Latest Contributions by BarryHill1

I would like a non-temporal data, i.e. Permit/Lease, to notify an end user when the date of expiration in nearing. Is there a way to set through the 'Time' tab in the data properties? A VB or Python script? Is tracking extension required? I was hoping there was a way for a specific record to change colors when that record crossed a specific date threshold. Or to create sublayer when determined date was set. I am using ArcGIS for Desktop Advanced 10.2.1. Thank you ... View more

The Deputy CEO and the Engineering Director of my organization loves the look and feel of the Flexviewer but for one issue. And that is the hyperlink. When the user clicks the hyperlink button in the application it displays, in a new url window, the contents of the (virtual) folder on the server just as windows displays it. The content(s) are pdf scanned document(s) that displays the name of the file, i.e. FileName.pdf, but he wants an icon to appear representing the named document. He doesn't like the look of a generic file name being displayed. He's looking for a 'WOW' factor, practical be darned. I am in Windows 7.0 and I always use the 'details' option when viewing contents of a folder. I have attached an image of what they see. My first response to them is that this is a Windows issue and not a GIS/Flex/ESRI issue. But that didn't carry over too well (no chuckles please). I told them I would look into it. So my questions are... Is there way to change the icon of a file name in Windows without corrupting the file itself? Can a pdf file be represented as an Icon other than the standard Adobe Icon? Does Flash Player have a way of handling this? Is this an IT issue? Is this an ISS issue? Can this be done? I am not a developer so my resources (brain) are limited. Thanks for any suggestions and I will also ask ESRI if they know of a solution. If anything I can use this as documentation that this issue cannot be resolved and it is what it is. ... View more

Hello everyone, I am having problems getting hyperlinks of documents created as a service in ArcServer to work in the Flex viewer. I'll try to give as much background as possible... I use an attribute in the feature class (polygon shapefile) and hardcode the url in the attribute item that looks at a virtual folder on the server that contains the documents. Identifying the feature in ArcMap allows a hyperlink in the Identify window (lightning bolt) that opens an IE window. (Also, in the 'Map Document Properties' of ArcMap I hardcoded the path to the virtual directory in the 'Hyperlink Base:" field, and in the 'Layer Properties' hyperlink field I checked the 'Support Hyperlinks using field: and highlighted the url radio button.) All things I should do to support hyperlinks.  All good... I publish the map document to Server and then edit my service (web application) to link through the Layer Properties, Records tab, Custom Formatting, and create the hyperlink from the attribute field. Identify a feature and the link works in the pop-up window. All things I should do to support hyperlinks. All good... I tried it on other machines other than mine and hyperlinks work fine. They all see the virtual directory and can link to the documents. I restart IE and start my Flex application which contains my published map service. Identify the feature and attributes pop up in the Identify window...The attribute (PDF_Hyperlinks) shows the pathname to the documents just as in ArcMap and ArcServer Web application, but it's not highlighted and therefore does not have a 'live' hyper link to the document. First of all...Is this function avaialble in Flex? Is there a widget that needs to be coded? I see where images are hyperlinked so I know it can be done. I was just wondering why my service can see it through the IIS but Flex doesn't use it. I am very new to Flex and am not a developer so I could very well be missing something. Thanks in advance. ... View more

When using the IdentifyWidget the result is capturing the raster image (Streetmap, Aerial, Topo). Looking at the IdentityWidget config file I see the "Identifylayeroption" is set to 'visible'. I just want to identify the layers that are coming from my Server map service. I tried setting the parameter to 'top' and 'all' but get the same result. This is my first Flexview project so please excuse my ignorance. Thanks. ... View more

The Flex Application title bar and widgets are Gray Scale, not the blue in the previews.  Does this have something to do with my computer settings? Dell Optiplex 790 pc running Windows 7 Professional on a 64 bit OS. Any suggestions for this newbie? ... View more