VisualizationLayer and StrokeDashArray

[Dennis]

Hello,

I am evaluating RadMap (silverlight).  In my application I would like to add a lot of custom shapes to some map layers.  To test this I have added a VisualizationLayer and proceeded to add about 1000 rectangle object.  Very good.  Now I notice that I can apply a MapShapeFill object directly on the layer and if none of the rectangles have the shape fill specified, it uses the layer default.  Since I think all my shapes in a layer will have the same style this is useful.  Now I wanted to test out the dash stroke styles as this is quite important to me and I notice that if I added a MapShapeFill to my rectangle with a StrokeDashArray all is well and my rectangles draw correctly, but if I add a StrokeDashArray to the MapShapeFill attached to the layer I get an exception (the famous "The value does not fall within the expected range" exception).

I must add all my layers and geographic elements in code and as there may be a lot of them, I would prefer to do this in the most efficient way.  Are there any ways around the error (or is it even important to use a layer level FillShape rather than an element level FillShape).  Here is the test code I am using (working version commented out).

var v2 = map.Items [1] as VisualizationLayer;
v2.Name = Guid.NewGuid ( ).ToString ( );
v2.ShapeFill = new MapShapeFill ( ) {
Fill = new SolidColorBrush (Color.FromArgb (32, 0, 240, 255)),
  Stroke = new SolidColorBrush (Colors.Red),
  StrokeThickness = 2,
  StrokeDashArray = new DoubleCollection ( ) { 4, 2, 2, 2 }
  };
double start = -0.000025 * 33.0;
for (int i = 0; i < 33; i++) {
  for (int j = 0; j < 33; j++) {
    double x = start + 0.000075 * (double) i; 
    double y = start + 0.000075 * (double) j;
    var rect = new RectangleData ( ) {
      Location = new Location (this.DefaultLatitude + y, this.DefaultLongitude + x),
      Height = 0.00005,
      Width = 0.00005,
      //ShapeFill = new MapShapeFill ( ) {
        // Fill = new SolidColorBrush (Color.FromArgb (32, 0, 240, 255)),
        // Stroke = new SolidColorBrush (Colors.Red),
        // StrokeThickness = 2,
        // StrokeDashArray = new DoubleCollection ( ) { 4, 2, 2, 2 }
        //}
      };
      v2.Items.Add (rect);
    }
  }

[Andrey]

Hi Dennis,

We have logged the issue in our feedback portal to fix the problem in future versions of RadMap.
Currently as workaround I would recommend to use the MapShapeData.SerializedShapeFill property instead of using ShapeFill property on the layer level. It does not require to create the MapShapeFill instance for each shape. The sample code is below.

MapShapeDataFill shapeDataFill = new MapShapeDataFill()
{
    FillColor = Color.FromArgb(32, 0, 240, 255),
    StrokeColor = Colors.Red,
    StrokeThickness = 2,
    StrokeDashArray = new double[] { 4, 2, 2, 2 }
};

double start = -0.000025 * 33.0;
for (int i = 0; i < 33; i++)
{
    for (int j = 0; j < 33; j++)
    {
        double x = start + 0.000075 * (double)i;
        double y = start + 0.000075 * (double)j;
        var rect = new RectangleData()
        {
            Location = new Location(this.DefaultLatitude + y, this.DefaultLongitude + x),
            Height = 0.00005,
            Width = 0.00005,
            SerializedShapeFill = shapeDataFill
        };
        v2.Items.Add(rect);
    }
}

Regards,
Andrey Murzov
Telerik