topic Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

JustinFultz — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:15:13 GMT

Robert,

I was curious if you had any plans to incorporate the real time measurment functionality that is in the standard draw widget at 3.1 into your enhanced widget. I prefer your enhanced version, and it will continue to be my go to draw widget, but would love to see the real time functionality in the future if possible.

Thanks for all of the work you put into these widgets! They are great!

Justin

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:55:03 GMT

Justin,

Sure here is the new version. As with ESRIs version the live measure only functions with geographic or web-mercator maps though.

Version 3.1.2 - 2/7/2013
* Includes all the standard draw widgets features that are new in the 3.1 release of the viewer.
* Added a halo option for text drawn on the map.
* Added more localization options for text used by this widget.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

DennisAllen — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:08:30 GMT

Robert,

Why will the real-time measurements not work with other projections?

I just got off the phone with esri customer support a few minutes ago and the person I was working with was unaware of this and was unable to help me.

That is when I found this thread.

Thanks,

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:18:46 GMT

Dennis,

Because the clientside re-projection ability is only capable of handling web-merctor or geographic.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

DarrellAllen — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:08:07 GMT

Robert,
You said for the live measure feature to function the map needs to be geographic or web-mercator. Does that mean the data itself or just the WKID needs to be set? I have all my data in a State Plane projection and have been trying to get the eDraw live measurements to function. I have set the WKID to several different flavors of geographic, UTM, and web-mercator with no avail.

Thanks,
Darrell

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:13:34 GMT

Darrell,

The map itself has to be in web mercator or Geographic. It is the fact that the client machine only have the ability to project on the fly client side if the MAP is in web mercator or geographic.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

DarrellAllen — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:31:57 GMT

Robert,
Thanks for the help. I just set my map document that creates my main base layer to Web Mercator then recreated the service. It seems to work but will be checking it out to make sure my measurements are correct. I did not set a WKID in the config.xml, since the first layer Flex hits is this base layer, thus setting the coordinate system for the viewer. My other layers/services remained in State Plane Feet. I set the WKID in the eDraw .xml to reflect the Web Mercator WKID.

Thanks,
Darrell

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

JustinFultz — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:20:11 GMT

Robert,

I am getting the following error when trying to show measurements (coordinates) for a point using the enhanced draw widget version 3.2:

[FaultEvent fault=[RPC Fault faultString="HTTP request error" faultCode="Server.Error.Request" faultDetail="Error: [IOErrorEvent type="ioError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2032"]. URL: /project?f=json&outSR=102629&inSR=102100&geometries=%7B%22geometryType%22%3A%22esriGeometryPoint%22%2C%22geometries%22%3A%5B%7B%22x%22%3A%2D11091257%2E652817877%2C%22y%22%3A4247181%2E400014186%7D%5D%7D"] messageId="6E9EE6A6-A484-AED2-E526-336525DDFEDF" type="fault" bubbles=false cancelable=true eventPhase=2]

I would appreciate any ideas you migth have on this.

Thanks!

Justin

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:04:25 GMT

Justin,

Are you using an old eDrawWidget.xml file (from a previous version)? What version is the ArcGIS Server geometry service you are using?

Now that you are back on your thread maybe you can mark it as answered from the first time I assisted you here. Follow Step 1 in the graphic below:

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

JustinFultz — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:26:30 GMT

I have this widget in a 3.1 application. I'm guessing this could be the issue since it's 3.2, right? Sorry I didn't catch that earlier.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:44:31 GMT

Justin,

Yep that would be an issue.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

ScottMcGee — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:57:04 GMT

I'm using Robert's Enhanced Draw widget and all's well with it, except for a few small issues:

1) It's difficult or impossible select text that is added to the map. I can click on and select a text string immediately after adding it, but if I then add another text string or shape (marker, line, circle, rectangle, polygon, etc.) then I can no longer select any text that's been placed. So if I need to move a piece of text, the only thing I can do is to clear all text and shapes that have been placed and start from scratch, trying to make sure that the text is placed exactly where it needs to be (and this can often be a trial-and-error affair).

I thought it might be something about my Flex app, but I tried Robert's eDraw demo page ( http://gis.calhouncounty.org/FlexViewer3.3/index.html?config=config-eDraw.xml&draw=http://gis.calhouncounty.org/FlexViewer3.2/SavedGraphics.txt&autozoom=true&zoompercent=2.0 ) and it has the same text selection issue. I experience this problem in the newest versions of Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. Does anyone else have this issue as well?

2) In the Show Measurements area, the Bold and Underline buttons don't have the B and U text on them - they are blank, but they do function properly. See the screenshot below. Any idea why the B and U don't show up? Also, instead of the Distance Units label, the widget shows Distance U... . I made a copy of Robert's default eDrawWidget.xml file and edited it by changing the order in which the distance and area units are displayed in the drop-down pick lists, and I also added the coordinate system we commonly use to the <pointunits> tag. I thought that maybe these customizations might be causing the issues, so I then switched to Robert's default unedited XML that comes with the widget, and I have the same issues.

EDIT: I fixed issue #2 (blue text above). I had my app configured to use the Verdana font for all the widgets. I switched it to Arial and it fixed the display issue in Robert's eDraw widget and a couple of other widgets that had display issues.

I'm using version 3.3.1 (dated 5/16/2013) of the widget with Flex 3.3.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24397[/ATTACH]

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:15:26 GMT

Scott,

I am working to find the issue that both the Draw and the eDraw have with this, but in the mean time there is a VERY simple workaround just click on the map (where there is no graphic) before you attempt to click on the text. If you click on a garphic (like a polygon and move it) click on the map before you attempt to select the text by clicking on it.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:49:53 GMT

Scott,

If you are using the source code then this is the change that you can make to fix this issue. I will be adding it to the next release.

This code goes in the DrawWidget.mxml and/or the eDrawWidget.mxml

            private function map_mouseUpHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
            {
//My Add
                if(event.target is FTETextField){
                    if(event.target.parent !== editGraphic){
                        map.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, map_mouseUpHandler);
                        map.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, map_mouseMoveHandler);
                        
                        stopEditing();
                    }else{
                        return;
                    }
                }
//End My Add
                if (event.target !== editGraphic)
                {
                    map.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, map_mouseUpHandler);
                    map.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, map_mouseMoveHandler);

                    stopEditing();
                }
            }

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:23:53 GMT

All,

Next version of the eDraw widget is available:

Version 3.3.2 - 5/17/2013
* Fixed an issue where it was extremely difficult to select and move text placed by the widget.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

ScottMcGee — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:04:43 GMT

All,

Next version of the eDraw widget is available:

Version 3.3.2 - 5/17/2013
* Fixed an issue where it was extremely difficult to select and move text placed by the widget.

Robert,

Thank you for the quick update. I installed 3.3.2 and it works perfectly. My map users are going to be very happy now!

I want to publicly thank you for all the great widgets you've built and all the fantastic support you provide on this forum. I'm using six of your widgets in our mapper, and it is a much better product because of your efforts. For your viewing pleasure, I've attached screenshots of your Enhanced Splash widget in action!

ESRI, if you're reading this, you need to make Robert an offer he can't refuse!

[ATTACH=CONFIG]24452[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]24453[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]24454[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]24455[/ATTACH]

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

JosVroegop — Wed, 22 May 2013 10:47:21 GMT

Hello Robert,

Thank you for a great widget, your work is greatly appreceated!

I have a question about the 3.3.2 version of the widget. The tooltips don't seem to show when drawing on the map (click to start drawing, double click to finish)

Is this something that could be modified? We are working with the sourcecode. Thanks in advance.

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:49:55 GMT

Jos,

I should make them configurable. I personally don't like the tooltips so I removed them.

Here is the code block to change:

                switch (drawType)
                {
                    case DrawTool.MAPPOINT:
                    {
                        drawingPolygon = drawingLine = false;
                        addingText = selectedDrawingIcon.id == "text";
                        drawingPoint = !addingText;
                        showMeasurements = drawingPoint = !addingText;
                        PointXY = true;
                        drawMode = addingText ? TEXT_MODE : null;
                        drawStatus = (drawMode == TEXT_MODE) ? addTextLabel : drawPointLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, null, map_drawEndHandler);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.POLYLINE:
                    {
                        drawingPoint = addingText = drawingPolygon = PointXY = false;
                        drawingLine = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawLineLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, lineSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.FREEHAND_POLYLINE:
                    {
                        drawingPoint = addingText = drawingPolygon = PointXY = false;
                        drawingLine = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawFreehandLineLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, lineSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.EXTENT:
                    {
                        addingText = drawingPoint = drawingLine = PointXY = false;
                        drawingPolygon = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawRectangleLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, fillSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.CIRCLE:
                    {
                        addingText = drawingPoint = drawingLine = PointXY = false;
                        drawingPolygon = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawCircleLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, fillSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.ELLIPSE:
                    {
                        addingText = drawingPoint = drawingLine = PointXY = false;
                        drawingPolygon = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawEllipseLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, fillSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.POLYGON:
                    {
                        addingText = drawingPoint = drawingLine = PointXY = false;
                        drawingPolygon = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawPolygonLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, fillSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                    case DrawTool.FREEHAND_POLYGON:
                    {
                        addingText = drawingPoint = drawingLine = PointXY = false;
                        drawingPolygon = showMeasurements = true;
                        drawStatus = drawFreehandPolygonLabel;
                        setMapAction(drawType, drawStatus, fillSymbol, map_drawEndHandler, map_drawUpdateHandler, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                }

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

JosVroegop — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:08:09 GMT

Robert,

Thanks for the swift reply, that did it 🙂

Re: Enhanced Draw Widget Functionality

AaronKreag — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:42:01 GMT

Robert,

Is there a way to set:

default show measurements to true

default distance units to feet

default area units to acre

I have been looking and can not find anything. I am using Flex Viewer 3.6, exported and now working in the configs to adjust stuff.

Thank you! Aaron