topic Re: Editor complete\stopedit in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

Editor complete\stopedit

MatthewPilgrim — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:58:02 GMT

Hi,

I have extended the editor class to add the ability to edit text and bound it to my edit view. However I can't seem to find a command that I can call to complete the current action (there is a CancelAction). How can I get the Editor class to commit the users changes to the graphic when they press a button?

I ask, as clicking on the map/graphic doesn't seem to end the edit. Clicking on another graphic does but this isn't helpful when you only have one on screen!

I note there is an EditGeometry class that has StopEdit. Does this class build on the Editor Class. Not sure what the realtionships between Editor, EditGeometry and EditorWidget is.

Thanks, Matt

Re: Editor complete\stopedit

JenniferNery — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:11:42 GMT

If you are editing geometry and would like to have more control in code-behind on when to stop the edit, you can use EditGeometry. In your case, are you editing attribute? This SDK sample: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/silverlight/samples/start.htm#EditToolsExplicitSave. Demonstrates how to use Editor.SaveEdits command. Since FeatureLayer.AutoSave=False, commiting the edits (geometry or attribute) need to be explicit. The button enables when there are edits waiting to be committed and OnClick, they get submitted to the server.

Re: Editor complete\stopedit

MatthewPilgrim — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:46:54 GMT

Thanks Jennifer,

We are saving the graphics layer in another process so autosave is disabled. The problem we have (in v2.2) is that after moving a vertex the edit is not completed by clicking on the shape or one of its lines (as in the example you pointed to). I have looked and can't see any custom code responsible for this [bad] behaviour. As a quick fix I wanted to add a 'Complete' button that would call something like StopEdit. But this doesn't exist on the editor class. Is EditGeometry inherited from the editor class?

UPDATE
This is our code for changing modes:
                       if (_EditMode == "MoveScale")
                        {
                            _ExtendedEditor.MoveEnabled = true;
                            _ExtendedEditor.ScaleEnabled = true;
                            _ExtendedEditor.EditVerticesEnabled = false;
                        }
                        else if (_EditMode == "EditVertex")
                        {
                            _ExtendedEditor.MoveEnabled = false;
                            _ExtendedEditor.ScaleEnabled = false;
                            _ExtendedEditor.EditVerticesEnabled = true;
                        }
It turns out that if I set MoveEnabled (highlighted) to true I can then click the shape to complete the vertex edit.

Is this as expected?

Matt