topic Re: Geometry Type If No Shape Field? in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/geometry-type-if-no-shape-field/m-p/10418#M199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>As far as I know, if you don't publish the SHAPE field (by making it invisible in ArcMAP), you won't be able to get the geometry.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:51:43 GMT DominiqueBroux 2010-06-07T09:51:43Z Geometry Type If No Shape Field? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/geometry-type-if-no-shape-field/m-p/10417#M198 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there any way to determine the geometry type of a layer if the SHAPE attribute field is turned off (ie. Graphic.Attributes["SHAPE"] does not exist)?&nbsp; The REST service doesn???t set the geometryType for the layer either, so a JSON request to get it won't help either...&nbsp; There has to be some way to get the type, doesn't there... or the graphics couldn't draw themselves even?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As a last resort I will have to make sure all layers have the SHAPE field visible before publishing the service, but would be nice if I didn't have to worry about it and could handle it programmatically.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for any ideas!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:09:10 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/geometry-type-if-no-shape-field/m-p/10417#M198 RyanCoodey 2010-06-05T03:09:10Z Re: Geometry Type If No Shape Field? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/geometry-type-if-no-shape-field/m-p/10418#M199 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>As far as I know, if you don't publish the SHAPE field (by making it invisible in ArcMAP), you won't be able to get the geometry.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:51:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/geometry-type-if-no-shape-field/m-p/10418#M199 DominiqueBroux 2010-06-07T09:51:43Z