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IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:51:33 GMT

Original User: sgalloway

I'd like to config the IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 and could use some help. I am running AGS 10.0. Previously I added some layers and widgets that work but I am not sure how to config this IdentifyWidget. I tried to comment out all but the essential code to make just one layer work. Can you look at the attached files? Thanks.
Stew

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:16:44 GMT

Stew,

Wow, what is not wrong with this. Did you add all the pound signs in the IdentifyWidget.xml or did the file just get corrupted?

In the config.xml is your IdentifyWidget really in a folder called identify6? Normally the folder would be capital I for Identify and no 6. Like this:

        <widget label="Identify" left="330" top="80" preload="open"
                icon="assets/images/i_info.png"
                config="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget.xml"
                url="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget.swf"/>

You do understand that Flex is a case sensitive language right?

Here is the fixed IdentifyWidget.xml (BIG assumption that you did read the pdf about using the field alias names and the REST Service directory name of the layer).

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:20:19 GMT

Original User: sgalloway

Ha, that bad eh? Thanks for the quick response.
�??case sensitive�?�? You do understand that I know nothing about Flex language 🙂
The good news is that I don�??t get an error msg now but I don�??t get anything, nothing gets returned.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:35:25 GMT

Stew,

So, No error is good. Now on to why it is not returning any results...

Did you read in the Identify Widget XML Configuration.pdf that the name of the layer you are configuring has to be

The name element specifies the EXACT name of the layer as it is displayed in the REST services
directory.

Also the fields:

The fields parent element contains all the individual field child elements that will be used for this
particular layer. Everything for the field element is specified as an attribute of the element. The name
attribute is the EXACT ALIAS (as it is displayed in the REST services directory) of the field and is a
REQUIRED attribute.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:19:29 GMT

Original User: sgalloway

The labels\names\layers look like they match. Am I matching up the correct parts?

CONFIG.XML
<layer label="Armory Locations" type="dynamic" visible="true" alpha="10.0"
        url="http://ngnya0-gis-02/NYArcGIS/rest/services/Armory_Locations/MapServer"/>

IDENTIFYWIDGET.XML
</labels>
<useproxy>


</useproxy>

REST SERVICE:
Layer: DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP (ID: 0)
Display Field: Descrip
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description:
Definition Expression: "label_site" = 'SITE' OR "label_site" = 'TNG'
Copyright Text:
Min. Scale: 0
Max. Scale: 0
Default Visibility: True
Extent:
XMin: 144442.606310887
YMin: 4495714.38354477
XMax: 698655.175929449
YMax: 4950087.10403643
Spatial Reference: 26918
�?��?��?��?��?��?�
Fields:
�?� OBJECTID (Type: esriFieldTypeOID, Alias: OBJECTID)
�?� Shape (Type: esriFieldTypeGeometry, Alias: Shape)
�?� SiteNumber (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: SiteNumber, Length: 6 )
�?� INSTNAME (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: INSTNAME, Length: 34 )
�?� INSTNAME2 (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: INSTNAME2, Length: 40 )
Type ID Field: N/A
Supported Interfaces:   REST

IDENTIFYWIDGET.XML

<layers onlythese="false">
<layer>
   <name>DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP</name>
   <fields>
    <field name="INSTNAME2" alias="INSTNAME2" />
    popuponly="true" />
   </fields>

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RhettZufelt — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:16:48 GMT

The labels\names\layers look like they match. Am I matching up the correct parts?

CONFIG.XML
<layer label="Armory Locations" type="dynamic" visible="true" alpha="10.0"
url="http://ngnya0-gis-02/NYArcGIS/rest/services/Armory_Locations/MapServer"/>

IDENTIFYWIDGET.XML
</labels>
<useproxy>


</useproxy>

REST SERVICE:
Layer: DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP (ID: 0)
Display Field: Descrip
Type: Feature Layer
Geometry Type: esriGeometryPoint
Description:
Definition Expression: "label_site" = 'SITE' OR "label_site" = 'TNG'
Copyright Text:
Min. Scale: 0
Max. Scale: 0
Default Visibility: True
Extent:
XMin: 144442.606310887
YMin: 4495714.38354477
XMax: 698655.175929449
YMax: 4950087.10403643
Spatial Reference: 26918
â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦â?¦
Fields:
â?¢ OBJECTID (Type: esriFieldTypeOID, Alias: OBJECTID)
â?¢ Shape (Type: esriFieldTypeGeometry, Alias: Shape)
â?¢ SiteNumber (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: SiteNumber, Length: 6 )
â?¢ INSTNAME (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: INSTNAME, Length: 34 )
â?¢ INSTNAME2 (Type: esriFieldTypeString, Alias: INSTNAME2, Length: 40 )
Type ID Field: N/A
Supported Interfaces: REST

IDENTIFYWIDGET.XML

<layers onlythese="false">
<layer>
<name>DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP</name>
<fields>
<field name="INSTNAME2" alias="INSTNAME2" />
popuponly="true" />
</fields>


<layers onlythese="false">
   <layer>
      <name>DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP</name>
         <fields>
             <field name="INSTNAME2" alias="INSTNAME2" popuponly="true" />
          </fields>

Try this for your fields tag(s). you are terminating your field tag before setting the popuponly attribute.

R_

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 10:47:09 GMT

Original User: sgalloway

I cut and pasted the lines of code but no go. I thought it might work this AM after rebooting but still no.

The xml gets compiled into the swf, right? The IdentifyWidget.swf has the original date on it - does that mean it is not getting compiled? It does not look like I have Adobe Flash Builder installed but could there be some other (IDE?) program that would compile it? Or could it be that I have been able to work with a few xmls without compiling?

Not sure how to get to the list of modules to see if Identify is listed:
"Compiling widgets
Any widget you want to use must be compiled. To compile a widget, make sure it is listed among the Flex modules to build for your project (see Project > Properties > Flex modules)."

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:16:51 GMT

Stew,

If you are not using the un-compiled version of this widget by adding it into Flash Builder to an existing Flex Viewer project that you already have setup, then none of that compile stuff or add to modules list applies to you. It sounds like you are just using the compiled version of Flex Viewer and thus are just adding the Identify folder that contains IdentifyWidget.swf and IdentifyWidget.xml and an assets folder, to your already compiled Flex Viewer app.

The xml gets compiled into the swf, right?

No the mxml is what gets compiled to a swf (if you are using the un-compiled source code). All you should have to do is add the contents of the "compiled_FV3.0" folder from the download zip, which is the "Identify" folder and put copy that under the widgets folder in your compiled Flex Viewer directory. Or if you are using App Builder than you go to App Builder:

In Application Builder, click the Settings link to open the Settings page. Make certain that the advanced settings are displayed.

Click Manage Custom Widgets.

In the Manage Custom Widgets dialog box, browse to the ZIP file containing the packaged widget.

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/01m3/01m30000004m000000.htm

To test and see if you have the identify widget working at all:

Do you at least get the identify widget to display in the viewer

Are you leaving the identify widgets dropdown set to All Layers and are clicking on the map?

You might want to try and comment out all layers including your own and then test again:

    <layers onlythese="false">
        <!--<layer>
            <name>DMNA_Fac2011_DESCRIP</name>
            <fields>
                <field name="INSTNAME2" alias="site name" />
                <field name="SiteNumber" alias="site number" popuponly="true" />
            </fields>
            <links>
                <link includeinresults="false" field="" alias="" tooltip="">
                    <linkprefix></linkprefix>
                    <linksuffix></linksuffix>
                    <iconfield></iconfield>
                    <iconprefix></iconprefix>
                    <iconsuffix></iconsuffix>
                </link>
            </links>
            <zoomscale>15000</zoomscale>
            <forcescale>true</forcescale>
        </layer>-->

Because you have the onlythese="false" you should get results back for any layer in you map that is identifiable.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:22:49 GMT

Original User: sgalloway

Robert,
I am using the compiled version.
Today I started from scratch, deleting all identify widget files and then adding the contents of your identify folder to the Flex Viewer folder; IdentifyWidget.xml, IdentifyWidget.swf, meta.xml.

I made edits to the IdentifyWidget.xml.

The blue "i" Identify button displays in the toolbar and bounces when clicked.

"Comment out": I deleted all references to all layers in the config file (that's what all the pound signs were in my first uploaded file; I thought thats how you comment lines out). The button displays but no result.

I added one layer, then two layers, they were turned on, but no go.

What about <useproxy>
do I need this: <useproxy>true</useproxy>

I noticed a few differences so:
Then I tried adding this in front of <layer>: 
<useproxy>true</useproxy>
<layers onlythese="false">
<!--<layer>
   <name>Facility_Locations</name>
   <fields>
    <field name="SiteNumber" alias="SiteNumber" />popuponly="true" />
And then I tried deleting this after the alias name: />
<field name="SiteNumber" alias="SiteNumber" />popuponly="true" />
   </fields>
   <links>
    <link includeinresults="false" field="" alias="" tooltip="">

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RhettZufelt — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:34:57 GMT

Stew,

When posting, if you press the pound sign icon ( # ) then paste your "code" in between the

 tags that it puts there, it shows you code much nicer and is a lot easier to interpret.  This is how Robert got it to appear in its own "Code:" block above.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:43:25 GMT

Original User: rscheitlin

Stew,

I am still not sure by what you are telling me; Is the Identify widget the actual widget GUI showing when you click the blue i button?

Commenting in XML is done through the use of  so if I want to comment out this line <layer> then I would have this:
 If I wanted to comment out more line than one than I start with a

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

StewartGalloway — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:47:50 GMT

"GUI showing when you click the blue i button?"

Nothing happens. The feature that I click does not flash. The Identify popup does not display.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:51:20 GMT

Original User: rscheitlin

Stew,

Let me ask you to go to my live site (just to be sure we are one the same page here)

http://gis.calhouncounty.org/FlexViewer3.0/index.html?config=config-identify.xml

When you go to this site the Identify Widget is already visible (the same same that should happen you you click the blue "i" button). Are you saying that you do not evene get the widget to appear?

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

StewartGalloway — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:03:42 GMT

Correct, the widget does not appear, only the icon.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:07:18 GMT

Original User: rscheitlin

Stew,

Are you using App Builder or did you download the compiled Flex Viewer app and deploy it to your web server?

What web server are you using, IIS?

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

StewartGalloway — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:05:34 GMT

I downloaded the compiled Flex Viewer app and deploy it to your web server.
Yes, IIS.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 21:16:53 GMT

Original User: rzufelt

Robert,
I am using the compiled version.
Today I started from scratch, deleting all identify widget files and then adding the contents of your identify folder to the Flex Viewer folder; IdentifyWidget.xml, IdentifyWidget.swf, meta.xml.

Stew,

Not sure the order of things you did, but today I decided to try the compiled version "from scratch". here is what I did.

Downloaded the compiled Flexviewer3.0 and unzipped the "Flexviewer" folder to my C:\inetpub\wwwroot. so now I have a C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Flexviewer. then I downloaded the Identify widget version 3.0.1 and unzipped the "Identify" folder that is in the compiled_FV3.0 from the download and copied it to C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Flexviewer\widgets folder so now I have C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Flexviewer\widgets\Identify in which the swf and xml files lie.

Then I added this line that I copy/pasted from the Identify readme file into the widgetcontainer section of C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Flexviewer\config.xml file.

<widget label="Identify" left="330" top="80" preload="open"
                icon="assets/images/i_info.png"
                config="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget.xml"
                url="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget.swf"/>

Then in the browser http://hostname/Flexviewer opens the map and the identify GUI opens with it. I have to go to the "More" button and turn on some layers, but then the identify button seems to work as expected using the default layers.

R_

Robert,

Since I have the debugger version of player installed, I noticed that the compiled version of Identify has the little "Error: Could not find compiled resource bundle 'ESRIMessages' for locale 'en_US'." message poping up.
Doesn't affect it's perfomance though.

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:16:17 GMT

Rhett,

And you are saying that you downloaded the identify Widget 3.0.1 and the compiled version is showing this error? I am very surprised if that is the case as I always build the compiled widgets with no locale specified (after version 3.0i).

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

Anonymous User — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:21:41 GMT

Original User: rzufelt

That is correct. in fact, I just re-downloaded it and am seeing the same thing.

However, if I use 3.0i, the error is NOT there.

R_

Re: IdentifyWidget 3.0.1 - can you help to config one layer?

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:23:12 GMT

Rhett,

Thanks I will look into it.