topic Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features in ArcGIS API for Flex Questions

Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

deleted-user-NnRwwd8ols89 — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:07:15 GMT

Hi, i'm using the edit widget to allow users to add point features to a feature service and it's working really well, however at the moment everyone can edit all the features within the database.

i want to allow that either:

users can only modify their own created features OR

features can only be added to the database, not modified once added

if it's the latter i can then use the pop-ups to allow viewing of the data

any help is much appreciated!
thanks
Ben

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

deleted-user-NnRwwd8ols89 — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:29:17 GMT

i'm looking to replicate the funcitonality here:
http://tmapps.esri.com/PIM/index.html

where users can add but not edit content

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

deleted-user-NnRwwd8ols89 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 03:17:43 GMT

it appears in the edit widget help page

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Edit_widget/01m30000000v000000/

that this functionality should be able to be toggled using the <updateattributes> tag, but there is no reference to this in the editwidget.mxml file so is this not implemented?

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:13:41 GMT

Ben,

There is a <updateattributes>true</updateattributes> element in the EditWidget.xml.... At least there is in Flex Viewer 2.3.1.

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

deleted-user-NnRwwd8ols89 — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:46:04 GMT

Hi Rob thanks for your help on this, i've seen that tag but it doesn't seem to make any difference when i set it to false, my editwidget.xml is shown below:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<configuration>
    <createoptions>
        <polygondrawtools>polygon,freehandpolygon,extent,autoComplete</polygondrawtools>
        <polylinedrawtools>polyline,freehandpolyline,line</polylinedrawtools>
    </createoptions>
    <deletefeatures>false</deletefeatures>
    <geometryservice>http://175.41.137.150/ArcGIS/rest/services/Invisible_Landscapes_edits/FeatureServer</geometryservice>
    <toolbarvisible>false</toolbarvisible>
    <toolbarcutvisible>false</toolbarcutvisible>
    <toolbarmergevisible>false</toolbarmergevisible>
    <toolbarreshapevisible>false</toolbarreshapevisible>
    <updateattributes>false</updateattributes>
    <updategeometry>false</updategeometry>
<labels>
<attributeslabel>Your comments</attributeslabel>
<attachmentslabel>Images</attachmentslabel>
</labels>
</configuration>

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

IvanBespalov — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:01:04 GMT

Ben, is this editwidget.xml works fine?

Looks like:

<!-- Not a geometry service -->
<geometryservice>
      http://175.41.137.150/ArcGIS/rest/services/Invisible_Landscapes_edits/FeatureServer
</geometryservice>

<!-- sample geometry service -->
<geometryservice>
     http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer
</geometryservice>

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

JHayes — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:12:40 GMT

Ben,

I'm trying to enable the same functionality in the Flex API - I'm using the Editor Component Class for gathering comments, but don't want the attributes to be "editable" once the comment has been saved. If I use the updateAttributesEnabled="false" property under the Editor Component Class the user can't comment whatsoever.

Robert - you seem to be a master, do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,
Joe

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:29:08 GMT

Joseph,

You would have to look into changing updateAttributesEnabled to false after the editsComplete event is fired from the FeatureLayer (I don't have any specifics for you just this idea of where I would begin to look).

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

JHayes — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:28:45 GMT

Thanks Robert. It appears that I just stepped into the deep end of the pool. However, your suggestion has definitely pointed me in the right direction. I'll look into how to manipulate the editsComplete event with the updateAttibuteEnable and get back to you when I have something.

Cheers,
Joe
GIS Tech II
Washington County
Long Range Planning

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

JHayes — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 21:01:07 GMT

Joseph,

You would have to look into changing updateAttributesEnabled to false after the editsComplete event is fired from the FeatureLayer (I don't have any specifics for you just this idea of where I would begin to look).

I forgot to get back to you about this. I've made some really good stride in OOP since then.

I created 2 event handlers to create the functionality I was looking for. One for new comments and one for reviewing existing comments.

For creating new comments this ActionScript code works:

               private function newCommentHandler():void 
   {
    myEditor.updateAttributesEnabled = true;
    myEditor.deleteEnabled = true;
   }

For reviewing existing comments:

               private function stopEditsHandler():void 
   {
    myEditor.updateAttributesEnabled = false;
    sidewalkComments.selectedFeatures.valueOf();
    bikelaneComments.selectedFeatures.valueOf();
    myEditor.deleteEnabled = false;
                         }

When using them in the feature layer mxml:

               <esri:FeatureLayer id="sidewalkComments"
          mode="snapshot"
          outFields="[Comment, entered]"
          visible="false"
          url="http://...."
          click="stopEditsHandler()"/>
   
   <esri:FeatureLayer id="bikelaneComments"
          mode="snapshot"
          visible="false"
          outFields="[Comment, entered]"
          url=http://...."
          click="stopEditsHandler()"/>

Success!!

Thanks,
Joe
GIS Tech II
Washington County|Long Range Planning

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

BenKane — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:35:29 GMT

Great work. Your code samples helped a ton.
I've been looking at doing this for a while and now finally have been able to implement it in my applications.

-Ben

Re: Editor add features only - don't allow attribute edits on existing features

JHayes — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:49:58 GMT

Awesome Ben!

Glad I was able to contribute to the cause.

Joe