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Accessing .shp from Add Shapefile

Ryan Kelley

I have a workflow that uses RunExternalCommand to prompt a user to add a shapefile (.shp, .dbf, .prj) to the map interface, same process as clicking the built in Add Shapefile button on the toolbar menu. It shows up as a Graphics layer both in the TOC and the screen, but I do not know what I can do with this.  I want to be able to convert it to a FeatureSet and feed it into my GP task. 

I have played with setting the externalID in the RunExternalCommand to a feature set var, but that has not helped any. Any insight?  Seems like there should be a basic need to access what the user has added other than just drawing it.

Similar post unanswered:  (https://support.geocortex.com/essentialsGSCForum?id=90660000000092LAAQ) Selection Set by Shapefile?

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I might as well subscribe to this one too /customer/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=00P6000000e87wLEAQ

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Hi Ryan,

    I'm trying to create a workflow for user's to add their own shapefile into the HTML5 viewers. Would you be willing to share the workflow you mentioned?

    Thank You!

    Laura 

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  • Ryan Kelley

    Hi Laura,

    I have since lost that sample workflow as my post was ~ 2.5 years ago. Sorry;)

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thanks for checking Ryan! 

    If anyone has any ideas how to go about this, I would really appreciate it.

    I started a workflow, but i've ran into a wall after the FORM where it asks the user to select their shapefile. 

    The resulting uploaded shapefile is in iList format, and getting that into a Graphics format, and into the table of contents, is proving difficult.

    This is a standard feature in the Silverlight viewer and we can't migrate our 20+ Silverlight sites without getting identical tools setup :(

    Thank You,

    Laura

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I'm at the same point.  I can slurp up the files, but I have no idea what to do with them.

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  • Tom Neer

    Here is some code I put together this morning that will accept a shapefile and display in the HTML5 viewer. It's a little rough around the edges but should get you going. 

    I can't remember if Graphic layers are supported or not in the HTML5 viewer, but they don't seem to be working. It should be enough to get you going though.

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/695670/DisplayShapefile.xaml

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thank You for being awesome Tom! I tried to download it, but i'm getting an Error (5xx) with DropBox :/

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  • Permanently deleted user

    This is super-helpful.  Thanks!

    Although I'm getting an "Activity Could Not Be Loaded because of Errors in the XAML" error on the "ShapefileToFeatureSet" activity.  Where's that activity come from?  Is that a custom function?  Or possibly something from a version I'm not using yet?

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  • Nico Burgerhart

    Eric,

    This is a new activity in Essentials 4.3.

     

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  • Tom Neer

    The code is Workflow Designer 4.3 (latest version).

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thanks again Tom!

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Ah.  I'm still running 4.2.  That'd be the problem.

     

    Thanks again!

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  • Permanently deleted user

    Thanks Tom for sharing this workflow.  It is fantastic.

    One question about building on it - is it possible to have the shapefile added to the layer list as a graphic, which could be turned on/off, and removed from the screen again if necessary?

    Many thanks,

    Mick

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  • Permanently deleted user

    I should have added to my last post that I was talking about in a HTML5 viewer.  In silverlight, it already does what I was asking.

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