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Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav events

JeffPace — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:42:39 GMT

I am trying to make a interactive print page

in my primary app, i set some global variables with extent, layers, graphics, etc..
i then call
window.open("print.html","PrintWindow");

print.html is an interactive map template. its init function is

function init() {
   //     esriConfig.defaults.map.sliderLabel = null;
      //  var startExtent = new esri.geometry.Extent({"xmin":-9228363.6,"ymin":3140074.58,"xmax":-9116765.5,"ymax":3202141.45,"spatialReference":{"wkid":102100}});
        printpagemap = new esri.Map("printpagemap",{extent:opener.printMapExtent, logo:false});
        dojo.forEach(opener.printMapLayers, dojo.hitch(this, function(layer){
            printpagemap.addLayer(layer);
        }));
        dojo.forEach(opener.printGraphics.graphics, dojo.hitch(this, function(graphic){
            printpagemap.graphics.add(graphic);
        }));

 navToolbar = new esri.toolbars.Navigation(printpagemap);

      }

So the references to "opener" are the parent app. This works great, except, as so as i do navigation on the print map, it destroys all navigation on the parent app, even though its in a new tab.
If i navigate on the parent app, the map the is updated is on the print page only!!! I.e. the zoom slider moves in on the parent app but its map does not update, the map in the other tab does!

also graphics become completely buggered. My guess is i am cross naming somewhere, but since the printmap has a completely different id i thought the would be independent?

please help, thanks.

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

JeffPace — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:05:32 GMT

okay even more odd

even with navigation disabled on the new map (window.open), all navigation is broken on the parent and occurs on the child. If i close the child tab it nukes my parent (map is null) .

anyone?

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

KellyHutchins — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:11:32 GMT

We have similar functionality in the Basic Viewer template and I can't reproduce the issue there. Here's a link to an application built on the template.
http://apps.arcgis.com/hosted/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=6674f8465fc7479a91dffb366376e1cb

Do you have a url for your app?

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

JeffPace — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:28:31 GMT

Kelly,
Can you send me the source code? That is exactly what I want to do.

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

KellyHutchins — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:30:38 GMT

You can download the source code on ArcGIS.com. Here's the link to the template, scroll down to the bottom and you'll find the download link in the Code Attachment section:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=89db99ee00834c85b3f9284d9e81c964

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

JeffPace — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:46:18 GMT

We have similar functionality in the Basic Viewer template and I can't reproduce the issue there. Here's a link to an application built on the template.
http://apps.arcgis.com/hosted/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=6674f8465fc7479a91dffb366376e1cb

Do you have a url for your app?

Well using your print page i was able to solve my issue, now I have to figure out why.

To do it, however, I had to use the
http://apps.arcgis.com/sharing/tools/print
page. Am I allowed to do this, or can I get the code so I can host it locally?

Thank you.

Re: Odd behavior with two maps in separate windows (tabs) - seeing each others nav ev

JeffPace — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:19:02 GMT

Kelly,
I have this working nearly perfectly using the sample provided, however, does it not support graphics? If i can get the graphics fixed, it would be a huge milestone for us.