What's new in ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight 3.1
This topic provides an overview of enhancments in version 3.1 of the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight. The 3.1 release adds usability enhancements and additional tools to address requests from the user community and to take advantage of functionality provided by ArcGIS Server 10.1 and version 3.1 of the ArcGIS API for Silverlight.
For changes in the previous version, refer to the What's new in 3.0 help topic.
Updates and enhancements
The 3.1 release includes the following updates and enhancements:
- Sign in to access secure services
- New Query Related Records Tool
- Editor Tracking support
- Ownership-based access support
- Visual Studio 2012 integration
- Windows 8 support
Sign in to access secure services
At version 3.1, secure services from ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server can be accessed with a user name and password. Simply click the link on the Sign In menu and specify your credentials, then browse to the secure content you wish to add to the map.
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New Query Related Records Tool
A new Query Related Records tool has been added to the Viewer at version 3.1. With this tool, you can retrieve a feature's related records by clicking a button on the feature's pop-up. If the related records have geometry, they are added to the map. If not, their data is shown in the attribute table. The source code for the tool has also been made available on ArcGIS Online.
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Editor tracking support
The Viewer now allows you to see a feature's editing history by leveraging the editor tracking capabilities provided by ArcGIS Server 10.1. With editor tracking, you can see who created and last modified a feature, as well as when these events occurred. No configuration is required to use this capability; if the feature service has editor tracking enabled, the Viewer will automatically show and populate the editing information.
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Ownership-based access support
At version 3.1, the Viewer leverages the ownership-based access capabilities of ArcGIS Server 10.1 to restrict the ability to create, delete, and modify features based on the logged-in user's identity. The Viewer automatically uses the configuration of the feature service to determine which editing tools should be available for the feature being edited.
Visual Studio 2012 integration
The Visual Studio project template included with version 3.1 of the ArcGIS Extensibility SDK' for Silverlight is fully integrated with Visual Studio 2012. If you are using Visual Studio 2012, simply install the SDK, and the Viewer project template will become available in Visual Studio's New Project dialog. For further information about extending the Viewer's capabilities with the template, refer to the Visual Studio template help topic. Note that Visual Studio 2010 is still supported.
Windows 8 support
At version 3.1, the ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight is fully supported on Windows 8, in addition to all other previously supported operating systems.