topic Re: Magnifying Glass - Map Binding in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions

Magnifying Glass - Map Binding

ShaningYu — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:50:30 GMT

I loaded ESRI's MagnifyingGlass component. However, the Magnifying Glass tool
1) Does not bind the street map but display an image map (see the image attached)
2) There is no magnifying function at all
The codes are listed below:
        <esri:MagnifyingGlass x:Name="MyMagnifyingGlass" Visibility="Visible"
                                         HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                                         Map="{Binding ElementName=_Map}" >
            <esri:MagnifyingGlass.Layer>
                <esri:ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer ID="StreetMapLayer"
                    Url="http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/NPS_Physical_World_2D/MapServer"/>
            </esri:MagnifyingGlass.Layer>
        </esri:MagnifyingGlass>
where the _Map is defined in its .cs file:
        private MainPage _Parent;
        private Map _Map;
        public void SetMap(Map TheMap)     {
            _Map = TheMap;
        }

        public void SetParent(MainPage TheParent)     {
            _Parent = TheParent;
        }

Please help if you know why. Thanks.

Re: Magnifying Glass - Map Binding

JenniferNery — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:51:48 GMT

You cannot use Element binding if _Map is not an element of your application. In other words, you can only use this
Map="{Binding ElementName=_Map}"
if you had
<esri:Map x:Name"_Map"/>

Since you define _Map in code-behind, you can also update your MagnifyingGlass' Map property in code behind:
MyMagnifyingGlass.Map = _Map;

Or you can define _Map as a StaticResource and update your binding.
<esri:Map x:Key="_Map"/>
private Map _Map = this.Resources["_Map"] as Map;
Map="{Binding Source={StaticResource _Map}}"

Re: Magnifying Glass - Map Binding

ShaningYu — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:39:46 GMT

Jenniffer:
It works per your feedback. Thanks a lot.
Shaning