topic How do I read ESRI shape files? in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

How do I read ESRI shape files?

EdGraham — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:46:19 GMT

Sorry if this is incredibly simple to do -- I'm a complete beginner! I have just installed Silverlight 4 and the ArcGIS API for Silverlight and run my first example application:

[HTML]
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
    <esri:Map Background="White" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="12,12,0,0" Name="map1" VerticalAlignment="Top" WrapAround="True" Height="550" Width="750">
      <esri:Map.Layers>
        <esri:LayerCollection>
          <esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer Url="http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer" />
        </esri:LayerCollection>
      </esri:Map.Layers>
    </esri:Map>
</Grid>
[/HTML]

All fine so far but now I want to read the map data from an existing ESRI shape (.shp) file on my machine rather than the web service. How should I try to do this?

All answers gratefully received,

Ed Graham

Re: How do I read ESRI shape files?

JenniferNery — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:40:57 GMT

This thread seem related: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/18946-Working-with-Shapefiles

Re: How do I read ESRI shape files?

EdGraham — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:04:30 GMT

This thread seem related: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/18946-Working-with-Shapefiles

Thanks for the reply, Jennifer. That thread points to another thread, which in turn points to a CodePlex library that enables users to upload their own shape files directly onto the Silverlight map (http://esrislcontrib.codeplex.com/). That's fine but all I want to do is read from an existing shape file on the web server; my users don't need to upload anything. Is there a simple way of doing this through the API?

Re: How do I read ESRI shape files?

dotMorten_esri — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:45:49 GMT

If you want the data to reside on the server, you will need to publish your data using ArcGIS Server (which is really what the Silverlight API was built for :-))