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Information window on polygon retriving error

JulieBiju — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:37:22 GMT

Hello i am adding Graphics on my map.And adding tooltip on it.Tooltip is dispaying properly when the graphic type is PictureMarkerSymbol.But for polygon tooltip is giving me the errr like as follows
Can anybdy help me to solve this?

Unable to cast object of type 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry.Polygon' to type 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry.MapPoint'.

            Private Sub MyDrawObject_DrawComplete(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.DrawEventArgs)   Dim graphicsLayer As GraphicsLayer = TryCast(MyMap.Layers("MyGraphicsLayer"), GraphicsLayer)         Dim graphic As New ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic() With           {             .Geometry = args.Geometry,             .Symbol = _activeSymbol           }         Dim strhotspot As String = ""         strhotspot = Trim(TxtGname.Text)         graphic.Attributes.Add("STRHOTSPOT", strhotspot)         AddHandler graphic.MouseLeave, AddressOf Graphic_MouseLeave         AddHandler graphic.MouseEnter, AddressOf Graphic_MouseEnter         graphicsLayer.Graphics.Add(graphic)         MyDrawObject.DrawMode = DrawMode.None         TxtGname.Text = ""         TxtDesc.Text = ""       End Sub

 Private Sub Graphic_MouseLeave(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs)         If MyInfoWindow.IsOpen = True Then             MyInfoWindow.IsOpen = False         End If         Return     End Sub     Private Sub Graphic_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs)         Dim theGraphic As ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic = CType(sender, ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic)         MyInfoWindow.Anchor = theGraphic.Geometry         MyInfoWindow.IsOpen = True         MyInfoWindow.Content = theGraphic.Attributes     End Sub

Re: Information window on polygon retriving error

JoeHershman — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:08:47 GMT

Unable to cast object of type 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry.Polygon' to type 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Geometry.MapPoint'.

       Private Sub Graphic_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Input.MouseEventArgs)         Dim theGraphic As ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic = CType(sender, ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic)         MyInfoWindow.Anchor = theGraphic.Geometry         MyInfoWindow.IsOpen = True         MyInfoWindow.Content = theGraphic.Attributes     End Sub

In the MouseEnter handler you set Anchor to the geometry of the Graphic itself. Anchor is a MapPoint so if the Graphic has Polygon geometry you would receive that error. If you want the InfoWindow to display over a polygon (or polyline) you need to pick the anchor point.

For a polygon the simplest would be to cast the Geometry to a Polygon and use

     MyInfoWindow.Anchor = polygon.Extent.GetCenter();

Hope that helps

Re: Information window on polygon retriving error

JulieBiju — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 13:27:41 GMT

In the MouseEnter handler you set Anchor to the geometry of the Graphic itself. Anchor is a MapPoint so if the Graphic has Polygon geometry you would receive that error. If you want the InfoWindow to display over a polygon (or polyline) you need to pick the anchor point.

For a polygon the simplest would be to cast the Geometry to a Polygon and use
    MyInfoWindow.Anchor = polygon.Extent.GetCenter();
Hope that helps

Joe , I did my code like as follows...Thank u

Dim theGraphic As ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic = CType(sender, ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Graphic)
        MyInfoWindow.Anchor = theGraphic.Geometry.Extent.GetCenter
        MyInfoWindow.IsOpen = True
        MyInfoWindow.Content = theGraphic.Attributes