Source Code for FlexViewer 2.3 and 2.3.1

[H_JamesWorley_III]

My organization has GIS Server 9.3.1 and we probably will not be upgrading to 10 until year 2034 (not kidding...well maybe a little)  I have both Flash Builder 4, 4.5 and have the source code for FlexViewer 2.4.  Problem is that some of the earlier widgets don't work well if at all with the 2.4 source and seems like most of the upgrades for the 2.4 viewer was intended to be used in conjunction with Server 10.  So I very much would like to revert back to the 2.3 and 2.3.1 versions until someday in the future we move to GIS Server 10.  Where would I get the source code for 2.3 and 2.3.1?

Thanks in advance....

Also, with Adobe dumping the Flash, how will that affect ESRI and its support of Flex Viewer?

Jim Worley
GIS Engineer
GISA / DCGS-A Fort Bragg

[DerekLaw]

Hi James,

Where would I get the source code for 2.3 and 2.3.1?

Please contact Esri Customer Service to order the DVD media for older releases of the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex source code.

Also, with Adobe dumping the Flash, how will that affect ESRI and its support of Flex Viewer?

Adobe is not "dumping" Flash. Please see this Adobe blog post,

Adobe announces important changes to Flex SDK

Also, please read this ArcGIS Server blog post,

Some thoughts on the direction of the ArcGIS web mapping APIs (JavaScript, Flex, and Silverlight)

Hope this helps,

[BjornSvensson]

...seems like most of the upgrades for the 2.4 viewer was intended to be used in conjunction with Server 10.  So I very much would like to revert back to the 2.3 and 2.3.1 versions until someday in the future we move to GIS Server 10.

Jim, not really correct.
All 2.x releases are intended to be used with ArcGIS 10.0 and be backward compatible with ArcGIS 9.3.  See http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/index.html#/System_requirements/017p0000000m000000/ for more details on which feature requires a certain 9.3* or 10.* version.

For the sake of using it with 9.3, both 2.3/2.3.1 and 2.4 should work equally well. So if the only reason you are looking for the older source is to have it work with 9.3, then you are just as well (or probably better) off by using the latest version.

[RhettZufelt]

I understand your not wanting to downgrade to ArcGIS Desktop 10.  I have reverted my desktop back to 9.3.1 so I can actually be productive.

However, I upgraded my server to version 10 and it works much better now than the 9.3.1 version(s).
Since it is running on a different box, different versions are allowed.  Version 10 services are still available to 9.3.1, so didn't "break" anything.

Unlike other "upgrades", this one is pretty painless.  Just make sure to save your configuration files first so you don't have to type all the server info in again.

Just a thought,

R_

[H_JamesWorley_III]

Thank you for the replies.  As for not upgrading to GIS Server 10, it is not my choice it however is due to the fact I work for the Military and they are not going to be upgrading for sometime.  We just upgraded to 9.3.1 from 9.1 March of this year.  I have versions of 2.3 and 2.4 working, however the widgets that will do our group the most good does not function correctly, ie Selection Widget, KML and Query Builder 2 ect.  I connect and get the field values, however it does not retrieve unique values for the query.  KML for some reason doesn't work at all.  My particular set up is I have ArcServer and my SDE on a visualized Linux box and my Arc Map and Arc Catalog on a visualized windows box.  I also have nearly 110+ unique data feeds to deal with, they all are updated every 15 minutes (sometimes faster) all dynamic due to the unique symbology each has.  They are just x,y points that refer to reports.  There has got to be a way I can get all of them searchable without referencing them all by http:/server/rest/service/1 and so on....... and being able to print the report after retrieving it would be ideal also.  Took both the API and Viewer classes at ESRI and they were helpful but not specific enough.  just getting a bit frustrated with the mountain of data we have to work with and the limitations either of the viewer or myself.  With my organization being top secret, the sharing of the code so I can isolate errors is limited.  Wish ESRI had some TS/SCI cleared folks I could use as mentors.  Just at a loss of which direction to take that will afford my users worldwide the products and services hey deserve. 

Thanks again.

Jim Worley
GIS Engineer DCGS-A US Army Fort Bragg
h.james.worley@us.army.mil
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