If you want to use Microsoft's geometry or geography spatial types with ArcGIS 9.3.1, you should install the SQL Server 2008 Native Client on your ArcGIS client computers.   Not everyone will run into a problem when querying the geometry and geography types in SQL Server 2008 from ESRI software; it depends on how up-to-date your Windows ...

by Kyle Watson Hi blog reader, When any software is updated you'll hear a lot of ''improved speed and performance'' or ''faster processing available in version xxxdotxx''. This is true of the ArcGIS Business Analyst 9.3.1 release, we really did improve the speed and performance over 9.3 in the following ways: The Business Analyst.mxd draws ...

The 9.3.1 ArcGIS Server Web ADF for .NET introduces an extensibility point to the Print Task that allows you to customize the look of your printouts using template files on the Web server. A new property called LayoutTemplateFile is introduced to define the template file. This property can point to any file on disk but must be accessible via a ...

We’ve just published a new paper that discusses strategies for creating a dynamic map service that supports heavy user loads. The paper is the latest release in the ArcGIS Server in Practice Series, which describes how to optimally configure ArcGIS Server to address selected workflows. In this case, we took the challenge of developing a map ...

by James Killick I just wanted to say a big ''Thank You!'' to everyone who dropped by to see us at the recent ESRI User Conference in San Diego!  This year we had more technical workshops, more demos (& more meetings) than ever.We were obviously very excited to talk about the all our new products, including the new ESRI Business Analyst ...

by James Killick For those of you hankering for the latest and greatest version of our desktop product ... ESRI Business Analyst desktop 9.3.1 is now shipping! :-) If you're waiting on the Segmentation Module, that's not far behind: we should be going gold today, which means the Segmentation Module should be shipping in about two ...

by Kyle Watson Hello there blogspehere.  I have news regarding ESRI Business Analyst 9.3.1.  It's finished!  It looks nice too, plus were are about 5 days ahead of schedule.  There was debate around here whether or not we'd complete it before the new ESRI HQ building was done.  Looks like we win, as you can see below the ...

With version 9.3.1 of the .NET Web ADF you can use the new UserControlTask to streamline the creation of your own custom tasks. Previously, you would need to create your own class that derived from FloatingPanelTask and take care of the creation and placement of your user interface controls, while paying particular attention to the page lifecycle ...

If you are working with the ArcGIS 9.3.1 .NET SDK, then you may have noticed a small enhancement when coding against the core ArcObjects Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA) in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008.   In previous versions, when you typed in a property or method, you simply got this:   Now the intellisense reads ...

Here's a brief look at what's new in the ArcGIS Server .NET Web ADF at 9.3.1. This information comes from the What's new in ArcGIS 9.3.1 PDF where you can read about new features in all areas of the product. If you have questions about any of the new features, please leave a comment to this post. Customizing the look and feel of MapTips The Web ...