Latest Contributions by DerekLaw

Hi Zachary, Does the viewer support the ability to access secure ArcGIS Server Services? Yes. Please see this help topic: Adding secured services Specifically avoiding a proxy page and having the client provide specific credentials? No. The recommended pattern is a proxy page as this is a more secure path. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Chad, To confirm, the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight supports web editing using feature services only. It does not enable editing of shapefiles. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Einar,   ... It's only the toolbar that does not load, but without the   custom toolbar the viewer is of little help. From your posts, it sounds like you have implemented a custom toolbar in the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight application builder and it is not deploying in your web applications correctly. Can you please confirm this is your issue? Does the custom toolbar work outside of the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight application builder in a stand-alone Silverlight API web application? 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

@Michal, We need to localize the viewer as well as the sharepoint mapping api to Hebrew... Supporting Hebrew localization is not part of the Silverlight Viewer 1.0 release, nor the ArcGIS for SharePoint 2.1 release. Sorry. We hope to support it in a future release. @Scott, Will I need to build all my sites again, or is there process for upgrading to the final release from beta that does not lose the sites that were built in the beta version? Unfortunately, there is no migration process for sites built on the Silverlight Viewer beta to final release. You will have to recreate your sites in the final release. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi there, Yes, the workflow you describe should work. Does your Web Map contain an editable feature service? Editing features Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Aron, 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 Suja, Is there a way to show the map contents control (legend) within the map web part when the sharepoint page loads? We want it to be always visible rather than asking our user to click the 'Map Content' to see the legend. If you want this functionality enabled for a select number of Map Web Parts in a site collection, then you will need to develop your own custom behavior with the ArcGIS Extensibility SDK for Silverlight 2.4. If you want this functionality enabled for all Map Web Parts in a site collection, then yes, this is possible. You will have to edit the DefaultLayout.xaml file in the ArcGIS Mapping Configuration Files folder. The items that need to be changed in the file are documented in the attached MS Word doc to this post. Please note: This is for ArcGIS for SharePoint 2.1 Final release only. The change will apply to all Map Web Parts in a site collection. With this change, it will not be possible to exclude Map Contents from the run mode of a Map Web Part. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi J, Once you've setup your configuration(s) for the Map Web Part and save your settings, these will persist in the SharePoint page. Is that what you're asking? ... View more

Hi Adam, Any dates on release for the localization packs, particularily French? We're still in the process of certifying and doing release testing on the 9 different languages that we plan on supporting. I'm estimating end of February/early March release. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi J, I do not see that the tools allow for editing data on the map directly, that comes from a Sharepoint List. Please correct me if I am wrong but I only see the edit tools available if feature layers are involved on the map. Yes, you're correct. You can only edit features from a feature service in the Map Web Part. To edit the item in a sharepoint list you have to go through the edit item form, and if that is the only way, then is there a way to add other reference layers to the map presented there? Correct again; to edit items in a SharePoint list, you would do so in the edit item form. To change the base map displayed in the location field of a SharePoint list item, you can edit a file called LocationOnMapStartupMapDocument.xml located in the ArcGIS Mapping Config Files folder. Simply change the referenced map service. This will change the base map displayed in the location field for all of your SharePoint lists. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Brian, Unfortunately this functionality is not part of ArcGIS for SharePoint's design. It might be possible via custom development (i.e. perhaps as an ArcMap Add -In or ArcGIS Server Object Extension). Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Brian, This might be a bug, but we'd like to investigate further. Can you please open an incident with Technical Support so we can look into this issue? Thanks, ... View more

Hi Jefferson, ArcGIS for SharePoint comes with a list, ArcGIS Mapping Base Maps, that is used to configure the Basemap gallery. SharePoint users with read/write permissions on this list can add, remove, and edit the basemaps in the Basemap gallery by manipulating the items in this list. Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Gunjan, FYI, the ArcGIS for SharePoint 2.1 release now includes editing capabilities for feature services as part of its core functionality. What's new in 2.1 Hope this helps, ... View more

Hi Tyler, I would like to experiment with using ESRI's Sharepoint API to leverage some of the resources in our Sharepoint site but don't know where to get started. Would I primarily use the Silverlight Viewer for development or would I have to build a viewer from the ground up? Any additional tips or resources that I can use to quickly get started will be greatly appreciated. I would start with the ArcGIS for SharePoint Resource Center. You can the download the software, read online help documentation, and get Developer samples. ArcGIS for SharePoint includes a configurable, interactive Map Web Part which provides GIS and mapping capabilities on SharePoint pages. It contains very similar capabilities as the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight, so you should start there. No, you do not have to create a viewer from scratch. FYI, there is also a FREE Esri live training seminar available: Embedding ArcGIS into SharePoint Hope this helps, ... View more