Pass URL parameters in sample viewer

[AaronNash]

There was a previous thread on the old forum to pass search parameters into a url string,
http://forums.esri.com/Thread.asp?c=158&f=2421&t=294907&mc=104#msgid925229
I would like to see if anyone has accomplished this for the new viewer. I have a non-spatial flex application that runs a query on a ArcServer service and returns the results into a datagrid, I then have a button that exports the results into a pdf report. I would like to have another function that takes a value from the datagrid, populates it into a URL string that opens a new browser and zooms to that selected feature. 

thanks,
  Aaron

[AaronNash]

Attached are the modified files, I appreciate you looking at this

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Aaron,

   In your MapManager:

       if (result["Parcels.DBO.Parcels.MBL"])
        xPPIN = result.Parcels.DBO.Parcels.MBL;

This is suppose to be the name of the parameter that you are passing in from the url (i.e. MBL)

Change these line to:

       if (result["MBL"])
        xPPIN = result.MBL;

[AaronNash]

made the changes, no luck. Same behavior

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Aaron,

    Do you have the Flash player debuger version? You need to place some break points in your code and debug to see if you get to them.

[AaronNash]

I had to change somethings on my machine, but I have debugger mode set up. Any suggestions on where i should put break points and what I behavior I should be looking for. I have not run in debugger mode

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Aaron,

Here are some steps to take:

This is the most involved but the correct way to specify url parameter values for your apps launch configuration. There are many steps to do this but if you follow then you will have your development environment step in the best possible way to debug and work with your app and flash builder.
I. Download Flash Player Debug version here http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
If you are using IE then choose (for IE)
If you are using FireFox or any other browser as your default then choose (for Netscape compatible browsers).

II. Configure IIS (Assuming you are not using any other web server) virtual directory for your app
a. In IIS choose new virtual directory name it FlexViewer2.1 and point it's path to your bin-debug folder for your flexviewer project.

III. Right click on your app in the project navigator window and choose properties and then Flex Build Path

IV. In the output folder url type your machine name and the virtual directory name you specified in step II.
V. click Run/Debug Settings (back on the left).
VII. choose your app which is likely to be the only thing in that window and then edit
VIII. look towards the bottom of this dialog and un-check use default
IX. add ?MBL=xxxxxxxxx

then I would start by adding a break point in the map manager right under this line

if (xPPIN != ""){

and what you are looking for is when you reach the breakpoint (if you do) does xPPIN have the value that you passed into the URL? From there I would put a breakpoint in the utimerComplete function (first line of that function) and step through the code to see if the id variable is not NaN.

[AaronNash]

I think I am doing this correctly, I have everything running on my local machine in debug mode in IIS. I added the specified break points and stepped through them, I attached 2 screen shots. At  

if (xPPIN != ""){ 

xPPIN did have a value, I Stepped past that, it went through the event listener and started the timer. Went to

if (!xExt == "")

and then jumped to the bottom of the function

catch (error:Error){}

. At the second break point, function utimerComplete, the id variable was NaN. BTW thanks for all your help

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Aaron,

  once you step past your second breakpoint is the id still NaN? If so in your config.xml is your searchwidgets label "Search"?

[AaronNash]

I have made some progress, It does figure out and populate the id as 8, which is correct. I have followed the process into the search widget's queryPPIN function, it brings over the xPPIN value. When I step forward it jumps to the function onResult totally missing the query.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Aaron,

   You need to place a breakpoint in the queryPPIN function so you can see what the

query.where = expr;

where is equal to.