Bing map (veTileLayer) as basemap

[SebastianRoberts]

I am working with the Tax Parcel Viewer template from the local government gallery.  I would like to add Bing Maps as a basemap.  I was able to modify the CreateBaseMapLayer to add a VeTileLayer as below, but I have two problems.  First the Bing Maps basemap draws on load, and the ChangeBaseMap function doesn't work properly.  How would I make the Bing layer not visible on load, and how do I get a reference to it using similar to "map.getLayer" so that I can update the ChangeBaseMap function? 

function CreateBaseMapLayer(layerURL, layerId, isVisible,bingKey) {     if (isVisible) {         currentBaseMap = layerId;     }  if (bingKey.length > 0 ){    veTileLayer = new esri.virtualearth.VETiledLayer({    bingMapsKey: bingKey,    mapStyle: esri.virtualearth.VETiledLayer.MAP_STYLE_AERIAL    });    return veTileLayer  }else{   var layer = new esri.layers.ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer(layerURL, { id: layerId, visible: isVisible });   return layer;  } }

[SebastianRoberts]

Anyone know how to toggle visibility on a Bing Map (veTileLayer)?

[derekswingley1 · Accepted solution]

The bing layer works like other tiled layers in the API so if you don't want your bing layer to be visible initially, pass visible: false to the constructor.

The easiest way to be able to get a reference to a bing layer (or any layer for that matter) is to specify an id when creating the layer then pass that id to map.getLayer.

Here's an example:  http://jsfiddle.net/Srg9n/