topic How to get user's current map extent? in ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-user-s-current-map-extent/m-p/326953#M971 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Greetings,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to get the user's current map extent but everything I've tried so far has been along the lines of a catastrophic failure (I'm new to C#/Silverlight/XAML) :(.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>I'm aware that [url=</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/samples/start.html]this[/url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/samples/start.html]this[/url</A><SPAN>] exists but I've never tried implementing a sample before and am quite stuck.</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyway, long story short, I'm trying to figure out how to get the map extents of the user's current zoom level and I've been stuck for a few days. Any help? :(. I'm not sure what steps to take in implementing a code sample (and have them be successful).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Jenn</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>edit: We're not technically using the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight product, but since the code is widget-based I thought this would be an applicable example. Please let me know if I'm headed in the wrong direction</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:34 GMT JennB 2013-05-16T19:06:34Z How to get user's current map extent? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-user-s-current-map-extent/m-p/326953#M971 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Greetings,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I am trying to get the user's current map extent but everything I've tried so far has been along the lines of a catastrophic failure (I'm new to C#/Silverlight/XAML) :(.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN><SPAN>I'm aware that [url=</SPAN><A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/samples/start.html]this[/url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/samples/start.html]this[/url</A><SPAN>] exists but I've never tried implementing a sample before and am quite stuck.</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyway, long story short, I'm trying to figure out how to get the map extents of the user's current zoom level and I've been stuck for a few days. Any help? :(. I'm not sure what steps to take in implementing a code sample (and have them be successful).</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Jenn</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>edit: We're not technically using the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight product, but since the code is widget-based I thought this would be an applicable example. Please let me know if I'm headed in the wrong direction</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 16 May 2013 19:06:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-silverlight-questions/how-to-get-user-s-current-map-extent/m-p/326953#M971 JennB 2013-05-16T19:06:34Z