topic Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

AmrinderGanda — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:49:08 GMT

Hi,

Not sure if I am doing it wrong or it is not possible. I am trying to bind the url property of a tiled map service layer and I get this exception in InitializeComponent()

Set property 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer.Url' threw an exception.

Thanks,
AG

Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

JenniferNery — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:33:13 GMT

That exception is expected because the layer's URL is not a bindable property. It is neither DependencyProperty nor a property that will raise PropertyChanged. It therefore expects a string not a binding statement.

Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

AmrinderGanda — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:49:25 GMT

Thanks for the information Jennifer.

AG

Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

ThomasBoring — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:40:26 GMT

Is this still true? Is the URL property of the ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer not bindable? The URL property of the ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer IS bindable...and these two controls are VERY similar, so it seems odd that the URL property of one would be bindable but the URL property of the other isn't.

Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

ThomasBoring — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:27:37 GMT

Is this still true? Is the URL property of the ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer not bindable? The URL property of the ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer IS bindable...and these two controls are VERY similar, so it seems odd that the URL property of one would be bindable but the URL property of the other isn't.

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Re: ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

DominiqueBroux — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:19:35 GMT

You are right there is an incoherence somewhere.

The workaround is to create an attached property and to set the Url in this attached property.

Note however that a layer is not a FrameworkElement and thus doesn't support DataContext. So you will be limited in the binding possibilities (but Binding to a static ressource should work).