ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.5 released December 2, 2011

[BjornSvensson]

Compiled viewer available from http://links.esri.com/flexviewer

Source code for viewer available code gallery as well as from https://github.com/ArcGIS/ArcGISViewerForFlex/tags - to use the source code, you will also need to download the API Library separately: go to http://links.esri.com/flex, click the �??Download API Library�?� in Quick Links on the right side.

See what�??s new for Viewer at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/What_s_new_in_2_5_Viewer/01m3000000110... - you might have to wait 15 minutes for the server to show the "2.5" pages...

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Mark,

   Hmm... I am not familiar with the access related data widget.

[MarkSmith1]

Mark,

   Hmm... I am not familiar with the access related data widget.

Sorry, the Attachment Relate Info Window Widget is what I meant.

And the problems I was referring to in my previous post are to do with the sample viewer for your enhanced search widget.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Mark,

   OK, now things are getting clearer. So if you are having issue with my eSearch widget for Flex Viewer 2.5 that handles relates are you actually using Flex Viewer 2.5? What are the errors you are encountering?

[MarkSmith1]

I haven't downloaded your widget yet. I was trying to use the sample viewer link from this page

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

When I launch the application (Open > View Application) I get ActionScript errors:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at widgets.eSearch::SearchWidget/queryFromURL()

When  I search for features it lists the results in the widget window but the tabs at the bottom never populate with anything.

I've tried in IE8 and Firefox.

[MarkSmith1]

I haven't downloaded your widget yet. I was trying to use the sample viewer link from this page

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5d4995ccdb99429185dfd8d8fb2a513e

When I launch the application (Open > View Application) I get ActionScript errors:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.
at widgets.eSearch::SearchWidget/queryFromURL()

When  I search for features it lists the results in the widget window but the Relate Results tabs at the bottom never gets populated. Maybe there's no related data in your sample data...

I've tried in IE8 and Firefox.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Mark,

   Give it another try, somehow (only me to blame) the XML got replaced with a old one, on the demo site.

[MarkSmith1]

Yup, now it's working great. Thanks, this looks like it'll be exactly what I need.

[AdamRepsher]

Adam/Andrea, I am thinking it might be your browser that changes the extension, could you tell us which OS and browser (and browser version) you are using?

Sorry it took so long!  Oddly enough, I was using Chrome for that download.

--Adam

[DonCopple]

Bjorn,

Great work on the new release. I don't want this to sound ungrateful or like a complaint but I'm curious about future enhancements and what we can expect from the next Flex Viewer(s). Specifically, are there plans to add:

- The ability for end-users to add local data like shapefiles (I saw that the new ArcGIS Online portal has drag and drop functionality)

I am looking for an answer to this question too?  Would like to add local shapefile, kind of like the text file from Robert's eDraw widget.  I need to see a shapefile on the map, but then update my server with the same shape.  Need to see and edit the shape first before adding it to the server.  I can do this in a round about way by saving the text file drawn freehand with eDraw, and manually getting rid of the extraneous graphic info to convert to just a x,y csv file for import into GIS.  I am collecting the data in GPS, converting to Shapefile (DNRGarmin) to view in the field, then updating servers with the correct information.  Like it says in the quote, I can zip it up and view on ArcGIS Online, but wondering if a widget will do the same in a Flex Viewer.

Thanks,
Don

[BjornSvensson]

I am collecting the data in GPS, converting to Shapefile (DNRGarmin) to view in the field, then updating servers with the correct information.  Like it says in the quote, I can zip it up and view on ArcGIS Online, but wondering if a widget will do the same in a Flex Viewer.

We don't have any plans to support that exact work flow (editing local shapefiles and/or copy to a feature service). 

However, if your data is limited to point data and you can export it to to a CSV file and host it on a web server, then you might in the future be able to see it as a layer in Flex Viewer. But it still wouldn't be editable data that could automatically be copied/sent on to your feature service.

It might be easier if you changed your workflow from "Need to see and edit the shape first before adding it to the server" to first upload the data to a feature service, maybe with an attribute for in-progress, then edit it as part of that feature service.