What's New in ArcXML 1.1 for ArcIMS 9.2

The following changes have been made to ArcXML 1.1 for ArcIMS 9.2.

New elements

• LAYERIMAGE
• SEPARATELAYER

New attributes

• CAPABILITIES
  • returngeometry
• CHARTSYMBOL
  • width
• DATAFRAMEINFO
  • default
• FIELD
  • alias
• GET_IMAGE
  • returnscale
  • useservicedatum
• GET_SERVICE_INFO
  • acetateinfo
  • relativescale
• LAYER
  • ignore_scale_for_query
• LAYERINFO
  • arcmaptype
  • parentlayerid
• LEGEND
  • titlefontcolor, titlefontsize, titlefontstyle, layerfontcolor, layerfontsize, layerfontstyle, valuefontcolor, valuefontsize, valuefontstyle
• OBJECT
  • alignment
• SHAPEWORKSPACE
  • useattrindex
• SHIELDSYMBOL
  • bottomcolor, middlecolor, topcolor, transparency
• SPATIALQUERY
  • order_by

New attribute values

• EXACT
  • The value for value can be a boolean in addition to string, numeric, and date.
• GCSTYLE
  • New geocode styles for name include "USAddressCityStateZip", "USCityState", and "WorldCityCountry".
• GET_SERVICE_INFO
  • A new value for dataframe includes "#DEFAULT#".
• SCALEBAR
  • The following values for scaleunits have been added for Image Services: centimeter, decimeter, inches, nautical_miles, uk_nautical_miles, us_nautical_miles, us_survey_inches, us_survey_feet, us_survey_miles, us_survey_yards, and yards.
  • The following values for scaleunits have been added for ArcMap Image Services: centimeter, inches, nautical_miles, points, and yards.
  These values are in addition to miles, feet, meters, and kilometers.
• SDEWORKSPACE
  • The default value for localcodepage is "true".
• SIMPLELINESYMBOL
  • A new value for type is "dash_dot_dot_dot".

New metadata elements

• CONFIG_PARAMETER
• DELETED_DATASET
• DELETED_RELATIONSHIP
• GAZETTEER_ENTRY
• GET_DELETED_DOCUMENTS
• GET_DELETED_RELATIONSHIPS
• GET_RELATIONSHIPS
• GET_USERS
• INDEX_DEFINITION
• METADATA_RELATIONSHIP
• PUT_GAZETTEER_ENTRY
• USER. Note: USER was available prior to version 9.2. However, the usage was different and is no longer valid.

The following elements are requests to the ArcIMS Application Server:

• GET_SERVICE_METADATA
• PUT_SERVICE_METADATA

New metadata attributes and attribute values

• DOCUMENTINFO
  • Added the value "unknown" to the attribute content.
• SEARCH_METADATA
  • Added the values "date" and "date_desc" to the attributes sort and sort2.
  • Added thumbnail as a new attribute.
• TAG
  • Added indextype as a new attribute.

Removed elements

The following elements have been removed from ArcXML.

• AVIMSWORKSPACE
• MOIMSWORKSPACE
• GET_USER
• PUT_USER

Other items of note

• BUFFER
  • For clarification, graphic features cannot be buffered when using ArcMap Image Services.
• COORDSYS
  • COORDSYS is not needed for raster layers in a map configuration file unless they are in a different projection than the other layers.
• Datum transformations
  • Many new datum transformations are supported in addition to transformation that transform directly to WGS 1984.
• MAPUNITS
  • Although MAPUNITS is not required in a map configuration file, if you expect your users to access your services using ArcMap, you should include this element. If MAPUNITS is not included, ArcMap will not be able to calculate scale dependencies correctly.
• NORTHARROW
  • The size of the north arrow is larger in Image Services compared to ArcMap Image Services when using the same request.
• RASTERFILLSYMBOL, RASTERMARKERSYMBOL, RASTERSHIELDSYMBOL
  • PNG format images are valid in addition to GIF and JPG formats.
• RASTER_RENDERER
  • When using Image Services, layers that use RASTER_RENDERER elements, including RASTER_RANGE, RASTER_EXACT, and RASTER_OTHER, are returned in a SERVICEINFO response.
• SCALE
  • SCALE is returned in an IMAGE response for Image Services.
• SDEWORKSPACE
  • Direct connect is supported when using Author, and you can connect using Author if you want to encrypt the password.
  • The restriction that the attribute server was required has been removed.
• SEARCH_METADATA
  • The fulloutput attribute has new behavior. It no longer controls if a thumbnail is extracted from the Metadata Service and placed in the ArcIMS Output directory. It now controls only if a GND file associated with an ArcIMS service is generated. The thumbnail is exclusively controlled by the thumbnail attribute.
• SHIELDSYMBOL
  • When antialiasing is "true", text is antialiased in addition to the shield itself.
• SIMPLERENDERER
  • When using ArcMap Image Services, SIMPLERENDERER is a valid child element of LAYERDEF. Only features within a definition query are displayed, and the symbology of these features can be changed during a request.
• TEXTMARKERSYMBOL
  • The shadow attribute was added to the documentation. This attribute has been valid but was inadvertently left out of the documentation.
  • The size of the text is smaller in Image Services compared to ArcMap Image Services when using the same font size during a request.