLabel function came from the formsFieldOrder property on the AttributeInspector page of the API reference.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/index.html

Yes, I have upgraded to 3.0.

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

DasaPaddock — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:09:07 GMT

After upgrading to 3.0, the default order should be "fields", which should be the order of your outFields on your FeatureLayers or the layers published field order if you don't set the outFields or if they're set to just "*". Is that what you're seeing now?

You don't need a function since the "formFieldsOrder" property can only have three possible values.

See:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-api/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#formFieldsOrder

Re: Ordering of attributes in Attribute Inspector

AmandaHutsel — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:12:12 GMT

Yes, it's appearing in the correct order now. Thank you for your help.