Latest Contributions by SteveCole

I'm sorry this wasn't more clear- my intent with sharing the link was just to provide some supporting documentation about 508 compliance and web maps, and specifically the point (which you get) which is that there are just some things inherent with web maps that just can't be made accessible. ESRI states this in the document, and I thought it might be of some value in your discussions with those above you whom are instructing you to make your apps compliant. Certainly you CAN add alt text to images (your point #4) via JS but I don't see how that is useful for rendered image depictions of the map. Certainly a form of parcel information such as what you described in your follow up example is a different story and for that, you can use SPAN tags and utilize the title attribute. Interesting behavior that you describe with ArcGIS Online. I've used ArcGIS Explorer Online (which I think is slated for replacement) and in that application, you CAN use the map without the mouse physically being over the map. It seems to work as long as the browser tab is active. Anyways, I was hoping to provide some ammo to possibly help you get out of having to do some of this work. ... View more

I don't have an answer for making a JS API app compliant but perhaps give this ESRI produced PDF a look: ArcGIS Online Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) It's a link off of a more general page (this and this). Perhaps one could argue that if even ESRI states that certain aspects of a web map cannot be 508 compliant, maybe they'll be less hardline about the entire app being compliant. Steve ... View more

What happens when you specify "autoGeneralize: false" when constructing the parcel featureLayer?.. ... View more

I would also add that the different browsers can treat the same JS date formatting code differently (I'm looking at you, IE)  so check your results in all browsers that your users may use with your application. For that reason, I use the date.js library for my date formatting. ... View more

Is the date still being stored in the attribute field as a date value? If so, obtain the value, add (or subtract- I can't remember! ) 7 hours of seconds (25,200), create a new date object base on the corrected date value, and then format the new date. You can use a date formatting function with TooltipDialogs so it might be best to do that instead of trying to do it all in one line of code like your example above. function returnContent(attrib) {   newDate = new Date(eval(attrib.ReadTime + 25200));   outDate = "<b>Read Time: </b>" + DateFormat(datePattern: 'M/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss a', selector:'date');   return outDate; } I'm using a tooltipDialog in one of my apps and the tooltip does show a date in the tooltip. I used a formatter function to adjust the date stored in the attribute field. The app is still in legacy coding but here's my snippit related to the tooltipDialog:     this.showSnocoTooltip = function(evt) {         theAttributes = evt.graphic.attributes;         theDate = new Date(eval(eval(evt.graphic.attributes.LASTOBS + 28800) * 1000));         theTime = formatTime(new Date(eval(eval(evt.graphic.attributes.LASTOBS + 28800) * 1000)));         theHeight = evt.graphic.attributes.READING;         theContent = returnGagePopupContent(theAttributes);         var snocoDialog = new dijit.TooltipDialog({id: "snocoTooltipDialog",content: theContent,style: "position: absolute; font: normal normal bold 8pt Tahoma;z-index:100;"});         snocoDialog.startup();         dijit.placeOnScreen(snocoDialog.domNode, {x: evt.pageX,y: evt.pageY}, ["TL", "BL"], {x: 5,y: 5});     } ... View more

I've worked with inserting a map within MS Access forms using Microsoft's ActiveX web control and it works. I imagine you could do the same within Word. The one potential pitfall is that the web control i believe is based on Internet Explorer 8 so you may experience some issues thanks to the non-standard nature of older versions of Internet Explorer. You might want to test the functionality first if that might be a problem. ​ ... View more

Yes- I am well aware of the justification letter template. That's not what I am referring to. IN ADDITION to a justification memo, I need to attach SOMETHING (produced by ESRI) that describes what the conference is. Consider this URISA example. This is what I need from ESRI (and this is what ESRI used to produce several years ago). The nine random testimonial quotes doesn't explain WHAT the conference is; it only bolsters the concept that attending the conference is beneficial. Do you feel confident that if you printed a copy of any webpage found on the ESRI UC site that a non-GIS person would understand what the conference is and what happens? I no longer feel this way. How about adding a page called "What is the ESRI UC?" and compile content that addresses the who/what/where/why questions. ... View more

I think you found the Illuminati.. ... View more

I believe I did try it but I think it didn't make a difference. I had the sense that the code for dijit.byId was getting called before it was "ready" but I couldn't prevent it unless I went the parseOnLoad route. Thejus' suggestion of moving the parse.parse outside of the ready() function makes some sense but I haven't had the time yet to try it. My main intent from my original post was to ask if the technique of using parseOnLoad has fallen out of favor (or is no longer needed) when using AMD style coding. ... View more

Sorry- the ready function as in dojo/ready: require([     "dojo/ready",     "dojo/on",     "dojo/_base/connect",     "dojo/_base/event",       "dojo/dom",     "dojo/fx",     "dojox/grid/DataGrid",       "dgrid/Selection",     "dojo/promise/all",     "dojo/data/ItemFileReadStore",       "dojo/store/Memory",     "dojo/_base/array",       "dijit/registry",     "dojo/_base/declare",     "dojo/dom-construct",     "dojo/keys",     "dojo/parser",     "dijit/form/Button",     "dijit/form/CheckBox",     "dijit/form/DateTextBox",     "dijit/form/FilteringSelect",     "dijit/form/Form",       "dijit/form/Select",     "dijit/form/HorizontalSlider",     "dijit/form/HorizontalRule",     "dijit/form/RadioButton",     "dijit/form/TextBox",     "dijit/form/TimeTextBox",     "dijit/layout/BorderContainer",     "dijit/layout/ContentPane",     "dojox/layout/ExpandoPane",     "dijit/layout/AccordionContainer",     "dijit/Menu",     "dijit/MenuItem",     "dijit/MenuSeparator",     "esri/Color",     "esri/geometry/Extent",     "esri/geometry/webMercatorUtils",     "esri/graphic",     "esri/InfoTemplate",     "esri/map",     "esri/arcgis/utils",     "esri/domUtils",     "esri/dijit/Geocoder",       "esri/dijit/HomeButton",     "esri/dijit/BasemapToggle",     "esri/dijit/Measurement",       "esri/dijit/Popup",     "esri/dijit/PopupTemplate",     "esri/geometry/Point",     "esri/SpatialReference",     "esri/symbols/SimpleLineSymbol",     "esri/symbols/SimpleMarkerSymbol",     "esri/symbols/SimpleFillSymbol",     "esri/symbols/PictureMarkerSymbol",     "esri/layers/FeatureLayer",     "esri/layers/GraphicsLayer",     "esri/toolbars/draw",     "esri/tasks/FeatureSet",     "esri/tasks/GeometryService",     "esri/tasks/locator",     "esri/tasks/ProjectParameters",     "esri/tasks/query",     "esri/tasks/QueryTask",       "esri/tasks/RouteParameters",       "esri/tasks/query" ], function(     ready,     on,     connect,     event,     dom,     fx,     DataGrid,       Selection,     all,       ItemFileReadStore,     Memory,     array,     registry,     declare,     domConstruct,     keys,     parser,     Button,     CheckBox,     DateTextBox,     FilteringSelect,     Form,     Select,     HorizontalSlider,     HorizontalRule,     RadioButton,     TextBox,     TimeTextBox,     BorderContainer,     ContentPane,     ExpandoPane,     AccordionContainer,     Menu,     MenuItem,     MenuSeparator,     Color,     Extent,     webMercatorUtils,     Graphic,     InfoTemplate,     Map,     arcgisUtils,     domUtils,     Geocoder,     HomeButton,     BasemapToggle,     Measurement,     Popup,     PopupTemplate,     Point,     SpatialReference,     SimpleLineSymbol,     SimpleMarkerSymbol,     SimpleFillSymbol,     PictureMarkerSymbol,     FeatureLayer,     GraphicsLayer,     Draw,     FeatureSet,     GeometryService,     Locator,     ProjectParameters,     Query,     QueryTask,     RouteParameters,     Query ) {     ready(function(){         parser.parse();         esri.config.defaults.io.proxyUrl = "http://dmc-arcgis/proxy/proxy.ashx";         esri.config.defaults.io.alwaysUseProxy = false;        //etc..etc..etc..        dijit.byId("cboRdName").on('change', function(selection) {                 updateCrossStreetList();                 closureProps['rdName'] = document.getElementById('cboRdName').value;                 closureProps['status'] ='CLOSED';                 zoomToRoad();        });   } ... View more

In my code, when I was trying to use parser.parse(), it was my first line of code in my ready() function. ... View more

No problem changing it to a question. I saw it as a discussion but no big deal. Yes- I do have parser specified in my list of requires. ... View more