Latest Contributions by CraigPennington

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 I found an easy way to solve this problem.  I stumbled across the fact that I can store a toolbox in a file geodatabase. If I also specify the script path as a relative path and check the checkbox to use relative paths, I can copy and paste the file geodatabase anywhere I want with a consistent folder structure. This preserves the parameter settings and uses the intended script. Easy, clean, portable without the complexity of creating a package. ... View more

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this, but It looks like in order to use some capabilities, ArcMap, for example, has to support TLS 1.2.  ESRI will release such a version in "first half of 2019".  But the requirement for TLS 1.2 starts in February, likely before a supporting version of ArcMap is available.  So we have to patch the latest version available.  The timing of the product releases and TLS 1.2 requirement seem strange. ... View more

This is a typical problem using ESRI software.  It requires hours of my time and often unnecessary time spent by ESRI support staff.  In my experience, with proper error trapping, a meaningful error can be provided in almost all cases.  I suggest allocating more resources to returning useful error messages.  This would probably result in overall savings for ESRI.  It certainly would if you include lost time by developers. ... View more

Hi Tony, Not yet. The first step is just getting Angular 2 working in Visual Studio 2015.  I think I'm making progress with the latest version of Visual Studio 2015.  I got TypeScript working, but adding Angular 2 caused errors.  So frustrating.  I created a GitHub repository illustrating the problem.  See https://github.com/CraigAP/Visual-Studio-Build-Problems-with-Angular-2 See the Wiki there for more detail. Craig ... View more

I should have been more clear about the environment.  This is ArcGIS for JavaScript.  The user really has no direct means of creating TextSymbols or graphic elements other than through limited mechanisms we make available.  The TextSymbols are created by our code.  It would be nice if one of the constructor options was to indicate whether the item should be editable, but I don't see that in the documentation. ... View more

Thanks for the reply.  It seems the only substantial changes you suggested were to start the layers visible and to load them separately with addLayer() instead of loading an array of layers with addLayers().  The program does load the OSM layer first in the OSM_HIS mode.  I've expanded the program (attached) to allow testing separate or array loads and found no difference. When OSM is loaded first, and the extent for Oahu based on the dynamic HIS layer is set, the OSM layer shows Africa with Oahu from the dynamic layer on top (which disappears if panned or zoomed).  If it were projected on the fly, as you suggest it should be and I had hoped it would be, the dynamic Oahu should not have shown in Africa.  If I instead use an extent for Oahu on OSM, the OSM Oahu shows, but the dynamic Oahu is not there, again indicating the on-the-fly projecting is not taking place. I wonder if I need some addtional setting/step to make the on-the-fly projection work. Is on-the-fly projection of non-first layers expected to work only for tile layers?  The OSM layer class is a subclass of the tile class. ... View more