Setting Source URI on PictureElement not working

marco_vertigis — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:59:04 GMT

Hi there,

Today I was trying to programatically set the source uri (local filepath) of a ArcGIS.Desktop.Layouts.PictureElement with the provided SetSourcePath() SDK method. Unfortunately this seems to have no effect at all. The PictureElement on the layout remains empty without any feedback.

After I looked at the implementation of the SetSourcePath() Method, I could implement it by myself.

private void SetPictureSource(string uri) { // SDK call '_pictureElement.SetSourcePath(uri)' not working _pictureElement.SetSourcePath(uri); // manually setting source url over cim definition working QueuedTask.Run(() => { var definition = _pictureElement.GetDefinition(); if (definition is CIMGraphicElement graphicElement && graphicElement.Graphic is CIMPictureGraphic pictureGraphic) { pictureGraphic.SourceURL = uri; graphicElement.Graphic = pictureGraphic; _pictureElement.SetDefinition(graphicElement); } }); }

The SDK implementation almost looks the same but its setting PictureURL instead of SourceURL.

// SDK Implementation public void SetSourcePath(string URI) { LayoutUtil.EnsureWorkerThread(); string fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(URI); if (!File.Exists(fullPath)) { throw new Exception("Invalid Picture path"); } ElementUtil.UpdateElement(_container, base.Name, Resources.OperationUpdatePictures, delegate (CIMElement cimElement) { CIMPictureGraphic cIMPictureGraphic = (cimElement as CIMGraphicElement).Graphic as CIMPictureGraphic; if (cIMPictureGraphic != null) { cIMPictureGraphic.PictureURL = fullPath; } }); }

Is this a SDK Bug or do I use the method the wrong way? Would appreciate any response.

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