Latest Contributions by JeffJacobson

One thing I'd like to see is a write up of things that dojo does poorly and could be improved by switching to jQuery. I'm not advocating that Esri switch to jQuery, but here are some reasons I prefer to use jQuery over Dojo. jQuery has better documentation than Dojo. Not just jQuery and Dojo's own websites, but it's easier to find outside tutorials for accomplishing a task with jQuery than with Dojo using a search engine. Most things are more complicated in Dojo than jQuery.  For example, try going through the both the jQuery Mobile and Dojo Mobile tutorials. I found that it is much easier for me to create my own widgets in jQuery (using the jQuery UI Widget Factory) than it is to create "dijits". The Dojo UI controls are weird.  When you create a Dojo UI Button, it changes the HTML button element into a span element. When you create a jQuery UI Button, it remains an HTML button. When I create controls for developers who have no GIS experience, I currently create them using jQuery UI Widget Factory using a minimal amount of Dojo as required for the ArcGIS JS API. ... View more

You guys will probably want to promote the Visual Studio 2012 integration idea on the ArcGIS Ideas site. ... View more

You don't need a driver to access the ArcGIS JavaScript API. ... View more

The first thing I would do is run the JavaScript code through JSLint or JSHint to catch any errors.  Some errors will be ignored by one browser but not another. ... View more

Note that the browser's local storage capacity is limited.  In that sample the local storage fills up quite quickly. (You can see this using the debugging tools in Chrome or using Firebug with Firefox.  Both are accessed using the F12 key.) In order to take advantage of CORS, both the web browser and the ArcGIS Server will also need to support it.  The ArcGIS JavaScript API will actually use CORS if it is possible, and fall back on other methods if not.  This page describes this in more detail: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jshelp_start.htm#jshelp/inside_esri_request.html. ... View more

If you're using Aptana, try enabling JSLint validation.  It will help you track down a lot of simple issues like that. There is also a JSLint extension for Visual Studio available through NuGet. ... View more

I would like to be able to add documentation to my Python Toolboxes inside of the pyt file instead of creating the documentation through ArcGIS Desktop "Item Description" process (which generates XML files). Using the existing method, sometimes if I add a parameter to a Python Toolbox tool, the XML files will be regenerated and I have to redo all of the documentation from scratch.  Not cool. ... View more

I don't think you'll be wanting to use the InfoWindow since you don't want to use a popup. You'll have to use an event handler for the feature layer's onClick event. This sample is similar to what you are describing... http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/samples/fl_dgrid/index.html ... View more

...in chrome, however, the source of the image looks like this src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KG..<loads more like this>" and it works without the token, where as in IE it is a proper path to the image (like your example src="https://[server name]/ArcGIS/rest/services/Org/Basemap/MapServer/4/images/714F5E24"). What's going on here then? Which version of IE are you using?  Since older versions of IE do not support the Data URI scheme, it may be the case that the JS API is determining the URL format based on your browser. ... View more

I just reread your initial question and realized that I misunderstood what you were asking. I think the best way to achieve this would be to use the ArcGIS Server REST API to perform a spatial query against the map service layer.  Various outputs can be supported this way, including KMZ (compressed KML). ... View more

Would it be possible to add an extra css file to your server?  This css would consist of two @import statements: the first pointing to esri.css and the second to tundra.css. ... View more

I have seen weird issues like this when there is an error in the JavaScript code.  There are some errors that will be ignored by one browser that will cause problems with others. Try running your code through either JSLint or JSHint to find errors. ... View more