Latest Contributions by BrettGreenfield__DNR_

My recommended solution would be to use maxAllowableOffset to have the geometry generalized server side before being sent to the client. This will result in a faster response from the server. A little extra work is done server side but less data is sent to the client. Since the majority of time for the request is spent downloading data and parsing data, sending less data to the client is where you'll see the biggest performance improvement (even in browses that handle this volume of data easily, you should see better performance as it will take less time to download the data from the server). I've seen the use of a max offset recommended a lot on forums, but according to one of the links you provided (http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/jshelp/#best_practices_feature_layers) layers in ONDEMAND mode automatically set a maxAllowableOffset.  I know in certain instances one can't use ONDEMAND mode (ie for a map I'm making that requires a layer be added in selection mode); but otherwise, is there a reason to manually set the max offset as opposed to just setting the layer to ONDEMAND mode? ... View more

Thanks!  The simplest answers are always those that elude me most. ... View more

Glad I found this thread - I was having the same issue where the print button was adding itself above or below the toolbar next to the other tools.  Adding float:left to the CSS fixed that problem. Now, though, the print button screws up the "look" of the toolbar.  I have three other items added to the toolbar, all of them dijit.form.DropDownButtons, which all line up neatly when added to the toolbar.  Adding the print button - I suppose since it's a "button" not a "DropDownButton" - messes with the alignment.  See the attached screenshot. So far I've left the CSS of the drop down buttons the default claro style, but before I go customizing them I'd like to have the Print button match their style.  Is there a way I can call in the print dijit as a .dropdownbutton instead of a .button, so the styles match? ... View more

I believe my error was due to downloading the proxy from an older help page (which had an older version of the proxy).  Once I found the newest version of the proxy and had it set up, it fixed my problem. I just spent a few minutes looking through the new JS API Resources page trying to find the newest version of the proxy for you, but I can't seem to track it down.  ESRI really needs to work on getting a search function up and running again! ... View more

Are you certain your proxy is working correctly?  I had a similar issue when trying to create a print task to a web map; the first time I clicked the Print button I would get an error, but it would work if I clicked it a second time.  It turned out my proxy wasn't set up properly; correcting that fixed the problem. ... View more

This might not be the "correct" way to do it, but I wanted to accomplish the same thing and I borrowed from this sample.  Instead of creating a listening event for "onMouseMove" or "onMouseDrag", I listened for a mouse click to start a function that adds the coordinates to an array (make sure to clear the array at the start of the function!).  Then you can just add the elements of the array later to your info window or wherever you want them to go. ... View more

Sorta happening again now.  If you open up the service and zoom in one level (the third smallest scale), the bottom portion of the bay will be green, but the rest will be in the appropriate symbology.  Zoom in one more level and the green tiles are blue again, but the tiles immediately above are green.  The upper portion of the bay is also green at this zoom level, and the next.  At the largest scale, every tile seems to be displaying correctly. ... View more

I've never really tried uploading thumbnails, but I've experienced a number of occasions where simple processes take forever to finish.  Earlier today I was simply trying to save a map, and the window "Saving map to My Content..." appeared and never went away.  Sometimes publishing a feature service will take 45 minutes (the shapefile itself will upload quickly, but the feature service won't be generated for quite some time).  It's quite annoying. ... View more

It's only been a few months, but has this capability been added to ArcGIS Online yet?  I've been trying to upload a feature service with time series info and haven't been able to figure it out.  I'm guessing this still isn't implemented yet, is that correct? ... View more