topic Re: Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL? in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL?

StephenLead — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:02:36 GMT

Is it possible to pass arguments to the map in the URL, using the Silverlight API?

eg, pass the map extent, layer visibility, tool open state, etc as URL parameters.

Thanks,
Steve

Re: Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL?

TerryGiles — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:10:08 GMT

Try using System.Windows.Browser.HtmlDocument, it has a QueryString property that will return a dictionary of the parameters and values from the URL.

Re: Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL?

BrandonIves — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:52:39 GMT

Is it possible to pass arguments to the map in the URL, using the Silverlight API?

eg, pass the map extent, layer visibility, tool open state, etc as URL parameters.

Thanks,
Steve

Steve,

Did you ever get this to work? I would like to pass an address through a URL and have the map zoom to the address when the app launches.

Also I found this very helpful video:

http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/silverlight-videos/using-startup-parameters-with-silverlight/

Re: Is it possible to pass arguments in the URL?

KrisStitt — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:50:49 GMT

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I am doing this to grab settings from the URL to set the initial map size:

Dim uriTest As Uri = HtmlPage.Document.DocumentUri
Dim preClean As String = uriTest.Query.ToString

preClean would contain the information at the end of the url. so if my url were:

http://localhost/ourmap.aspx?mapsize=1

preClean would equal "?mapsize=1"

Then from there I split it apart to get the values..

Not sure if that helps but it seems to work for me.

-Kris Stitt