Common Geocoding

How to use

1. Verify that a map service and geocode service are available, and that they share the same geographic area.
2. Verify that the Web ADF for the .NET Framework is installed and functioning properly. For information on installing and configuring the Web ADF, consult the installation guide.
3. In Windows Explorer, navigate to <ArcGIS Developer Kit install location>\Samples\ServerNET. This folder contains the Common_Geocoding CSharp and VBNet folders.
4. Open the folder of the language you are going to use (that is, CSharp or VBNet) and copy the Common_Geocoding_<language> folder to c:\inetpub\wwwroot. The <language> variable can be CSharp or VBNet.
5. Open the IIS Manager from Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager, or Internet Information Services.
6. In the console tree view on the left, navigate to Local Computer, Web Sites, Default Web Site. Expand Default Web Site. Right-click the Common_Geocoding_<language> folder and click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.
7. Click the Directory tab, click the Create button in the Application Settings section, then click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
8. Start Visual Studio and open the Common_Geocoding_<language><vs_version> solution (for example, Common_Geocoding_CSharp2010.sln) located in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Common_Geocoding_<language>. The <vs_version> references the Visual Studio version of the solution.
9. In the Solution Explorer, right-click Default.aspx, and select Set As Start Page.
10. Open the Default.aspx page in Design view, open the properties window for the MapResourceManager control, and click the ellipsis next to the ResourceItems property. The ResourceItem Collection Editor dialog box appears.
11. Add or change the MapResourceItem associated with a map service (for example, ArcGIS for Server, ArcIMS, and so on).
12. Select the GeocodeResourceManager and click the ellipsis next to the ResourceItems property. The ResourceItem Collection Editor dialog box appears.
13. Add or change the ResourceItem associated with a geocode service (for example, ArcGIS for Server, ArcIMS, and so on).
14. If necessary, set the run time identity of the Web application by following one of the next two steps. If not necessary, proceed to Step 17.
15. At design time, the identity of the user running Visual Studio is used to connect to an ArcGIS for Server local data source. At run time, that identity is established by the Web application. Only one identity can be used to define access to the ArcGIS for Server local data sources in a single Web application. This identity can be explicitly defined when building the Web ADF application in Visual Studio by right-clicking the Web project in the Solution Explorer, and selecting the Add ArcGIS Identity option. Add the identity credentials that will be used to access ArcGIS for Server local resources at run time. This information is added to the web.config file in a standard ASP.NET identity tag. If the Encrypt identity in web.config check box is selected, the identity tag will be encrypted; otherwise, the username and password are stored as clear text.
16. Open the web.config file and add an <identity> element in <system.web>, set the impersonate attribute to true, add a username and password attribute, and set them to a valid user account. If you are working with ArcGIS for Server local data sources, ensure the account has access to the geographic information system (GIS) server resources referenced in the Map control.
17. Save the project.
18. Click the Debug drop-down menu and click Start Debugging.

1. Browse to the viewer uniform resource locator (URL), for example, http://localhost/Common_Geocoding_CSharp.
2. Type an address and ZIP Code, then click the Geocode button. Only one match (the one with the best score) is returned. Its coordinate location displays at the bottom of the page and a graphic point is rendered in a Web ADF graphics layer in the map.
3. Click the Clear button. The coordinate text is removed from the page and the graphic element is removed from the map.
4. Select the Get All Candidates check box.
5. Type another address and click the Geocode button. The match candidates display in a GridView at the bottom of the page. Each candidate also displays as a graphic point in the map.

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