Latest Contributions by BjornSvensson

You might want to take a look at the Data Extract Widget.  It uses a GP service that accepts a feature set and some string values. ... View more

The Bing type does not require a url.  Here's the direct link to the main configuration file (for the Bing sample): http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/samples/config-bing.xml <basemaps>     <layer label="Streets" type="bing" visible="false" style="road" culture="en-US"/>     <layer label="Aerial" type="bing" visible="true" style="aerial" culture="en-US"/>     <layer label="Aerial with labels" type="bing" visible="false" style="aerialWithLabels" culture="en-US"/> </basemaps> ... View more

Yes, you can use Bing maps.  There is a live sample for it at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/live/index.html?config=../samples/config-bing.xml You need to specify the bing key in the main configuration file and then add the layer of type bing. Ex 1: <bing key="_thiscouldbeyourkey_Al0VE-H1tC0tk-eRubZv_EmyM6WZGqAsTyKS8G-WwCGK3"/> See http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#mainconfig.htm Ex 2: <layer label="Streets" type="bing"/> See http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#layer_tag.htm ... View more

Hi Tim, The syntax in your config.xml have some issues. The first problem is that you have "<Layer" instead of "<layer".  All tags in the config.xml should be all lowercase.  All other tags/spellings are ignored. Also, there is no such property as "mapservicelabel", I think you meant "label". The documentation for the layer tag is available at http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapps/flexviewer/help/index.html#layer_tag.htm As for the /rest/ in the URL: The URLs without /rest/ is the "older" way (using SOAP) which is used by ArcMap and manager.  When using the Flex Viewer, any of the Flex, JavaScript, Silverlight API's or on ArcGIS.com, you should be using the URLs with /rest/.  See "Troubleshooting Tips" on the layer tag page referenced above. ... View more

In Flash Builder, in "Project -> Properties -> Flex Compiler", make sure the checkbox is turned on for "Copy non-embedded files to output folder". ... View more

Yes, securing the folder where you flexviewer is locating will accomplish that. How to do it depends on your web server, but if using IIS 7, Microsoft has extensive documentation. See for example "Configuring Authentication in IIS 7" at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...8WS.10%29.aspx. For your case, "Basic Authentication" might be sufficient. ... View more

Microsoft has acknowledged this (the metadata not returning the correct available levels) as a bug.  I don't have an estimate yet on when they will fix it. ... View more

...do I install [that Flex Viewer stuff] on my web server i.e. my basic cheapo shared web hosting account. Or do the flex things also need to be hosted on my friend's public ArcGIS server? The Flex Viewer gets installed wherever you have your application (not your ArcGIS Server data), i.e. in this case the "cheapo ... account". Basically, the Flex Viewer (like other applications built with Flex/Javascript/Silverlight), connects to the services on the ArcGIS Server (using the server's REST endpoint), but there is no need for anything Flex specific on the ArcGIS Server. The only "gotcha" is that if you want Flex (or Silverlight) applications to access data from a different domain than where the application itself is hosted, then the ArcGIS Server needs to have a crossdomain.xml to allow this. See http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/help/index.html#references/using_crossdomain_xml.htm for more info. ... View more

Is the locator running on a 9.3 server or 10 server?  At "10", the server can return the results in any projection, but at "9.3" you would have to re-project data after it was returned. ... View more

The old code gallery is gone (sort of). However, some (all?) entries can still be found hanging out in ArcScripts. Try this shortcut: http://esriurl.com/flex1x - http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/23700-old-flex-code-gallery ... View more

For a simple "buffer" ... I'm curious why you didn't just the out-of-the-box buffering that the GeometryServer and built-in buffer method provides? http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/flex/apiref/com/esri/ags/tasks/GeometryService.html#buffer() http://sampleserver3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Geometry/GeometryServer/buffer ... View more

The ArcGIS Online routing services were upgraded last week.  See announcement on http://blogs.esri.com/Support/blogs/arcgisonline/archive/2011/02/23/arcgis-online-task-server-and-services-updated.aspx and this might be affecting your application. ... View more

...batch geocoding... The REST API, and thus the Web APIs, do not support batch geocoding.  Instead you would send multiple requests - with one geocode per request. ... View more

Hi Stuart, Is there a specific sample you have in mind?  There are some 100+ samples and depending on which one you are trying to implement in the Flex Viewer, the best solution would differ. In general when extending the Viewer, the best option is usually to create a new widget. See for example: Creating a Custom Widget ... View more

Yes, it's possible to re-use logic from with Flex Viewer to another "straight" API application. The key is to figure out what viewer-specific code to remove 🙂 In theory (I haven't tried this), you should be able Copy the Navigation widget folder/package/directory into your own Flex project. Remove all references of viewer stuff. Turn off the default slider on your map using <esri:Map zoomSliderVisible="false">. Or you will end up with two of them... Use the custom Navigation class (which was part of the Navigation folder above) in your main mxml page.  Something like this (assuming you copied over the fadeOut/fadeOver to the Declaration section of your own mxml page):     <Navigation:Navigation id="navtool"                            alpha="0.5"                            map="{map}"                            rollOut="fadeOut.play([navtool])"                            rollOver="fadeOver.play([navtool])"/> Possibly set some CSS, stylesheet, theme depending on what colors & styling you want. ... View more