Latest Contributions by KevinGooss

Anyone know of a good way to defensively code against Esri's host being down for the js api (like today)? I would rather have my site fail gracefully but don't really know how to handle that. right now it just hangs and i get firebug errors eventually about dojo is not defined. ... View more

I'm converting some 10.0 python code into a 10.1 python toolbox. One of my parameters is a Feature Set. in my 10.0 code if i run this in arcmap i get the interactive buttons to digitize a shape in 10.1 i don't get this option. i just get the layers in the map or a folder icon to load other layers. I think this has something to do with the schema. this is an input parameter. in 10.0 world i would have used catalog to point this tool at a dummy schema just to get it stubbed out. At 10.1 i think it is supposed to work differently but i can't figure it out and i don't see enough in the docs to help me. there is alot of stuff in the docs about schema for output fs params, mine is input. i want to serve this script as a gp tool in ags. the app would upload features in a format that the fs param can understand. i saw something in the doc about needing geometryType and fieldRule params but i could use a working code sample. here is what i have thus far (this is in a python toolbox): class TestTool(object):     def __init__(self):         self.label = "TestTool"         self.description = "TestTool"         self.canRunInBackground = False     def getParameterInfo(self):         #Feature Set you pick a layer or load a layer         param0 = arcpy.Parameter(         displayName="aFeatureSet",         name="aFeatureSet",         datatype="Feature Set",         parameterType="Required",         direction="Input")         #param0.value = ""         param1 = arcpy.Parameter(         displayName="aString",         name="aString",         datatype="String",         parameterType="Required",         direction="Input")         param1.value = ""         params = [param0, param1]         return params     def isLicensed(self):         return True     def updateParameters(self, parameters):         return     def updateMessages(self, parameters):         return     def execute(self, parameters, messages):         #do stuff ... View more

I have a custom projection so i'm trying to use wkt instead of wkid. I see in the js api docs that they provide an example template for wkt. Problem is that when i use that format i get a json serialization error and the Post is never even handled. I'm trying to post to a 10.1 REST api endpoint to AddFeatures. If i drop the spatial reference i get errors from Oracle about sr issues. So i think i need it but i'm packaging the sketched feature from the api into my own payload going to the server and i think that is where the serialization is getting disrupted. json is picky about double and single quotes. Anyone experience this issue and know some kind of workaround? Like maybe tacking the spat ref on just before the request is sent or something like that? Or maybe another way to create the wkt in js? Also is it possible to create my own custom spat ref on the server so that i do have a wkid (albeit a custom one that i create)? ... View more