topic Re: kml and encoding in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/kml-and-encoding/m-p/225477#M5735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Can I configure the client to accept this encoding so that I can read the kmlfile from the source?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Unfortunately no.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Silverlight doesn't support 'windows-1252', and neither do the ArcGIS SL API.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The workaround is you to get the kml layer sources on </SPAN><A href="http://esrisilverlight.codeplex.com/">codeplex</A><SPAN>, and that you manage the 'windows-1252' encoding by yourself.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:35:47 GMT DominiqueBroux 2011-11-25T07:35:47Z kml and encoding https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/kml-and-encoding/m-p/225476#M5734 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to add a kml file to my silverlight project (2.3 api).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The project crashes with "An unhandled exception +++".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>After downloading the kml file from </SPAN><BR /><A href="http://www.npd.no/engelsk/cwi/pbl/en/aFactGlobe/pl/All_polygons.kml">http://www.npd.no/engelsk/cwi/pbl/en/aFactGlobe/pl/All_polygons.kml</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I found that changing the encoding from windows-1252 to UTF-8 did the trick.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can I configure the client to accept this encoding so that I can read the kmlfile from the source?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>-thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:20:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/kml-and-encoding/m-p/225476#M5734 helgesmebye 2011-11-24T14:20:02Z Re: kml and encoding https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/kml-and-encoding/m-p/225477#M5735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Can I configure the client to accept this encoding so that I can read the kmlfile from the source?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Unfortunately no.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Silverlight doesn't support 'windows-1252', and neither do the ArcGIS SL API.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The workaround is you to get the kml layer sources on </SPAN><A href="http://esrisilverlight.codeplex.com/">codeplex</A><SPAN>, and that you manage the 'windows-1252' encoding by yourself.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:35:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/kml-and-encoding/m-p/225477#M5735 DominiqueBroux 2011-11-25T07:35:47Z