Problem with Shapefiles widget 3.7

[DonaldBrown]

I just upgraded to version 3.7 of ArcGIS Viewer for Flex. I also deleted the old 3.6 widgets and then added in the 3.7 versions. Everything works fine (elayerlist, identify, swipespotlight) except the shapefile widget. I get a 2036 error in Firefox browser (2035 error in Chrome). Take a look:

ArcGIS Viewer for Flex

Here is a snippet from my config.xml:

    <widgetcontainer layout="float">

        <widget url="widgets/Draw/DrawWidget.swf" config="widgets/Draw/DrawWidget.xml" label="Draw" icon="assets/images/i_draw2.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Print/PrintWidget.swf" config="widgets/Print/PrintWidget.xml" label="Print" icon="assets/images/i_print.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget.swf" config="widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget_1.xml" label="Shapefile Widget" icon="assets/images/shapefiles.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Bookmark/BookmarkWidget.swf" config="widgets/Bookmark/BookmarkWidget_1.xml" label="Bookmark" icon="assets/images/i_bookmark.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Time/TimeWidget.swf" config="widgets/Time/TimeWidget_1.xml" label="Time" icon="assets/images/i_clock.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Legend/LegendWidget.swf" config="widgets/Legend/LegendWidget_1.xml" label="Legend" icon="assets/images/Legend32.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/LayerList/LayerListWidget.swf" config="widgets/LayerList/LayerListWidget_1.xml" label="Layer List" icon="assets/images/i_layers.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/eLayerList/eLayerListWidget.swf" config="widgets/eLayerList/eLayerListWidget_1.xml" label="Enhanced Layer List" icon="assets/images/i_folder.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/SwipeSpotlight/SwipeSpotlightWidget.swf" config="widgets/SwipeSpotlight/SwipeSpotlightWidget_1.xml" label="Swipe Spotlight Widget" icon="assets/images/i_swipe.png"/>

        <widget url="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget.swf" config="widgets/Identify/IdentifyWidget_1.xml" label="Identify Widget" icon="assets/images/i_info.png"/>

    </widgetcontainer>

Also, here's the contents of my ShapefilesWidget_1.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>

<configuration>

    <defaultlabelplacement>middle</defaultlabelplacement>

    <autozoom>true</autozoom>

    <symbols>

        <simplefillsymbol color="0x4dfe45" alpha="0.6" style="solid">

            <outline color="0x088802" alpha="0.8" width="1" style="solid"/>

        </simplefillsymbol>

        <simplemarkersymbol color="0x4dfe45" alpha="0.6" style="circle" angle="0" size="15">

            <outline color="0x088802" alpha="0.8" width="1" style="solid"/>

        </simplemarkersymbol>

        <simplelinesymbol color="0x088802" alpha="0.8" width="2" style="solid"/>

        <TextSymbol color="0x000000" size="12" bold="false" italics="false" underline="false" font="null"/>

    </symbols>

    <labels>

        <textplacementmiddle>Middle</textplacementmiddle>

        <textplacementabove>Above</textplacementabove>

        <textplacementbelow>Below</textplacementbelow>

        <textplacementend>End</textplacementend>

        <textplacementstart>Start</textplacementstart>

        <textboldlabel>B</textboldlabel>

        <textboldtooltip>Bold</textboldtooltip>

        <textitaliclabel>I</textitaliclabel>

        <textitalictooltip>Italics</textitalictooltip>

        <textunderlinelabel>U</textunderlinelabel>

        <textunderlinetooltip>Underline</textunderlinetooltip>

        <instructions>To load a shapefile the files must be zipped.

At a minimum there must be 2 files in the zip, 1 .shp, 1 .dbf, and an optional .prj file.

Click the button below to upload a shapefile from your computer.

To change symbology and other preferences click on the wrench icon above.</instructions>

        <loadbutton>Load Local Shapefile...</loadbutton>

        <addbutton>Load Shapefile</addbutton>

        <optionsbutton>Preferences</optionsbutton>

        <readingmessage>Reading shapefile</readingmessage>

        <reprojectingmessage>Reprojecting</reprojectingmessage>

        <numberoffeaturesmessage>Number of Features:</numberoffeaturesmessage>

        <addedmessage>Added Shapefiles:</addedmessage>

        <addlabels>Label Features</addlabels>

        <labelplacement>Label placement</labelplacement>

        <includeoutline>Include Outline</includeoutline>

        <labelstexttoadd>Labels</labelstexttoadd>

        <configresultmessage>Configure Shapefile</configresultmessage>

        <removeresultmessage>Remove Shapefile</removeresultmessage>

    </labels>

</configuration>

The files referenced in config.xml DO exist. It's weird that all the other widgets work fine. Any ideas?

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Donald,

   I can not seem to find the swf at this url:

https://www.sciencebase.gov/flexviewer/test2/widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget.swf

Can you verify that the swf is actually there?

[DonaldBrown]

Looking closer at it... no, it doesn't exist.

Strange, when I add the Shapefile widget to an app, it creates a .swf  named:

ShapeFilesWidget.swf

The reference to that .swf is automatically created in config.xml:

widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget.swf

If I change the lowercase 'f' to 'F' in config.xml, everything works. Not sure why it gets generated wrong though.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Donald,

   I will have to look into that and see if there is something in the code that is doing that.

[BarnabyRockwell]

Same for me about the case.  But the 3.7 shapefile widget works fine for me.

config.xml:

<widget url="widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget.swf" config="widgets/Shapefiles/ShapefilesWidget_1.xml" label="Load Shapefile Tool" icon="assets/images/shapefiles.png" x="150" y="250"/>

Note that this code was untouched by me during upgrade from Flex 3.6, and was likely carried over from the Flex 3.6 version of the viewer.

[RobertScheitlin__GISP · Accepted solution]

Donald,

   Thanks for reporting this issue. I have fixed it in version 3.7.1 (available now).

[DonaldBrown]

Thanks for the help and for all the useful, free widgets.

[DonaldBrown]

I tested 3.7.1. It works as expected. Thanks for the quick fix!

[BarnabyRockwell]

Many thanks, Robert!!!!!