The following content changes related to ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Explorer have been made since our last entry in the now-defunct "New on EDN" page (April 2007). All information on new & updated content will be posted on this blog from this date forward and the "New on EDN" page will cease to exist.

SP3 - Continued updates and improvements to the ADF API Reference
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
To coincide with SP3 we posted an updated version of the ADF API Reference. The Server Team has been working very hard to improve the API reference and fill-in major holes and gaps in the documentation that was delivered with 9.2. Look for improvements to be posted on a regular basis through the end of the year. They're working from a list of gaps that has been prioritized based on anticipated usage and incidents logged through Support so contact Support if you see a significant & important gap in the API Reference documentation that should be filled in sooner rather than later.    

NIM010048 - Modified file paths and names of the ADF API Reference
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
NIM010048 reported a problem accessing and viewing the ADF API Reference when using IE7. After a few clicks navigating down through the TOC tree, the page would freeze and result in IE7crashing. We determined that this was caused by the exceptionally long filenames and folder paths for the pages and republished the system using shorter filenames to resolve the problem. Unfortunately the downside of this resolution is that the filenames are no longer intuitively named; they're just topic###.html instead of concatenating the assembly, namespace, class, member, etc together to form a filename. We decided that actually being able to view & interact with the help on the web was more important...

New discussion of the Web ADF Common Data Source API
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
The ADF is designed to support data from multiple sources, including ArcGIS Server and ArcIMS; this multi-source architecture allows you to integrate and interact with data from different sources at the same time, in the same application. This set of topics provides context for this capability.

New topic about working with graphics
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
The Web ADF manages a set of classes to support Web-tier graphics data sets and layers using Web ADF geometry, symbols, and renderers. This article discusses the consolidation capabilities of the Web ADF particularly in relation to graphics.

Common Print Task sample
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
The Common Print Task sample was posted in May to accompany a blog post on the ArcGIS Server Development Blog but was never highlighted on EDN. While demonstrating printing from a Web ADF application, this sample also illustrates how a custom task works and the use of Web ADF features such as the use of CallbackResults to handle client callbacks, among other things. 

New ArcGIS Server SOAP API Object Model Diagram
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
An object model diagram for the ArcGIS Server SOAP API is now available within the API Reference material.

Updated Explorer SDK for version 1.0.0.410
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Explorer
The Creating custom tasks for ArcGIS Explorer SDK has been rereleased to accompany ArcGIS Explorer version 1.0.0.410. This update includes a summary of the E2API changes made in this version of ArcGIS Explorer. The most notable API enhancement at this release allows developers to undertake custom drawing in ArcGIS Explorer using OpenGL. There is a new developer sample and documentation to demonstrate this new capability; it’s just one of several new sample tasks and documentation included in the new SDK.