Latest Contributions by DerekLaw

Hi Don, Yes, the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight's application builder generates a compiled application and this is by design. The primary intent was to enable non-developers/novice website creators to easily create and deploy a Web mapping application OOTB. We've kept the underlying framework source code "closed" for several reasons: Developers will only need to know the Viewer extensibility framework, instead of trying to understand the entire Viewer application�??s internals. It greatly simplifies migration scenarios and thus will increase what Esri can do with upgrades moving forward. (I.e., we always know what the core of each Viewer is, thus we can account for it.) For things developers need/want to do, we plan on supporting via the extensibility kit. Supportability. With open source code, as soon as developers change one line of the source code, it becomes technically unsupported. Having the Viewer core be closed source avoids such issues.  We promote and encourage developers to use the Silverlight Viewer application builder as a starting point to deploy Web mapping applications and they can extend/add additional capabilities via add-ins. This is why we've provided an extensibility kit. Please see this help topic: Extending the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight. Regarding your specific comments: ... suppose we wanted to replace the canned basemap with one we have developed ourself ... This is possible OOTB, please review this help topic Configuring basemaps. ... maybe we just have our own look and feel we would like to implement. Again, this is possible, please review this help topic Creating a custom layout. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Michal, We had planned to release a Measure Tool add-in sample with the final release of ArcGIS for SharePoint v2.1.1 - but unfortunately did not get it completed in time. We are still working on it and plan on releasing it sometime in the 2nd quarter of this year. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Michal, ... I have a project, where the clients wants to use a SP page we designed for them, and sometimes add data, or use the NearBy utility that creates a new layer.. Then they want to save the changes with the new layers. Originally we thought that they will save it as a Web Map in ArcGIS Online. What do you think would be our best option at this point? With ArcGIS for SharePoint v2.1.1, it is possible to implement the functionality using the ArcGIS Extensibility SDK for Silverlight. You will need to write a custom add-in to enable this functionality. Specifically, you will have to interrogate the map�??s layers and properties, create the corresponding JSON for this, then make the appropriate REST calls to ArcGIS Online (i.e. the ArcGIS Online REST API). There will be more formal news about the ArcGIS Online REST API at this year�??s Developer Summit: Developer's Guide to the ArcGIS Online REST API Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Tom, Have you tried clearing the web browser local cache? Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Ernejun, Adding an overview map is not available "out-of-the-box" in the Silverlight Viewer App Builder. You will have to do some development work and create an add-in to enable this. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Deepika, Identify functionality/behavior is available when configuring pop-ups for layers, you can enable pop-ups to appear "on-click" for features. Configuring layers: Pop-Ups - ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight help doc Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Michal, In version 2.0, I could save a map configured with the ArcGIS Map Web Part to ArcGIS.com. I don't see this feature in version 2.1.1 Another feature I can't find is "Open item on click" Were those features removed? In ArcGIS for SharePoint v2.1.1, The "save a map to ArcGIS.com" functionality was removed. Reason: in terms of the overall ArcGIS "system" product story, the only place to create new Web Maps is on ArcGIS Online. The capabilities in Web Maps changes frequently (as we add new functionality) and the best place to support this is online. Regarding the "Open item on click" functionality, this is still available, now there is an �??Open Item�?� link at the bottom of the popup that has the same functionality. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Aziza, I am looking for the Identify behavior in ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight This functionality/behavior is available when configuring pop-ups for layers, you can enable pop-ups to appear "on-click" for features. Configuring layers: Pop-Ups - ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight help doc Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Einar, ... instead of the entire toolbar disappering only the bookmark and timeslider are gone when opening the viewer. This may indicate the the add ins are to blame, but they work on and off and have been built through visual studios without any errors. Q1) What OS are you running the Silverlight Viewer on? Q2) What version of Visual Studio are you using? Q3) Can you please elaborate on "instead of the entire toolbar disappering only the bookmark and timeslider are gone"? Can you provide some screenshots? Q4) What do you mean when you say "they work on and off"? Q5) Did you have the beta 2 release installed previously? Did you also have the beta SDK installed and ran some custom tools? Q6) Have you tried to view the HTTP request and response using a standard tool for interrogating HTTP communication such as Fiddler, Silverlight Spy, FireBug (FireFox add-on)? Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Matt, What OS are you running? Are you sure your machine meets all the system requirements? Did the Silverlight Viewer install without issues? FYI, ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight system requirements. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi there, Please review the contents of this thread, it has some troubleshooting tips: Unhandled Error Map has not been initialized yet Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Brian, FYI, we were able to replicate your issue. In fact, we've spent the last week fixing the problem and have released ArcGIS for SharePoint v2.1.1. Learn more about the v2.1.1 release on the Silverlight/WPF Dev blog. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi J, Request for next version: get editing of the sharepoint list into the map itself. Please submit your enhancement request here: ArcGIS Ideas site Just noticed, can I change the scale of the map window by default? I see the extent coords, but that doesnt really make sense as it zooms to the location of the feature for each one.  Scale or zoom level would be a better value here. Is there a also a maximum scale set to zoom into, or is that determined by the first basemap layer as in the other APIs? Not 100% sure what you're asking for here. Are you asking for the ability to specify a specific map scale to zoom into in the Map Web Part? The map's zoom scales are determined by the basemap's cached tile levels. So this "is determined by the first basemap layer" is true. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi J, ... I need to transfer the settings from my dev machine to production, and would like to know where the file is that records those settings, so i don't have to redo it on another server or site. I believe you can save the SharePoint site as a template and use that as the basis to create a new SharePoint site. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Ernejun, What i need is to add a measure tool so that the user could be able to measure distances on the map. We are working on an "add-in" sample measure tool which should be available sometime mid-late February. Hope this helps, ... View more