ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer URL Data Binding

[AmrinderGanda]

Hi,

Not sure if I am doing it wrong or it is not possible. I am trying to bind the url property of a tiled map service layer and I get this exception in InitializeComponent()

Set property 'ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer.Url' threw an exception.

Thanks,
AG

[JenniferNery]

That exception is expected because the layer's URL is not a bindable property.  It is neither DependencyProperty nor a property that will raise PropertyChanged.  It therefore expects a string not a binding statement.

[AmrinderGanda]

Thanks for the information Jennifer.

AG

[ThomasBoring]

Is this still true?  Is the URL property of the ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer not bindable?  The URL property of the ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer IS bindable...and these two controls are VERY similar, so it seems odd that the URL property of one would be bindable but the URL property of the other isn't.

[ThomasBoring]

Is this still true?  Is the URL property of the ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer not bindable?  The URL property of the ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer IS bindable...and these two controls are VERY similar, so it seems odd that the URL property of one would be bindable but the URL property of the other isn't.

Bueler?  Bueler?  Anyone?  Bueler?

[DominiqueBroux]

You are right there is an incoherence somewhere.

The workaround is to create an attached property and to set the Url in this attached property.

Note however that a layer is not a FrameworkElement and thus doesn't support DataContext. So you will be limited in the binding possibilities (but Binding to a static ressource should work).