Standard Label Engine Equivalent

[MarkMcCall]

Does the Runtime for WPF API have functionality equivalent to the Standard Labeling Engine available in ArcObjects?  I am building an application that does not use the Runtime Map control for rendering and needs to generate feature labels within a given extent.  Any suggestions?

[MichaelBranscomb · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Currently the labelling capability is not as rich as was available in ArcObjects. We're working to resolve that gap and will be providing additional labelling functionality in the new ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET which will be released in 2014 (and contains a new, improved WPF API).

Until then, you could investigate using the geometry service operation LabelPoints and then add TextSymbols at those locations. Alternatively, if your solution involves local dynamic map services or online dynamic map services, you can override and define the labelling of layers in those services.

Cheers

Mike

[MichaelBranscomb]

Hi,

We are working on a labeling design which will eventually be rolled out across the ArcGIS Runtime SDKs (excluding WPF) - you can see a preview of this in the new ArcGIS Runtime SDK for .NET beta, although in the beta it is quite a limited API. Therefore we welcome input e.g.:
- Types of layers/objects you would like to label?
- Placement control you need?
- Display properties you would like to set?
- Behavior you would like the labels to exhibit?
- Interaction you expect to be able to have with labels in the map?

You can email on mbranscomb@esri.com if you would prefer to contact me directly.

Cheers

Mike