topic Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

JordanBaumgardner — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:16:01 GMT

My client has a requirement to use urls like MyFlexViewer.html?search=12345 and have it search for 1235 and zoom to it. (their old version did this, and use the 1st search term to make it happen)

I've seen several treads from the 2.x days showing how to add the code to do that. But also see many comments about 3.6 handling this nicely - the notes say "See instructions" - But... I can't seem to find them. I have read the config.pdf but didn't see it. I took a peek at the code, but found nothing.

Thanks in advance.

Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:20:17 GMT

Jordan,

Did you look in the Enhanced Search Widget URL Search Configuration.pdf

It gives examples:

http://gislap134/FlexViewer2.1/index.html?esearch=R1&slayer=0&exprnum=0&showdatagrid=true

Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

JordanBaumgardner — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:01:51 GMT

Ya, just looked again in Enhanced Search Widget XML Configuration Page*1*of*13* * Developed*By:*Robert*Scheitlin*Version 3.6.4 �?? Mar 3, 2014

But could not see any example with eserach= or search=. I swear I read it ; )

http://gislap134/FlexViewer2.1/index.html?esearch=R1&slayer=0&exprnum=0&showdatagrid=true

But lets just take this appart:
-- esearch=R1 where r1 is the <layer><name>?

-- slayer=0 where 0 is the layer #? but isn't that specified in the <layer><url> as in http://sampleserver1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Louisville/LOJIC_LandRecords_Louisville/MapServer/2

-- exprnum=0 where 0 is the string to search for?

-- Showdatagird=true - self explanatory.

I'm using the following pdf:
https://raw.github.com/rscheitlin/eSearch/master/Enhanced%20Search%20Widget%20XML%20Configuration.pdf

Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:08:04 GMT

Jordan,

Wrong PDF. Look in this one:

Enhanced Search Widget URL Search Configuration.pdf 😉

Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

JordanBaumgardner — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:05:40 GMT

Ahhhh, thank you! And my client thanks you too!

Re: eSearch Widget - Initial search from URL parameters

JordanBaumgardner — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:29:39 GMT

The link for others:

https://github.com/rscheitlin/eSearch/blob/master/Enhanced%20Search%20Widget%20XML%20Configuration.pdf