Common MapTips
Common_MapTips_VBNet\SetMapTipsLayer.aspx.vb
' Copyright 2011 ESRI
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' and applicable international laws, treaties, and conventions.
' 
' You may freely redistribute and use this sample code, with or
' without modification, provided you include the original copyright
' notice and use restrictions.
' 
' See the use restrictions.
' 

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System
Partial Public Class _SetMapTipsLayer
  Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
  Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
    If (Not Page.IsPostBack) Then
      ' Retrieve the Web ADF DropDownBox that we wish to populate with layer names
      Dim dropDownBox As ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownBox = TryCast(Toolbar1.ToolbarItems.Find("DropDownBox0"), ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownBox)

      ' Make sure the DropDownBox is empty and add an item instructing the user to select a layer
      dropDownBox.Items.Clear()
      dropDownBox.Items.Add(New System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem("- Select MapTips Layer -"))

      ' Loop through the available resources, adding the layer names of each to the DropDownBox
      For Each resourceItem As ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.UI.WebControls.MapResourceItem In MapResourceManager1.ResourceItems
        ' If the resource item refers to a graphics resource, skip to the next
        If TypeOf resourceItem.Resource Is ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.DataSources.Graphics.MapResource Then
          Continue For
        End If

        ' Get the map functionality for the current resource
        Dim commonMapFunctionality As ESRI.ArcGIS.ADF.Web.DataSources.IMapFunctionality = Map1.GetFunctionality(resourceItem.Name)

        ' Get the names and ids of the layers contained in the current resource
        Dim layerIDs() As String = Nothing
        Dim layerNames() As String = Nothing
        commonMapFunctionality.GetLayers(layerIDs, layerNames)

        ' Loop through the layer names and IDs adding each to the DropDownBox
        For i As Integer = 0 To layerNames.Length - 1
          ' Create a string containing the current resource name and current layer ID, delimited by a colon
          Dim resourceAndLayerID As String = String.Format("{0}:{1}", resourceItem.Name, layerIDs(i))

          ' Create a list item with the current layer name as the text and the resource name and layer ID
          ' as the value.  This will allow the DropDownBox's ServerAction implementation easy access to the
          ' layer ID and name of the parent resource item.
          Dim listItem As New System.Web.UI.WebControls.ListItem(layerNames(i), resourceAndLayerID)

          ' Add the item to the DropDownBox
          dropDownBox.Items.Add(listItem)
        Next i

      Next resourceItem
    End If
  End Sub
End Class