What was new in version 2.2

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http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/

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This topic refers to a previous version of the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex.

ArcGIS Viewer for Flex 2.2 release notes

New functionality

• New Legend widget.
• Support for ArcGIS.com web maps.
• Undo/redo for Edit widget.
• Create hybrid basemaps consisting of more than one layer by adding multiple layers within the basemaps group and using identical label for the layers in the same group.
• All widget labels have been localized and are available in six languages. Adding your own language requires localizing one resource file.
• Support for WMS layers.
• Easier to use time-aware layers. The Time Slider widget has new settings and the layer tag has a usemaptime property for time-aware layers that should not be set to be time-aware.
• Added imageformat property to set the image format on layers that support it.
• Added displaylevels property for tiled and bing layers to only use the layer at specified scale levels.
• Added bandids property for image layers to easily configure which band IDs to use for a specific image service.
• Additional map settings are configurable: scalebarvisible to show or hide the scale bar, esrilogovisible to show or hide the Esri logo, and openhandcursorvisible to use the default open hand cursor.
• Updated widgets (see specifics below): Data Extract widget, Draw widget, Edit widget, GeoRSS widget, Locate widget, Query widget, Search widget, Static Image widget, and Time Slider widget.

Enhancements, changes, and fixes

General

• Version 2.2 of the Viewer is built with version 2.2 of the ArcGIS API for Flex.
• Styling settings are grouped into a style tag group with colors, alpha, font, and titlefont rather than <stylecolors> and <stylealpha> tags.
• InfoWindows are turned off when the related layer is turned off.
• Loading cursor gets removed as expected even if using the same widget twice in a widget container.
• Using Flex SDK 4.1 no longer shows warnings. [Ref: forum post]
• Order of layers in TOC correct even after developers use reorderLayer(). [Ref: forum post]
• Widget tooltip in Header Controller shows even when widget is preloaded as minimized.
• Name change from event.data.data to event.data.collection. [Ref: forum post]
• Turning on/off grouped sublayers works as expected (same behavior as in ArcMap). [Ref: forum post]
• Support for basic authentication for ArcIMS using new username and password layer properties.

Data Extract widget

• Currently selected draw feature is highlighted.
• Draw tools are consistent with other widgets.
• Custom navigation cursor is maintained after closing widget.
• Data extracting options include setting area of interest by rectangle.
• Bug fixes.

Draw widget

• Drawn features can be edited. Click on a feature to edit it.
• Single features can be deleted using the right-click context menu.
• Currently selected draw icon is highlighted.
• Draw tools are consistent with other widgets.
• Symbol options are specific for each draw type.
• Measurements are no longer a separate tab, instead it's a check box option for relevant geometries.
• Bug fixes.

Edit widget

• Undo/redo is supported for current session.

GeoRSS widget

• Info windows are removed when closing the widget.

Locate widget

• Info windows are removed when closing the widget.

Query widget

• Displays coded domain values instead of codes.
• Faster response when querying ArcGIS Server 10 or later. The widget will automatically use AMF when connecting to ArcGIS Server 10 or later. The useamf property can be set to false to have responses returned as JSON.
• Map pan is possible even on top of graphics. This is especially useful when polygons cover most of your map.
• Info windows are removed when closing the widget.
• Bug fixes.

Search widget

• Displays coded domain values instead of codes.
• Faster response when querying ArcGIS Server 10 or later. The widget will automatically use AMF when connecting to ArcGIS Server 10 or later. The useamf property can be set to false to have responses returned as JSON.
• Map pan is possible even on top of graphics. This is especially useful when polygons cover most of your map.
• Multiple [value] support in expression.
• Currently selected draw feature is highlighted.
• Draw tools are consistent with other widgets.
• More search geometry options: freehand line, freehand polygon, and circle.
• Bug fixes.

Static Image widget

• Added support for clicking the image: linkurl.

Time Slider widget

• Time extent can be based on a specific layer in the map in addition to the previous starttime and endtime tags.
• The stops can be specified with a stopscount tag, in addition to the existing timestopsinterval and timestopsunits tags.
• Bug fixes.