Latest Contributions by AdrianMarsden

OK - slowly making progress, but I am hitting (what I think) are scope issues. I am creating an overview map.  I have the require and attribute all done - require(["esri/map", "esri/layers/ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer", "esri/layers/ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer", "esri/geometry/Extent", "esri/layers/FeatureLayer", "agsjs/dijit/TOC", "esri/symbols/SimpleFillSymbol", "esri/symbols/SimpleLineSymbol", "dojo/_base/Color", "esri/dijit/OverviewMap", "dojo/parser", "dojo/domReady!" ], function (           Map,           ArcGISTiledMapServiceLayer,           ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer,           Extent,           FeatureLayer,           TOC,           SimpleFillSymbol,           SimpleLineSymbol,           Color,           OverviewMap,           parser           ) { then I create the ovmap var overviewMapDijit = new OverviewMap({        map: map,         expandFactor: 2,         visible: true,         height: 230,         width: 230     }); but get Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'wkid' of undefined As if the map doesn't exist - I have a "var map;" earlier of course - what I have, is, more or less the same as https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jssamples/widget_overviewmap.html cheers ACM ... View more

<lightbulb>  (well, low energy, dimmer light bulb, that has occasional brown-outs)  I'm sort of seeing it now.  Gives me an excuse to totally re-structure my code as I move each bit over from my main init function ... View more

😉 Er, sorry for sounding silly, but aren't those two code blocks identical?  I think I know what you mean.  Ah I see it now, the Upper case M in the first one and no 'esri'.  Doh! Anyway, it's Friday afternoon where I am, it is sunny and will remain so for the weekend, so I'm off home! ... View more

Thanks - that helps a bit- amazingly just having just the modules required and a minimal second arg it still allworks - I guess the rest still being old style just picks up. Any idea where the link should go to to show "preferred argument aliases for Esri modules" which I guess is the list I add to the second arg for all the modules I am referencing? ACM ... View more

Ok - with my major JSAPI project about to be fully live I thought I'd try to get my head around AMD, but failed, almost at the start. For example the link https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jsapi/argument_aliases-amd.html on this page https://developers.arcgis.com/en/javascript/jstutorials/ 404s , so I am strugling to work out what exactly the function inside the require is for <script>   require(["esri/map"], function(Map) { ... }); </script> For a simple map it seems only to define the map, but WTF is this all about? function(dom, domAttr, array, Color, parser, esriConfig, Map, Graphic, GeometryService, BufferParameters, Draw, SimpleMarkerSymbol, SimpleLineSymbol, SimpleFillSymbol) So, I'm giving up for now, and my code will be a horrid mix for a while. I may return later when there are better guides ACM ... View more

OK - update #2 - whilst the CSS .esriOverviewMap .ovwHighlight {         border: solid 2px #004F00 !important;          background-color: transparent !important;    } LOOKS like it works in print preview - when it is actually printed out in IE8 the box is still solid. IE10 works fine, but alas, I am stuck to IE8 for the next 6 months ACM ... View more

Hi Using the standard Print Widget you have three potential "things" to add your own text - I use them all, CopyrightText, authortext and titletext - the copyright and title I use for what they are supposed to be for.  the author I use for user added comments/text.  But there is no reason, say if you have a fixed title and copyright, to add these directly to the MXD in ArcMap and use those two things to hold extra user generated content. ACM ... View more

Some of the fairly complex but less known functionality was dropped to simplify the code upgrade, such as creation of check box on legend items based on UniqueValueRenderer, I just noticed this, shame, I was selling that as a neat new feature to my users - any chance of adding this back in as an option?  I agree it wasn't for everyone, as if you had a poorly index/large layer it did have a server hit. Cheers ACM ... View more

Well, I did get the error to go away, but no idea how.  I have three versions, a internet "frozen" version from April  - worked. A Live version - failed and a Dev version - worked !  So I finished what I was doing on Dev and made it live.  So no idea what it was. ACM ... View more

Thanks for that - our users are used to this behaviour - turning on greyed out layers, even through nothing will appear until the zoom is changed, as that is what I gave them 7 years back in my ArcIMS site, using David Bollinger's TOC.  So, they seem to be able to cope. I'll take a look at your suggestion next time I'm doing work on my site - many thanks. ACM ... View more

Hi I've found I had made one other hack to the old code.  Basically I want my users to be able to switch greyed out layers on, even when they are greyed out, so they will draw when the users zooms in enough to see them.  On the latest version I change this line if (this.checkNode) if (this.checkNode.set) this.checkNode.set("disabled", a); To if (this.checkNode) if (this.checkNode.set) ; Is there a better way of doing this without having to hack the code? Cheers ACM ... View more

edit - please ignore - sorted my issue ... View more

🙂 I was just wondering myself if you could CAST a geometry column. FYI - 10.2 behaves in exactly the same way with the approach I was using in 10.1 trying the CAST now. ACM ... View more

Hi - tried that with an Esri view, and failed.  I tried to do it setting the view up on SQL, but couldn't get the syntax right for "GEOMETRY=POINT" or whatever. Anyway, esri(uk) have told me they think 10.2 will work better, so I'm about to install that on a VPC to take a look. Cheers ACM ... View more