Begginer's Question: I can see the map on the js sandbox but not when I run the html

ionarawilson1 · ‎01-16-2013

I am following the tutorials on how to create a web map using javascript, however when I copy and paste this code from the sandbox to a blank document and save it as html (or I create an html on Aptana) on my computer, and I ran it, the browser is blank. Why is this happening?

This is the link to the tutorial:

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jstutorials/#intro_agstemplate

Thank you!

And this is supposed to be a live version of the sample in the tutorial.
[HTML]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Create a Web Map</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=7,IE=9">

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/3.3/js/esri/css/esri.css">
<style>
    html,body,#mapDiv,.map.container{
      padding:0;
      margin:0;
      height:100%;
    }
</style>

<script>var dojoConfig = { parseOnLoad:true };</script>
<script src="http://serverapi.arcgisonline.com/jsapi/arcgis/3.3compact"></script>
<script>
    dojo.require("esri.map");
    dojo.require("esri.arcgis.utils");

    var map;

    function init(){
      var webmapid = "1a40fa5cc1ab4569b79f45444d728067";
      esri.arcgis.utils.createMap(webmapid, "mapDiv").then(function(response){
        map = response.map;
      });
    }

    dojo.ready(init);
</script>

</head>

<body>
    <div id="mapDiv"></div>
</body>
</html>
[/HTML]

ionarawilson1 · ‎01-22-2013

Thank you Derek, I was still doing the tutorials, so I was not there yet, but thank you for pointing that.

StephenLead · ‎01-22-2013

http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jshelp/#intro_devenvfirst line on the page, "When developing with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, a web server is required."Easy to overlook? Yes. But it's documented. You'll encounter situations like this often.cheers.

Derek, I'm 100% certain that that passage wasn't there when this thread was started, cos I trawled the whole beginners sections looking for a link to include. Glad to see it's been added. Cheers,Steve