topic Re: Problen with the Print Task in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:35:46 GMT

Original User: Schnoerkel

Hey there,

i have a problem with the PrintTask. In my applikation i add some Points to the the map as TextSymbol with angle and offset. In the Map all is displayed right. But when i use the PrintTask only little Points are displayed at the Map.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]15706[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]15707[/ATTACH]

my code is

add the point:

var xmuss = mapPoint.x - ((mapPoint.x - this.inputPoints[this.inputPoints.length-2].x)/2);
   var ymuss = mapPoint.y - ((mapPoint.y - this.inputPoints[this.inputPoints.length-2].y)/2);   
   var winkelmuss = (Math.atan2((this.inputPoints[this.inputPoints.length-2].y - mapPoint.y), (this.inputPoints[this.inputPoints.length-2].x - mapPoint.x))*180)/Math.PI;
   
   var pt = new esri.geometry.Point(xmuss, ymuss, this._map.spatialReference);
   var textSymbol = new esri.symbol.TextSymbol();
   textSymbol.setColor(new dojo.Color([0,0,0])).setFont(new esri.symbol.Font("12pt").setWeight(esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD));
   var gemessen = '123';     
 
   textSymbol.text = dojo.number.format(gemessen.toFixed(1), {pattern: this.numberPattern}) + zeichen;  
   
   textSymbol.angle = 90;
   
   this.textGraphic=new esri.Graphic();
   this.textGraphic.setSymbol(textSymbol);
   this.textGraphic.setGeometry(pt);
   this._map.graphics.add(this.textGraphic);
   this.measureGraphics.push(this.textGraphic);

print:

 
//in the init()
// get print templates from the export web map task
        var printInfo = esri.request({
          "url": app.printUrl,
          "content": { "f": "json" }
        });
        printInfo.then(handlePrintInfo, handleError);  






//Print Funktion
   function handlePrintInfo(resp) 
   {
        var layoutTemplate, templateNames, mapOnlyIndex, templates;

        layoutTemplate = dojo.filter(resp.parameters, function(param, idx) {
          return param.name === "Layout_Template";
        });
       
        if ( layoutTemplate.length == 0 ) {
          console.log("print service parameters name for templates must be \"Layout_Template\"");
          return;
        }
        templateNames = layoutTemplate[0].choiceList;

        // remove the MAP_ONLY template then add it to the end of the list of templates
        mapOnlyIndex = dojo.indexOf(templateNames, "MAP_ONLY");
        if ( mapOnlyIndex > -1 ) {
          var mapOnly = templateNames.splice(mapOnlyIndex, mapOnlyIndex + 1)[0];
          templateNames.push(mapOnly);
        }
       
        // create a print template for each choice
        templates = dojo.map(templateNames, function(ch) {
          var plate = new esri.tasks.PrintTemplate();
          plate.layout = plate.label = ch;   
          plate.format = "PDF";
          plate.layoutOptions = {
            "authorText": "Stadt Osnabrück Fachbereich Städtebau",
            "copyrightText": "Copyright Stadt Osnabrück",
            "legendLayers": [],
            "titleText": "Messen",
            "scalebarUnit": "Kilometers"
          };
          return plate;
        }); 
  
  
  // create the print dijit
        app.printer = new esri.dijit.Print({
          "map": app.map,
          "templates": templates,
          url: app.printUrl
        }, dojo.byId("print_button"));
   
        app.printer.startup();
      }
   
   function handleError(err) {
        console.log("Something broke: ", err);
      }

Hopeyou can Help me

Re: Problen with the Print Task

JianHuang — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:19:40 GMT

When creating the textMarkerSymbol, please use number, instead of string to define the font size.
For example:
new esri.symbol.Font("12pt").setWeight(esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD)
replace it as:
new esri.symbol.Font(12).setWeight(esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD)
Please let me know if this helps.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:52:56 GMT

Original User: Schnoerkel

I replaced the 12pt with 12 but it doesnt seem to solve the problem 😞 any other suggestions?

textSymbol.setColor(new dojo.Color([0,0,0])).setFont(new esri.symbol.Font(12).setWeight(esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD));

Re: Problen with the Print Task

WillCorum — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:54:50 GMT

Any update on this issue? The suggested fix did not work for me either.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:35:49 GMT

Original User: Schnoerkel

A little update yes 🙂

i found out tha there must be an issue with the printtask in the api if the first grafic in the grafic layer a text symbol the text is displayed but not the flags. The text has also no angle...and so on.

If the first grafic is the Flag (what it is normally) the flags are displayed but not the text 😞 (only little purple points).

here is the post data to the excecute task

{
"mapOptions":{
    "extent":{
                   "xmin":431529.9483720495,
                            "ymin":5795228.0839689225,
                            "xmax":432577.7004675537,
                            "ymax":5795951.191665137,
                            "spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}
                           },
                "spatialReference":{"wkid":25832},
                "scale":3000.00000000002
                },
"operationalLayers":[{
      "id":"layer0",
                        "url":"http://MASKED/dienste/rest/services/alkis/MapServer",
                        "title":"layer0",
                        "opacity":1
                      },
                      {
                       "id":"graphicsLayer1",
                        "url":"http://MASKED/dienste/rest/services/snapping/MapServer/6",
                        "title":"graphicsLayer1",
                        "minScale":2500.000000000166,
                        "maxScale":0,
                        "layerDefinition":{
                             "drawingInfo":{
                                                "renderer":{
                                                               "type":"simple",
                                                                        "label":"",
                                                                        "description":"",
                                                                        "symbol":{
                                                                           "color":[0,0,0,0],
                                                                                    "outline":{"color":[0,0,0,0],"width":0,"type":"esriSLS","style":"esriSLSNull"},
                                                                                    "type":"esriSFS",
                                                                                    "style":"esriSFSSolid"
                                                                                  }
                                                                        }
                                                          }
                                            }
                       },
                       {
                        "id":"map_graphics",
                        "featureCollection":{
                              "layers":[{
                                                   "layerDefinition":{
                                                                 "name":"pointLayer",
                                                                                "geometryType":"esriGeometryPoint"
                                                                               },
                                                            "featureSet":{
                                                                "geometryType":"esriGeometryPoint",
                                                                            "features":[
                                                                                       
                                                                                        
                                                                                         
                                                                                        {
                                                                                         "geometry":{
                                                                                               "x":431996.2774297076,
                                                                                                        "y":5795593.6065749675,
                                                                                                        "spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}
                                                                                                        },
                                                                                            "symbol":{
                                                                                               "color":[0,0,0,255],
                                                                                                        "type":"esriTS",
                                                                                                        "angle":-30.662655357589376,
                                                                                                        "xoffset":75,
                                                                                                        "yoffset":75,
                                                                                                        "text":"367,2m",
                                                                                                        "align":"middle",
                                                                                                        "decoration":"none",
                                                                                                        "rotated":false,
                                                                                                        "kerning":true,
                                                                                                        "font":{"size":12,"weight":"bold"}
                                                                                                     }
                                                                                        },
                                                                                        {
                                                                                         "geometry":{
                                                                                               "x":431840.30524276325,
                                                                                                        "y":5795501.134515023,
                                                                                                        "spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}
                                                                                                       },
                                                                                            "symbol":{
                                                                                               "angle":0,
                                                                                                        "xoffset":6.75,
                                                                                                        "yoffset":8.25,
                                                                                                        "type":"esriPMS",
                                                                                                        "url":"http://MASKED/libraries/jsapi/3.0/jsapi/js/esri/dijit/images/flag.png",
                                                                                                        "width":18,
                                                                                                        "height":18
                                                                                                     }
                                                                                        }

Re: Problen with the Print Task

JanJeske — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:35:52 GMT

 ]}
                                                                     },
                                                                     {"layerDefinition":{"name":"polylineLayer","geometryType":"esriGeometryPolyline"},"featureSet":{"geometryType":"esriGeometryPolyline","features":[{"geometry":{"paths":[]},"symbol":{"color":[0,128,255,255],"width":2.25,"type":"esriSLS","style":"esriSLSSolid"}},{"geometry":{"paths":[[[432152.24961665197,5795686.078634911],[431840.30524276325,5795501.134515023]]],"spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}},"symbol":{"color":[0,128,255,255],"width":2.25,"type":"esriSLS","style":"esriSLSSolid"}},{"geometry":{"paths":[[[431840.30524276325,5795501.134515023],[432107.7995277518,5795334.446681648]]],"spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}},"symbol":{"color":[0,128,255,255],"width":2.25,"type":"esriSLS","style":"esriSLSSolid"}},{"geometry":{"paths":[[[432107.7995277518,5795334.446681648],[432257.0248262024,5795495.578253911]]],"spatialReference":{"wkid":25832}},"symbol":{"color":[0,128,255,255],"width":2.25,"type":"esriSLS","style":"esriSLSSolid"}}]}}]}}],"exportOptions":{"outputSize":[800,1100],"dpi":96},"layoutOptions":{"titleText":"Messen","authorText":"MASKED","copyrightText":"Copyright MASKED","scaleBarOptions":{"metricUnit":"Kilometers","metricLabel":"km","nonMetricUnit":"Miles","nonMetricLabel":"mi"},"legendOptions":{"operationalLayers":[]}}}

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:21:50 GMT

Original User: vikrant327

I am having the same issue. I looked into the post going to the print service and looked points and label are combined into one point featureset of the type point and that where is causing problems.

What I am doing to solve this problem is adding separate graphic layer for points and text labels, and then it works.

Vikrant

Re: Problen with the Print Task

JanJeske — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:59:37 GMT

Yeah this solve the Problem that the text or the points are not displayed. But not that it ignores every style u give to your text.

A second issue i found is that a square geometry is displayed as little square in map and that a filled geometry with an opacity has no opacity!

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:02:39 GMT

Original User: drhall001

I can confirm these last two posts... and still occurring in jsapi 3.2:

1. You can get esri.symbol.TextSymbol to show up by creating another graphic layer and adding it to that layer
2. The offset and alignment are ignored on the TextSymbol

Re: Problen with the Print Task

mbunambuna — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:35:55 GMT

Experiencing the same issue. Using the Print Widget sample, I added the following code to init:

        dojo.connect(app.map, "onClick", function(evt){
          app.map.graphics.add(new LabelGraphic("This is broken.", evt.mapPoint));
        })

and added this function:

LabelGraphic = function(text, point, data){
  data = data || {};
  return new esri.Graphic(
    new esri.geometry.Point(
      point.x,
      point.y,
      map.spatialReference
    ),
    new esri.symbol.TextSymbol(
      text,
      new esri.symbol.Font(
        14,
        data.option == "italic" ? esri.symbol.Font.STYLE_ITALIC : esri.symbol.Font.STYLE_NORMAL,
        esri.symbol.Font.VARIANT_NORMAL,
        data.option == "bold" ? esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD : esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_NORMAL,
        "Arial"
      ),
      data.fillColor ? new dojo.Color(data.fillColor) : new dojo.Color("#F00")
    )
  );
}

Clicking the map correctly adds the TextSymbol to the graphics layer, but it doesn't show in the printed map.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:35:53 GMT

Original User: wudgcd

I'm seeing the same issue with text labels. I also display solid filled diamonds on the map and most of the time they come out hollow on the printout (occassionally I see one print solid). Any timeline when this will get fixed?

Re: Problen with the Print Task

DK5 — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:56:53 GMT

I am having this issues as well - textsymbols are not printing - even when I put them on their own layer. Is there any other workarounds?

Re: Problem with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:35:57 GMT

Original User: apollolm

Hi - I'm having the same issue.
I'm using JSApi v 3.3 trying to use the 10.1 print GP service in conjunction with text symbols.

I tried creating a separate graphicsLayer for the text symbol, which technically worked, but the resulting PDF image's text is super tiny. It looks like it preserved the color (red) of the text, but the size is way too small.

Here's how I define my text symbol:

            var font = new esri.symbol.Font("16pt", esri.symbol.Font.STYLE_NORMAL, esri.symbol.Font.VARIANT_NORMAL, esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_BOLD, "Arial");
            var textSymbol = new esri.symbol.TextSymbol(labelText, font, new dojo.Color("#ff0000"));
            textSymbol.setOffset(0, 0);
            textSymbol.setAlign(esri.symbol.TextSymbol.ALIGN_START);
            var text = new esri.Graphic(graphic.geometry, textSymbol);

Any thoughts?

Re: Problen with the Print Task

JohnGravois — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:25:52 GMT

we were able to reproduce problems directly in REST. it appears that print services do not currently honor the size of textSymbol supplied in webMap JSON. here is the tracking information.

[NIM090748: Printing service fails to honour the font size of textSymbols.]

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 00:36:00 GMT

Original User: amarsden

Hi

Is any of this related to this thread in the Silver Light topic.

Basically any attempt print if text items have been added to the graphics fail with

Layer "graphicsLayer1": Field 'newID' not part of schema for this feature collection.

Printing with other added stuff on is fine.

For info this is a snippet of my code where I set the properties of the added text

            if (drawtype == 'Text') {                
                var font = new esri.symbol.Font(dijit.byId("font.size").value, esri.symbol.Font.STYLE_NORMAL, esri.symbol.Font.VARIANT_NORMAL, esri.symbol.Font.WEIGHT_NORMAL, "verdana");
                var symbol = new esri.symbol.TextSymbol(dijit.byId("usertext").value, font, fullcolour).setAngle(0).setOffset(0, 0).setAlign(esri.symbol.TextSymbol.ALIGN_MIDDLE).setDecoration(esri.symbol.TextSymbol.DECORATION_NONE).setRotated(false).setKerning(true);
            }

Cheers

ACM

PS How do we track logged bugs like NIM090748 - when-ever they appear with links, the links never work.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

JohnGravois — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:34:10 GMT

unfortunately, software defects are not "publicly" searchable. in this particular case the bug i referenced is specific to textMarker symbols that are their own graphic (with their own geometry).

i typically post bug tracking numbers here in the forum so that customers that are current on maintenance can call into support and request to be added to the list of customers affected if they are running into the same problem. this has two benefits.

1. it increases the visibility of bugs to our development teams
2. afterwards the customer can track the progress of the bug using our "MySupport" portal.

i am also happy to provide status updates here in the forums, but i would only take the time to reply if i come across the relevant post again and the status of the bug has changed.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:55:11 GMT

Original User: mhoover12

In my experience, the color of the text is not honored, either. It is always black. Has anyone else seen that?

Re: Problen with the Print Task

aiminfan — Fri, 03 May 2013 14:30:49 GMT

I have the same issue.
I am using JSAPI 3.4.
Neither font color and rotation respected by print widget.

Re: Problen with the Print Task

Anonymous User — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:11:50 GMT

Original User: TSchrag

I'm still not sure exactly where the problem is, but I figured I would share this information in case it's helpful to anyone. When using the print service to export our map, text elements added using mark-up tools were honoring color, but not size. All of the text was showing up very very small (had to increase the dpi to 300 to even see it).

After fooling around with the JSON parameter being fed to the print service for a while, I discovered that by taking out the color definition all together, the text started showing up at the correct size on the print exports.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a way to remove the color flag from the JSON without doing some manual manipulation... but this seems to at least be a temporary workaround if you can get by with black font. Also very interesting that some people seem to be getting the correct size, but not the right color (reverse of our issue).

-Tyler

Re: Problen with the Print Task

AdrianMarsden — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:06:04 GMT

So, am I right in thinking that this bug is with ArcGIS Server, not the API? In which case should we be shouting about it on the Server forums?

ACM