topic Re: Non-expandable Map Legend object in ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525189#M1442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That's a message that appears only in design time Inside Visual Studio.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However you should be able to compile and run your application despite this message.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:25:55 GMT DominiqueBroux 2013-02-11T11:25:55Z Non-expandable Map Legend object https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525188#M1441 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have been working Tech Support for this issue for quite some time and it seems to me the analyst just can't find the solution.&nbsp; I am going to give it a shot here.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I created a Legend to control (turn on/off, change Opacity, etc.) the map layers in an app and this Legend works fine.&nbsp; In a test, the Legend works elegantly that each layer inside the Legend can be turned on, off, expanded, and collapsed and changed opacity.&nbsp; However, when this Legend is merged with the app, it stays flat and non-expandable.&nbsp; Because of that I tested this Legend under two test apps created&nbsp; from the ESRI Standard and Showcase silverlight templates (3.0) and surprisingly the Legend does not for those test apps either.&nbsp; There is no complilation errors of any kind.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>From time to time, a warning message will pop up (see attachment) and the message says (let me type it):</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>[InvalidCastException was thrown on "Legend": Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.Expression.DesignModel.DocumentModel.DocumentPrimitiveNode' to type 'Microsoft.Expression.DesignModel.DocumentModel.DocumentCompositeNote'.&nbsp; Clik here for detail. ]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This problem has been sitting there for over a month and it seems like going no where.&nbsp; Any help or pointers here?&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:44:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525188#M1441 YurongTan 2013-02-07T16:44:21Z Re: Non-expandable Map Legend object https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525189#M1442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That's a message that appears only in design time Inside Visual Studio.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>However you should be able to compile and run your application despite this message.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:25:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525189#M1442 DominiqueBroux 2013-02-11T11:25:55Z Re: Non-expandable Map Legend object https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525190#M1443 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">That's a message that appears only in design time Inside Visual Studio.<BR />However you should be able to compile and run your application despite this message.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for the help and Problem SOLVED.&nbsp; It is the default settings for the legend and once those settings are commented out in the App.xaml, everything goes.&nbsp; Simple</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:54:47 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/non-expandable-map-legend-object/m-p/525190#M1443 YurongTan 2013-04-28T03:54:47Z