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More DevSummit podcasts

eleanord — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:42:00 GMT

More podcasts related to the upcoming DevSummit have been posted on the Conference's Event page. Listen in to get a preview of some of the sessions that we think will be most popular.

Jeremy Bartley & Jayant Sai chat about building mash-ups using the ArcGIS Server JavaScript API.
Listen or download: MP3 [16:53 | 7.73 MB]
REST and ArcGIS Server is a hot topic for Keyur Shah & Jeremy Bartley.
Listen or download: MP3 [13:15 | 6.10 MB]
Deane Kensok provides a preview of the "Enhancing Your Applications with ArcGIS Online" session.
Listen or download: MP3 [6:25 | 2.97 MB]
ASP.NET AJAX and the ArcGIS Server Web ADF are discussed by Rex Hansen and Art Haddad.
Listen or download: MP3 [10:14 | 4.72 MB]

Content updates last week

eleanord — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:02:00 GMT

In addition to the rollout of 200+ new topics aimed at Java developers, there were a couple of other content updates last week.

New article - How to leverage the schema cache
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine
This new article discusses how to best use the schema cache within an ArcObjects application. The schema cache is a cached snapshot of the geodatabase system tables (often referred to as the geodatabase schema). In an enterprise environment the geodatabase system tables (geodatabase schema) are in constant use by ArcGIS. Caching this schema locally can reduce database roundtrips by using the locally cached representation of the geodatabase schema.

NIM012341 - ArcGIS Server EDN link to monitoring performance is broken
Programming language(s): C# or VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Server
The Overview of ArcGIS Server application performance tuning article has been updated to correctly point to the topics that discuss performance monitoring capabilities and options in ArcGIS Server.

This week's content updates

eleanord — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:35:00 GMT

The following content changes related to ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, and ArcGIS Server development have been made this week.

New article - How to extrude features in globe
Programming language(s): C#
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop with 3D Analyst
Extrusion is the process of stretching a flat 2D shape vertically to create a 3D object. It is a simple way to create three-dimensional symbology from two-dimensional features. For example, you can extrude building polygons by a height value to create realistic building shapes. The three basic geometry types—points, lines and polygons—all support extrusion. This article explains the process of extruding a feature layer using different extrusion options in globe. Note: At the publish date, the code fragments in this document are provided in C# only. VB.Net code will be added at a later date.

NIM010762 - Document where temporary rasters are created
Programming language(s): VB6
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine
The Working with ArcGIS Spatial Analyst objects article has been updated to document where temporary rasters are created by default and how to control their location...(read more)

Content changes posted to EDN over the past month or so

eleanord — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:40:00 GMT

While content updates have continued to roll on over the past month, I have not been around to post about them. Hopefully, you'll excuse the delay. Below is a recap of the more signifcant updates made during my absence. Additionally, lots of topics were updated to fix broken links and formatting issues that were noted by EDN readers. These types of updates are not included in the list below.

Enhanced Export topology errors sample
Programming language(s): VB6
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop
The Export topology errors sample has been enhanced to work with high precision and File geodatabases. The Export Errors sample can be used to export topology errors and optionally, exceptions, to Shapefile, Personal or File Geodatabase format. Errors can be exported based on three criteria; shape, type of topology rule, or topology rule.

Create and load a personal geodatabase sample updated
Programming language(s): VB6
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine
The Create and load a personal geodatabase sample has been updated to include license initialization as well as minor changes to the way the spatial reference...(read more)

Content changes posted to EDN this week

eleanord — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:00:00 GMT

The following content changes related to ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, and ArcGIS Server development have been made this week.

Corrected issue in the VB.NET version of the Extensions sample
Programming language(s): VB.Net
Development platforms: ArcGIS Desktop
As noted in this forum post, there is an error in the VB.NET version of the item template for creating an extension within the ArcGIS Visual Studio Integration Framework delivered at 9.2.

This line in the template:
If m_enableState <> 0 Or value = m_enableState Then Exit Property

should be:
If m_enableState <> 0 And value = m_enableState Then Exit Property

If the error is not corrected, you cannot enable your extension in the Tools | Extensions dialog....(read more)

Server GIS - What content has been added or updated recently?

eleanord — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:30:00 GMT

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.