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Advanced print solution

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02-19-2011 10:52 AM
TomSchuller
Occasional Contributor III
Please find in the codegallery my first version of an advanced print solution:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6809086326ea4c76bf026a32bb9dd698

The backend is developed in Java as a ServerObjectExtension: PChPrintSOE

The communication to the SOE is realized by the REST.
So, any client can be used Flex, Javascript, ...
I just created a simple FlexWidget.

Some features:
- full print over the rest api (usable by any client)
- export to pdf,jpeg,png,emf and mxd!
- view paper layout extent live on map
- make print on a "template" mapservice by keeping the predefined layout
- multi-mapservices/multi-server support
- add graphics on the map view positioned in map units
- add elements on the layout view positioned in paper units like scalebar, scaletext


The code is under full development:
- support for wms layer
- code clean up and reorganization

Any suggestions, remarques or help is welcome.

Live demo with public Esri mapservices (last print button):
http://gis.pch.etat.lu/flexViewerPrint/
   - use this print widget with your PChPrintSOE-enabled mapservices for high quality
   - draw first some graphics with the DrawWidget prior making your print (in mxd format)
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TomSchuller
Occasional Contributor III

Burns86,
- to modify the scales, you have to edit the PChPrintWidget.xml file.

I didn't yet implemented an ImageService as I didn't worked yet with ImageServices.
Did you know a public ImageService on which I can make some tests?

Tom

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
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TomSchuller
Occasional Contributor III
Robert,
thanks.
Also using this Print?

Tom
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RobertScheitlin__GISP
MVP Emeritus
Tom,

   No I am not using your print widget and SOE, I just try to monitor all post on the Flex forums.
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TomSchuller
Occasional Contributor III
Robert,
did you already played with the PrintWidget in the Flex3/AGS10.1? Could you share any experience?

Tom
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TomSchuller
Occasional Contributor III
Burns86,
I just added support for ArcGISImageServiceLayer in my latest commit:
http://bitbucket.schuller.lu/pchprintwidget/changesets

Let me know it it's ok or need to be improved.

Tom
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RobertScheitlin__GISP
MVP Emeritus
Tom,

   Let me give you my opinion after 10.1 RC1 testing.
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evanpicard
New Contributor II
I'm pretty sure the firewall is turned off completely, but I'll give it a shot when I'm back in the office on Friday.  Thanks for the help.
Evan



The firewall is turned off.
I restarted IIS. 
I can successfully ping both the IP address and the server name.
java -version works successfully.
administrator is a member of agsadmin

I am still stuck, it will not work.  same errors.

Where can I find information on the domain? I dont recall specifying one.  this is an internal server, I have an IP address (172.26.197.91), and a servername (mwellagsserver) , that point to the same thing. 

please help!

C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\java\tools\soemanager>soemanager.bat -a 172.26.197.91 mwellagsserver administrator aVp105 PCHarcgisSOE.jar

C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\java\tools\soemanager>java -classpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\java\lib\arcobjects.jar;C:\Pr
ogram Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\java\tools\soemanager\SOEManager.jar" com.esri.arcgis.tools.SOEManager -a 172.26.197.91 17.26.197.91 administrator
 aVp105 PCHarcgisSOE.jar

Error: AutomationException occured while connecting to server 172.26.197.91.
Please check if username and pwd are correct or are members of agsadmin group.
AutomationException: Access is denied.

Disconnecting from ArcGIS Server "null"...Done.

C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Server10.0\java\tools\soemanager>java -version
java version "1.6.0_16"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_16-b01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.2-b01, mixed mode)
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JustinConner
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Could someone please explain the toRemoveLayoutElements tag? How does this need to be formatted and what exactly is it looking for. Could you share an example?
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MattGiles
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Hi Tom,
Just got around to testing the new widget with ImageServices and it seems to work flawlessly! Thanks for your help in adding scales as well!

One more thing - I assume i do not have to add the printSOE capability to each of my ArcGIS services since my ImageService does not have this capability and your print captured it anyways...?

Thanks again Tom!
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