Latest Contributions by CraigWilliams

I obviously haven't run it, but that seems right reading it over. ... View more

We're looking to finish up dev by the end of the year. ... View more

This is a bug that will be fixed in the next release of ArcGIS Pro.  Classes, unique values, etc. generated from Arcade expressions should be present in the legend. Craig Williams Product Engineer Esri ... View more

We do not currently have an API to retrieve the the label per feature. Out of curiosity and to help us plan, what is the workflow in which this is needed? ... View more

This property is IMaplexRotationProperties::AlignLabelToAngle which is on the MaplexRotationProperties object accessible via IMaplexOverposterLayerProperties::RotationProperties. Craig ... View more

Graeme, Project opening performance has been a major focus for us in ArcGIS Pro 2.0.0 development.  We've optimized opening performance of individual maps and also performance of larger projects containing multiple maps, layouts, etc.  We hope you see the benefits of this work once 2.0.0 is released. Craig ... View more

Are those two maps the same scale?  If not, use label classes with different scale ranges set on them to switch between font sizes. ... View more

When designing ArcGIS Pro we took a look at layer properties, which tabs were used the most, and which tabs were used for iterative workflows. Iterative workflows for layer symbology are quite common where a change is made, the change is viewed on the map, and then the change may reverted or further modified. Doing this style of change in a modal dialog like layer properties is awkward.  Therefore, we made the decision to split it out into a pane. We did the same for labeling properties. Labeling properties could actually be set in two places in ArcMap 1) layer properties and 2) the label manager. There's just one pane for this in Pro. Many ArcMap users will double click to open layer properties by "muscle memory." Over time, the new approach becomes more instinctive. Also note that with a ribbon based application, the ribbon is the primary entry point for user experience. Context menus are there for convenience, but the ribbon is the primary spot. Symbology pane launching can be done from the ribbon. ... View more

If you installed the fonts when logged into the server via terminal services (e.g. Remote Desktop), you need to reboot the machine for the machines to be fully registered with Windows and available in all applications and under all users.  This is a Windows limitation. When publishing map services at 10.1 and beyond, fonts may be embedded.  This is a good option if the above limitation is problematic for you. Craig ... View more

The best way to handling this users case is to use the Tiled Label To Annotation tool.  This tool was built to handle Data Driven Pages use cases as well as map service caching cases.  Feed in the index layer etc. and set the field for identifying each tile so annotation will be tagged with the ID.  It will convert labels to annotation in a separate run done specifically for each page with the correct rotation etc.  You can use a Page Definition Query on the annotation layer to filter out annotation that doesn�??t apply for the page being viewed when the pages overlap etc. Craig ... View more

All, Derek's comments about ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 not being able to edit SDS are incorrect.  ArcGIS for Desktop 10.1 can edit SDS and all other types of ArcGIS feature services.  These edits are performed via the REST API for SDS and hosted feature services. If you are in the Beta program, look for a post in the next week on the Beta blogs that covers this functionality. Craig Product Engineer ArcGIS Mapping System Team ... View more