Config Issues with Enhanced Time Slider Widget version 2.5.1.1 for FlexViewer 2.5

[AdamZiegler]

I have a question in regards to the configuration of the  Enhanced Time Slider Widget.  I am trying to configure the widget to use a time extent and interval that I specify.  When I do this I seem to break the widget.

<layer label="Surface Water Well Locations" name="Surface Water Well Locations">
  <dateformat>MMMM,YYYY</dateformat>
  <loop>false</loop>
  <singlethumbastimeinstant>true</singlethumbastimeinstant>
  <thumbcount>1</thumbcount>
  <thumbmovingrate>1000</thumbmovingrate>
  <timeextent>
   <starttime>2000/01/01 05:00:00 UTC</starttime>
   <endtime>2010/06/01 05:00:00 UTC</endtime>
  </timeextent>
  <timestopsinterval>1</timestopsinterval>
  <timestopsunits>months</timestopsunits>
</layer>

If I follow the same methods as the original config file the layers do display properly, but I am more interested in being able to set the time period manually.  Any idea what I'm doing wrong above?  Using the standard slider that comes with the Flex Viewer everything behaves as I would suspect. 

Thanks,
Adam Z

[BrianKaplan]

Hi Robert,  I've attached the Google Earth time slider.  The half-moon looking item on the bar below the 2 am can be slide left or right and sets the width of the time window.  The other item on the bar near the "11" of 11/6/2010 moves the time window.  Brian

[AdamZiegler]

Hi Robert,

I just downloaded the Enhanced Time Slider for Flex 3.0.  I am using the compiled version in the latest Viewer release.  I had a question in regards to the auto-toggling.  I have the widget open upon load, and it properly has the first layer on and all other's off.  As I switch layers it toggles the new ones on but the other layer(s) remain on as well.  I checked the live version off the widget download page and this seems to be the case there as well. Is there something in the config that will allow those layers to turn off once they are navigated away from?

Thanks in advance,
Adam Z

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Adam,

   This issue has just been fixed and uploaded in version 3.0.1

[AdamZiegler]

The same behavior still seems to be in place.....

Adam Z

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Adam,

   So are you talking about the Old 2.5 version then? I have fixed the 3.0 version.

[AdamZiegler]

Sorry, I am talking about the 3.0 version.  I just downloaded the 3.01 version you just uploaded and the layers are still not toggling off.

Adam Z

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Adam,

  Strange I just compiled the change and moved it over to my web server and the toggling on my live preview site is working fine. Do you have the name of the layer in the eTimeWidget.xml the same as the label of the layer in your main config.xml?

[AdamZiegler]

Okay, it is working properly.  I had been viewing everything in Firefox which was causing the problem.  When I looked at everything in IE all was good. Not sure if my version of Firefox is bad or if the plug-ins are out of date, but I'll just use IE or the IE tab option in Firefox.  Thanks for your help!

Adam Z

[RobertScheitlin__GISP · Accepted solution]

Adam,

  Firefox should not be the issue as it is the only browser I normally use. Maybe you didn't clear your cache.

[AdamZiegler]

Adam,

   I can add a configuration opton to this widget in the next release to start the slider at the end. As far as version of Flash Builder, you could easyly get away with just purchasing the standard version.

Hi Robert,

I wanted to ask if you might still be planning to add this as an option in the config file for this widget?  I was also wondering if resetting the time slider to the beginning was a default behavior and if it was possible to maintain the current time when switching between layers.

Thanks,
Adam Z