topic Re: .Net SDK works on select machines in .NET Maps SDK Questions

.Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:25:33 GMT

Hi all,

We have a problem where when downloaded and installed, the SDK will only show the hello world map/function on 2 of the machines. They are all fresh installs of visual studio and all on the same network with the same permissions. We have tried using a local map source also.

They are all replica machines with the same hardware and are fairly new.

Any ideas would be appreciated

thanks.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:29:48 GMT

Hey,

Can you verify if the SDK installs to those machines? Or is it the application that doesn't work? What version of visual studio you are using?

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:32:54 GMT

The SDK seems to install fine, we use visual studio professional 2013. The app will allow the reference to be added, along with the mapview, map, and then the tile for the world map within the hello world tutorial, however on build using the simulator we get a grey screen where the map should be on 2/4 developer machines.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:36:04 GMT

Does layers does initialize without any errors on also on the comps that doesn't show the map? If I understood correctly, this occurs only in windows store emulator? have you tried if Desktop version works?

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:46:29 GMT

The layers all seem to function apart from when it comes to actually showing the map, I get a grey screen with the esri watermark in the bottom left. This is the case in both WPF and windows store.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:48:42 GMT

We have also tried creating a solution on a working computer to a non-working computer, and that worked 50% of the time.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:02:44 GMT

Can you repost the picture, I cannot see anything when opening it.

Can you enable some http-sniffing tool like Fiddler and get the traffic requests for me, please? Does all the computers are using same graphic cards with same drivers?

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:05:38 GMT

I think the image was just my email signature attaching itself for some reason or another, and I'm currently installing the SDK on our dev area to log the firewall.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:28:19 GMT

Hi,

We have given up on using the random machines that don’t seem to want to display maps, but now we have another problem!

We created a WPF project using the custom TPK map absolutely fine, however I’m now using a Windows Store App blank project. I tried using the same code behind:

public MainPage()

{

this.InitializeComponent();

//adding layer to map

Layer bkgLayer = new ArcGISLocalTiledLayer(@"Assets\OSBasemapPackage.tpk");

bkgLayer.ID = "MainLayer";

MyMap.Layers.Add(bkgLayer);

}

Which worked fine within WPF, however this time we just get a grey map. Can you see anything wrong with the syntax? We have tried multiple directories however it doesn’t throw any errors on build/pre-build.

Thanks

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:12:34 GMT

Remember that file access is different in Windows Store than it's in Desktop.

You can access it using following scheme:

var tileLayer = new ArcGISLocalTiledLayer(@"ms-appx:///Assets/campus.tpk");

Just to make sure, you have handler in MapView.LayerLoaded handler to get information if the layers were loaded correctly?

Edit:

Read more about working with files here.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

JaredWheatley — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:19:19 GMT

Hi,

Tried using that method of calling the files, still nothing, code at the moment is this:

public MainPage()

{

this.InitializeComponent();

//adding layer to map

var bkgLayer = new ArcGISLocalTiledLayer(@"ms-appx:
\Assets\OSBasemapPackage.tpk");

bkgLayer.ID = "MainLayer";

MyMap.Layers.Add(bkgLayer);

}

Note: Also used forward slashes in directory path.

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

AnttiKajanus1 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:23:13 GMT

Please, try to use ms-appx:///Assets/OSBasemapPackage.tpk and you have checked that the file is copied into the deployment folder?

Re: .Net SDK works on select machines

dotMorten_esri — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:09:32 GMT

Just to add to that: Make sure the tpk is added to your project, and the build action for the windows store project is set to "Content"