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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:25 AM

Dealing with underscore characters in your Web server name

Today, many individuals and organizations have conventions in place that restrict how a machine or web server can be named. Commonly, underscore characters ( _ ) are used to separate strings and numeric labels, such as SERVER_1234, or to assure that special
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:27 PM

Performance tips for Web applications

How do you get an ArcGIS Server application to run as fast as possible on the Web? This is one of the most common questions we receive, and at version 9.3 we added an ArcGIS Server help topic on this subject called Performance tips for web applications
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:58 AM

Code Assist for the ArcGIS JavaScript API: Aptana Studio plug-in

The ArcGIS JavaScript API provides classes to deliver rich mapping functionality to your applications. The Resource Center has a wealth of information about these classes, their properties and methods. When building your applications, you want this information
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Friday, March 20, 2009 4:17 PM

ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF public beta, media galleries released

Exciting things are happening on the eve of the 2009 ESRI Developer Summit ! Today the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF went into a public beta. This API allows you to build interactive Internet and desktop GIS applications using Microsoft's Silverlight
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Friday, December 12, 2008 1:10 PM

Best practice for integrating ArcGIS Server Java Help into Eclipse IDE

If you're an ArcGIS Server Java developer working with the Eclipse IDE, check out today's ArcObjects Developer Blog posting that explains a best practice for integrating the Java Help System into Eclipse . The help is originally delivered as a plug-in,
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Monday, November 17, 2008 11:18 AM

Developing scriptable controls with the .NET Web ADF

A key consideration when designing a custom web control is where the control’s logic will execute. While all the logic could be put in either the client or the web tier, the best approach is usually to place some logic in each tier. User interface data
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:16 AM

How to get IntelliSense with the .NET Web ADF JavaScript Library

In the 9.3 release of the .NET Web ADF JavaScript Library (not to be confused with the ArcGIS JavaScript API) we extensively used JavaScript code summaries not only to automate creation of API documentation, but also to provide developers with the new
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Monday, July 28, 2008 10:08 AM

Showcase your ArcGIS Server application in the Code Gallery

One purpose of the new ArcGIS Resource Centers is to strengthen the community of ESRI software developers. You can contribute to this community by sharing your application in the code gallery. The code gallery is a place where you can highlight your work
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:22 AM

The new face of EDN

If you've been looking for developer help on edn.esri.com recently, you'll notice the site has been pared down to just a few links. The 9.3 Developer Help is now available through the various product Resource Centers , while the old EDN site is still
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:57 AM

ArcGIS Server 9.3 Web Help is now available

The ArcGIS Server 9.3 Web Help is now publicly available. The Web Help is the best place to get up to date information about ArcGIS Server. After the product is released, we continue to add information and correct the Help based on user feedback, technical
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Monday, May 12, 2008 2:03 PM

View technical workshops from the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit

Videos from the 2008 ESRI Developer Summit technical workshops are available on the EDN Conferences page for everyone to view. Select a session and in the right-hand menu you'll see links to slides, video, and in some cases sample code. These workshops
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Thursday, December 27, 2007 9:33 AM

An object model diagram for the ArcGIS Server SOAP API

The SOAP API provides a framework for working with ArcGIS Server using SOAP. Each ArcGIS Server service maintains a WSDL (Web Service Description Language) which defines how you can interact with the service using the SOAP API. The WSDL defines a SOAP
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:07 AM

Map caching tutorial added to Web Help

We recently added a tutorial on map caching to the Web Help. It discusses how to design and author a map that will be cached, explains how to publish the map service, gives tips for the cache creation process, and shows you how to test the cache. The
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Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:39 AM

Map caching tips added to Web Help

Our team recently made major additions to the Tips and Best Practices for Map Caches topic in the Web-based help. Many of the tips are from the map caching workshop that Jeremy Bartley and I presented at the 2007 ESRI User Conference. Others have been
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:35 PM

New online tutorial: Creating a Web editing application

Our team recently added a new tutorial to the Web-based help: Creating a Web Editing Application . It's designed to help you set up a Web application for editing data, and uses the out-of-the-box Editing Task that comes with ArcGIS Server. Along the way,
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