Latest Contributions by BjornSvensson

...create new features.... To be able to edit data you need to point <layer> to a layer within a FeatureServer (not a full MapServer service). For example: <layer label="HomeLand Security Incident Points"     type="feature"     visible="true"     popupconfig="popups/PopUp_IncidentPoints.xml"     url="http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/HomelandSecurity/operations/FeatureServer/0" /> See the Edit widget documentation for more information - http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Edit_widget/01m30000000v000000/ ... View more

Has anyone had success with getting popup info support on the flare? I've tried, but I can't get it to work, and really that's the main selling point of the flare. "flare" is not a supported cluster option at this time (version 2.4).  See my previous reply on August 26 - and the updated clustering section in the documentation - http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/The_Layer_tag/01m30000000p000000/ ... View more

See http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/samples/index.html#/Time_rendered_5K_run_gpx/01nq0000002r000000/ It's the last of the samples in the "Time-aware layers" folder and it says: This sample shows how to use a FeatureCollection to populate time-aware data that is not setup with ArcGIS.  Instead this sample sets up the FeatureLayer with a time-aware FeatureCollection using a GPX feed. Of course, it doesn't have to be GPX but could be anything... ... View more

Do you know if clustering dynamic layers will be avalible in future versions? If you mean layers="dynamic", then no, because that image is created on the server by ArcGIS Server (as opposed to client-side in your browser). If you mean a dynamic layer in more generic terms (as in "not tiled"), then it already is supported by adding a layer="feature" that points to one of the layers within that map service. ... View more

Using   ArcGIS server REST Api to project geometries u can input   only Well-known ID's (wkid) - as Input/Output Spatial Refences presented   here.  Using other Api's (Flex Api for expmple) you can create   any own or exists Spatial Reference based on   Well-Know Text (wkt) if   ESRI Well-known ID (wkid) not exists.  Tell me where I am wrong. It's not a question of REST vs client-side APIs, but which version is being used. WKT is supported if the ArcGIS Server is 10.0 or later. (9.3 only supported WKID) Doc: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/index.html#/System_requirements/017p0000000m000000/ ... View more

does the clustering not work for "dynamic" layers? Correct - see http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/The_Layer_tag/01m30000000p000000/ Clustering only works with layers of type "feature" (which can come from any one layer in either a MapService or a FeatureService).  This is because feature layers refer to only one single layer, and the features are actually client-side.  For the dynamic layers, those are map services of usually many (sub)layers and the map image is created on the server. ... View more

   You guys will not be receiving support from esri on this as stated in the first couple of posts there are legal constraints applied by Google that will not allow you to use their data outside of their APIs and products. So even if you are able to get this to work you as putting your organization at risk for lawsuits. Just to both contradict and confirm Robert's answer 🙂 As a Flex Developer, it should be possible to either (a) extend the tile layer together with the Google Static Maps API - this is the option mentioned in Rex' blog post (see Derek's entry on this thread).  Optionally, and with less limitations, (b) is to (similarly) extend the TiledMapServiceLayer and wrap it with the Google Maps API for Flash. Both of these solutions should be doable and OK. ... View more

Can you point me in the direction for resources on how to do this? http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/index.html#/Styling_and_skinning_the_scale_bar/017p0000000t000000/ http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/index.html#/Styling_and_skinning_navigation/017p00000017000000/ So I just edit the editorskin.mxml? Or Should I create a custom/new skin.mxml? The best way is to make a copy of the existing skin.  Then use that skin either by setting the skinclass in the Style section as in the help doc above, or just set the skinClass property on the component you are skinning.  The latter is the way it is done in the Flex Viewer. <esri:Editor id="myEditor"     skinClass="MyEditorSkin" .../> ... View more

The source code download link at http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3f6a0bfee48949a88df50bf7686ec72a is not working. Aaron, the download link is working fine for me.  Could you try again?  Maybe from another browser? Or another machine?  What exact error are you getting? ... View more

...how to test if my application can access to ArcGIS.com?... Use httpfox/fiddler/charles to see if there is a request going out, and if so, its response. But maybe most common reason - are all your layers in scale? By default, out-of-scale layer will not show in the legend unless you set <respectcurrentmapscale>true</respectcurrentmapscale>. <respectcurrentmapscale> By default the legend widget will display layers and sublayers that are currently visible in the map. Optionally, you can set the respectcurrentmapscale property to false to show all layers at all scales, then layers that are not in scale will be shown - with 50% transparency. The legend automatically updates if the visibility of a layer or sublayer changes. - If true, only shows layers and sublayers for the current scale. The default is false. // http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Legend_widget/01m30000001r000000/ Another common reason is if the (visible) layers are all rasters. What types of layers does your service have? What version is your server? ... View more

... customized editing widget ... one of my text boxes is much larger than the others.  Ones for relatively small fields work great, but the one I have for a 100 character field (Facility Name in the attachment) is taking up more than twice as much room as it should. The code you are looking for is the singleToMultilineThreshold property of the AttributeInspector.  If the field has a length of 40 characters or less, it will be shown as a single line, otherwise it's shown with multiple lines.  The "40" can be changed with the singleToMultilineThreshold property. http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/components/AttributeInspector.html#singleToMultilineThreshold ... View more

I've noticed that when a webmap id is passed on the URL for the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex the viewer opens up at the extent of the basemap not the extent of the webmap. Is this the expected behaviour or have I got something wrong? It depends if you overwrite the extent. You can overwrite the webmap's extent either in the config file or in the URL. If you are using a configuration file without an extent, then the webmap will decide the initial extent. For an example of using the webmap extent, see the web map samples in the Flex Viewer resource center, such as: http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/live/index.html?itemid=2ee3425c0eb045ffa0d87bfd1e16a0aa&config=apps/basic-blackgold.xml Note that this configuration file does not have the initialextent property specified.  Thus allowing the webmap extent to be used. Same is true for <title>.  If not specified in the configuration file, the title of the webmap will be used. ... View more

You're probably looking for the updateStart/updateEnd events on the Layer class.  They are listed in the API Reference under http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/layers/ArcGISDynamicMapServiceLayer.html#eventSummary and there is a sample for events called EventBasics.mxml that might help (it was part of the the API Library download) and can be seen in action at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/samples/index.html#/Events/01nq00000019000000/. Hope this helps. ... View more

I don't want the user to be able to add features or delete features, just edit attributes of features exposed in the layer I share using the flex viewer. ... I have tried to modify the Edit widget XML file with a few suggestions I have seen on the forum and can't seem to get near what I'm after.  Hi Rob, did you try the tags described in the Edit Widget documentation? Maybe a combination of <addfeatures>, <deletefeatures>, <updateattributes> and <updategeometry> would work for you? <addfeatures>false</addfeatures> <deletefeatures>false</deletefeatures> <updateattributes>true</updateattributes> <updategeometry>false</updategeometry> http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#/Edit_widget/01m30000000v000000/ ... View more

My question is, is there a limit on the number of layers that can be added to a map? No, there is no limit on the number of layers that be added to the map. Does the number of layers added affect performance? Yes, but not much.  What could affect performance if you have a lot of feature layers, especially with lots of highly detailed polygons. ... View more