topic Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions

flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 23:43:47 GMT

I know Flexviewer is "old", but we are still using it.

I am aware of the UTC setting:

<format dateformat="shortDate" useutc="true"/>‍

and this seems to work fine for the original popup data, but, the related records are still removing a day from the date.

Has anyone figured out a way to have the related table date format honor the popup config file format or am I stuck with showing two different dates for that same field?

The data in the feature class and the related table both have 1/13/2016 in this field.

Thanks for any help,

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MatthewFletcher — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:26:42 GMT

Hi Rhett,

Were you ever able to find a solution for this? I also still use the Flex viewer and noticed the same -1 day issue with the popup date fields in my related records.

I did a little testing and found that the -1 day issue also happens when I view the same related records via an arcgis.com web map popup. Leading me to believe it's not unique to Flex. As of now, I have no idea how to fix it.

Thanks,

Matt

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:31:59 GMT

Matt,

Nope. I just learned to live with it.

Sorry, can't help.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:46:38 GMT

Matthew:

Since this occurs in arcgis.com webmap popup maybe you can create an Idea that would allow related data to display the correct date.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MatthewFletcher — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:28:52 GMT

I figured out what's going on. For my case, the problem lied within the map service that I was publishing, not the application consuming the map service. Here's how I fixed things. Hopefully it works for anyone else.

After more searching, I found this posting https://community.esri.com/thread/163168 which spoke about how to utilize date fields when using a feature service. I'm not using a feature service, but figured I'd try it.

In ArcMap, I have a feature class related to a table which has been added into ArcMap as a table. I think that is key, that the table exists in ArcMap, because you can edit the properties of the table.

In the Time tab of the related table, I used one date field. Other than setting the Time Field and Time Zone, everything else is default:

I republished the map services, checked both the Flex and ArcGIS online viewers and found that the related popup dates were correct.

Matt

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 20:39:30 GMT

Would have never thought to enable time in a non-time enabled mxd.

However, this fixed it for me.

Thanks for the pointer,

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:38:50 GMT

Rhett and Matthew:

Are either of you still running FlexViewer apps? If so, what version of AGS services are you using in your apps? I ask because I am upgrading to AGS 10.7 and I am having issues setting up the FlexViewer apps on Windows 2016 Server servers. The FlexViewer app has been working fine on Windows 2012 R2 Server servers for about 2 years using AGS 10.5.1.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:49:48 GMT

Yes, am still using the FlexViewer. Been working well.

However, I consume both 10.2.1 and 10.4 AGS services, but both are running on Server 2012 R2.

We are stuck on the Utilities & Telecom versions of Desktop, so this spring we are "upgrading" to 10.6.1, and plan to continue using the FlexViewer for a while longer.

Hopefully you haven't ran into an issue with Flex and services from newer SQL server, and you get it figure out.

Also, would it be possible to update this thread as to what you find as I will be facing this soon?

Thanks,

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MatthewFletcher — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:57:25 GMT

I'm also still running numerous Flex Viewer sites, haven't ran into any issues. We’re currently using AGS 10.5.1 and 10.5.1 GeoDatabases running on SQL Server 13.0.4206.0. The AGS server is running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard.

Matt

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:01:56 GMT

Do either of you think that FlexViewers will still be in use at your org when you upgrade to ArcGIS 10.7 as that is my current upgrade path that I am having issues with?

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 20:23:32 GMT

We are switching to the U&T version 10.6.1 until it's not supported anymore. So, I suspect by the time we get to 10.7 (or whatever U&T version is by then), FLexViewer stuff won't be supported in the browsers anymore.

However, we will be upgrading to SQL server 2016 in the near future, so interested in your findings as we will still need the Flexviewers to work.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:44:14 GMT

I'm thinking the issue is due to the Windows Server version that AGS is installed on. I will try calling the current 10.5.1 services from a FlexViewer app on a Windows 2016 Server with IIS to see if that scenario works which is not a solution but will tell me if my upgraded AGS environment would even support Flex apps. I may be forced to either go with WebAppBuilder (might not get management approval for thst) or a 3rd party solution sooner than I thought.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MatthewFletcher — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:22:35 GMT

I haven't thought that far ahead, to worry about 10.7 affecting Flex Viewer. I have started to run into minor annoyances with Google Chrome, which has led to exploring other options. For a few months now, in Chrome (currently running Chrome v.73.0.3683.86) the Adobe Flash plugin will not permanently run for a specified website, only temporarily, while the instance of Chrome is running. This forces a user to enable Flash every time Chrome has been totally closed out, then reopened. Not a big deal, but its led me to start thinking about, what if the browser stops running Flex Builder. I need a backup plan.

I started experimenting with a download of a site I built with the WebApp Builder for ArcGIS. It mimics one of my Flex Viewer sites. I implemented all of the same tools, popups, etc. It's real nice. But I'm hesitant to roll out it out to our users. The printing template scale bar always defaults to miles, which looks like garbage when the majority of the maps your users make are at a small scale. I've searched the code, but cannot figure out how to change the scale bar's default unit to feet. The user can change the units manually, but I don't want to force them to do so. For now, the Flex Viewer is more convenient. I'm hoping that ESRI will implement an easier way to change the default units. If they do so, I'll most likely migrate our web environment to WebApp Builder for ArcGIS sites that mimic our current Flex sites. All downloaded and ran locally on our servers.

Matt

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RhettZufelt — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:28:00 GMT

on a related note, if you have access to the registry file:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
"DefaultPluginsSetting"=dword:00000001
@="1"

will allow Chrome to open FlexViewer without having to confirm each time.

this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome]
@="1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\PluginsAllowedForUrls]
"1"="iis.ci.city.state.us"

does same thing, but restricts only to the listed host

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:33:26 GMT

Do you get the Flash warning every time or just on the first opening after logging into the computer?

Maybe this registry key edit will allow me to open the flex app up against AGS 10.7 services on a Windows 2016 Server server. Fingers crossed.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

RobertScheitlin__GISP — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:46:12 GMT

That is actually a pretty simple fix when using WAB Dev edition. Just ask that question in the Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS‌ space.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MattiasEkström — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:48:59 GMT

Hi Michael!
We still running some critical FlexViewer apps, we're on ArcGIS Server 10.6 on an old server with Windows Server 2008 R2. We are about to move to a new server some time before this summer, and then we'll upgrade to AGS 10.7, I'm not sure if our IT guys will go with windows server 2016 or 2019. But if I really don't want our FlexViewer apps to stop working, we plan to switch to some WAB-based solution but not yet, that will more likely be this autumn or next year.

So please keep us updated!

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:16:32 GMT

Do you and/or your colleagues get this message whenever you browse to your flexviewer apps when using Chrome when you first log into your computer?

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MatthewFletcher — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:27:05 GMT

Yes, that's the same message we receive.

Re: flexviewer popup date one day off for related table

MichaelVolz — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:54:52 GMT

Rhett:

The is what the registry looks like on my machine:

I do not see a "DefaultPluginsSetting" key. Do I need to add a new key or add a new value to the Chrome folder from the list of String value, Binary value, DWORD (32-bit) value, QWORD (64-bit) value, Multi-String value, or Expandable String value?