topic Re: Symbol issue with TOC and map in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

Symbol issue with TOC and map

RachelLinonis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:53:17 GMT

Good morning!

(This might be a stupid question.. but here I go.) I'm toying around with this Javascript code that has a cool TOC-feature that I like. I've taken the following code,

var safety = new esri.layers.ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer("http://arcgis.focusproject.org:8399/arcgis/rest/services/2012APR11_California_Partnerships_Colleges_HealthCare_VA.gdb/MapServer", {     id : 'publicsafety',     opacity : 0.8 });

and replaced it with the layer that I want from my REST service. The first time I did it, I used the default symbology that I created in ArcGIS Desktop within the TOC and within the map worked just fine. I got my desired result.

Then, I went back to the ArcGIS Desktop, changed the symbology to ones from the ArcGIS Explorer (in the Symbol Selector). Now, the layer's symbology shows up in the TOC but not on the map itself. What is going on?

Here's a screen shot:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]13490[/ATTACH]

Re: Symbol issue with TOC and map

JeffPace — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:58:33 GMT

after you changed the mxd and msd and restarted the service, did you clear the rest cache?

Re: Symbol issue with TOC and map

RachelLinonis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:08:03 GMT

after you changed the mxd and msd and restarted the service, did you clear the rest cache?

That worked! (I guess the answer was that easy!)

Although the symbols look a little funny ... Am I better off trying to change (or overwrite) the symbology on the JavaScript end rather than the desktop end?

Screen shot: [ATTACH=CONFIG]13491[/ATTACH]

Re: Symbol issue with TOC and map

JeffPace — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:10:30 GMT

That worked! (I guess the answer was that easy!)

Although the symbols look a little funny ... Am I better off trying to change (or overwrite) the symbology on the JavaScript end rather than the desktop end?

Screen shot: [ATTACH=CONFIG]13491[/ATTACH]

It looks like your symbols are picture marker symbols that are jpgs (or not true transparent pngs). I would fix the symbol in desktop, instead of overriding in the api.

Would you mind marking my response as an answer? thanks.

Re: Symbol issue with TOC and map

RachelLinonis — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:31:02 GMT

Thanks, Jeff! Will do.