Latest Contributions by SteveCole

‎08-17-2012

Thanks Rene for the the link to moment. I'm feeling a bit dense but I can't seem to get it to work with the dates from my data. The dates are being returned through a query so the "format" of the information coming back is a series of numbers such as "1300406400000". I tried using moment like this but it doesn't work: var temp = moment(new date(theClosureDate)); alert(temp.format('M/DD/YYYY'));

‎08-17-2012

You could try hosting the datagrid CSS styling file on your network and then modify the appropriate tag. This is what I'm doing for my datagrid implementation. The CSS file used for styling the datagrids is named "grid.CSS" Use the Firebug add-in for Firefox to make your local copy of the CSS file as well as determine which entity provides the styling for the cell color (with my version it appears to be ".dojoxGrid td"). Modify the color reference in the CSS file and you should be good to go. (I'm still using v2.8 btw)..

‎08-17-2012

On the page I've been developing, I've been populating a datagrid with attributes from a feature layer. A few of the attributes are date fields. I found out the hard way about the the format of date values returned through the API so I looked for a function to properly format my dates and times back into xx/xx/xxxx and xx:xx ampm formats. I settled on the following functions which use dojo: function formatDate(value){ var inputDate = new Date(value); return dojo.date.locale.format(inputDate, { selector: 'date', datePattern: 'MM/dd/yyyy' }); } function formatTime(value){ var inputTime = new Date(value); return dojo.date.locale.format(inputTime, { selector: 'date', datePattern: 'K:mm a' }); } The routines are used in a formatter() function for one of my columns in the datagrid like this: var rowdata = this.grid.getItem(rowIndex); var theClosureDate = rowdata.dateCl; alert(formatDate(theClosureDate)); Here's where it gets weird- I've been doing my development and debugging with Firefox and the dates displayed are correct. I just loaded the page in Chrome and IE-8 and the dates displayed are "NaN". Does anyone have a conversion function they can share which works across all browsers? It would be especially great if it also handled the UTC/local time difference. I realized that these routines don't. Thank you! Steve

‎08-08-2012

Hi Anthony, I hadn't thought of trying that but I just did and the results are the same. I'm using Version 10 SP-5 for my desktop environment..

‎08-08-2012

I originally posted this in the ArcGIS Server 10.0 forum but I haven't received any responses. Trying my luck in this forum- We're developing basemaps (in ArcGIS Server 10.0) and I'm now working on road annotation for one of the services. I used Maplex to create the initial labels, and then did some additional clean up. The annotation layer is currently in a File Geodatabase and included in a MXD which has (for the time being) been served up as a dynamic map service based on an MSD file. In the screenshot I've attached, the MXD view is displayed on the left, and the javascript viewer of the map service is on the right side. What I've noticed is that my anno text is getting "condensed" in the map service (right side) but displays fine in Arcmap (left side). For example, the label for "Paradise Lake Rd" in the right center of each display. The "e" and "L" have collapsed on top of each other. What would cause this and what can I do about it? Thank you! Steve

‎08-08-2012

FYI- I just came across my notes from the ESRI UC workshop I mentioned in my original post. Their slide says to look at Knowledge Base 30494 for the US Streets example. I just searched on that number and nothing was returned..

‎08-03-2012

Awesome! Thanks, Elliott. Your file imported just fine..

‎07-31-2012

At the conference in the workshop about using Maplex, the presenters mentioned that there was a USPS abbreviation dictionary available but I can't seem to find it on any of the ESRI pages (or desktop help). Am I just missing the link?

‎07-05-2012

Not sure what the best way to accomplish this via the API. Let's say I have a routed layer of roads or stream network. I want to return the milepost location (or River Mile) at the map location that the user clicks on. Can I extract this information using the Identify task or do I need to use the esri.tasks.RouteTask option? The code snippits and examples seem more focused on connecting two locations together on a network rather than identifying a single location. Thanks! Steve

‎06-26-2012

Thanks again, Derek. Look forward to this feature getting implemented..

‎06-26-2012

Excellent, thanks Derek. I'll look into the Print Task.

‎06-26-2012

One more question- I'd like to add an overview map to my map but in all of the samples using overview maps that I've seen, the overview map pans and zooms (albeit at the specification ratio compared to the main map). I don't want this behavior. Is it possible to "lock" the background of the overview map to a specified extent and have just the main map's map extent move around? I want my overview map to show the full extent of my county and just have the representation of the main map's map extent move around. Thanks! Steve

‎06-26-2012

Is is possible to "print" without having a user initiate the process by clicking a button? From my review of the API documentation, it appears to me that it is required to have a dijit button on your web map to set up some of the printing parameters and then the click event of the button is what triggers the actual print event. I'm hoping I can trigger a print event in another fashion such as a when my page has been idle for a certain amount of time or perhaps loses focus. Under the current structure of the API, I don't think this is possible. These circumstances seem odd but I have a reason for doing it this way. Thanks! Steve

‎05-21-2012

GENIUS! I feel so dumb. Thanks- that was the problem!

‎05-21-2012

I'm building a small app that has a basemap and one featureLayer that has an infoWindow associated with it. When the user clicks on one of those features, I also need to retrieve the coordinates of the feature that the user clicked on. My understanding is that you can use the OnClick event with dojo.connect to do this: dojo.connect(map,"onClick",function(evt){ var query = new esri.tasks.Query(); query.geometry = pointToExtent(map,evt.mapPoint,10); var deferred = theFeatureLayer.selectFeatures(query,esri.layers.FeatureLayer.SELECTION_NEW); map.infoWindow.setFeatures([deferred]); map.infoWindow.show(evt.mapPoint); alert('Made it here!'); var pt = new esri.geometry.Point(evt.mapPoint.y,evt.mapPoint.x, new esri.SpatialReference({wkid:3857})); var MercPt = esri.geometry.webMercatorToGeographic(evt.mapPoint); var theLong = MercPt.x; var theLat = MercPt.y; var didSucceed = window.clipboardData.setData('Text', '@Coord:' + theLong.toString() + ',' + theLat.toString() ); }); If a user clicks on the map where there isn't a feature, the OnClick event captures it and I'm able to access the click point's coordinates. If they click on a feature, it seems to bypass the OnClick code (hence my small alert line in the code above). What's the best way to capture the coordinates of a clicked feature?? Thanks! Steve

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Latest Contributions by SteveCole

Re: Cross Browser date wackiness

Re: v3.1 API dataGrid white on white text

Cross Browser date wackiness

Re: Funny looking anno when used in a Map Service

Funny looking anno when used in a Map Service

Re: Where is the USPS Abbreviation dictionary?..

Re: Where is the USPS Abbreviation dictionary?..

Where is the USPS Abbreviation dictionary?..

Retrieving route location via mouse click - how?

Re: Non-moving overview map

Re: Printing without user interaction (or triggering)?

Non-moving overview map

Printing without user interaction (or triggering)?

Re: Need some OnClick clarification

Need some OnClick clarification

Re: Query -> Table Widget Action Difficulty

Re: Is there a way to identify the owner behind a ...

Re: Query -> Table Widget Action Difficulty

Re: Arcade: Get Measure from Coordinate?

Re: Ward layer for Somerville, MA no longer availa...

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