Pinpoints

[Sam]

I am trying to use the code from here: Adding Pin Points  and it seems to be formatted incorrectly with commas instead of semi colons and missing braces. Does anyone have a working example of adding a Pinpoint to a map in C#?

Thanks!
Sam

[Joshua Holt]

Hi Scott,
The code in the mentioned example is formatted correctly, however, it is using C# object initializers :)

-Josh

[James Foxall]

[Sam]

Thanks Josh,

I am getting build errors though.

[Joshua Holt]

Hi Guys,
I am sorry to hear that you are having issues.  I double checked the code, and it compiled fine for me in VS2008.  Here is the code I used:

  public MainPage()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            AddPin();
        }

        private void AddPin()
        {
            MapPinPoint pinPoint = new MapPinPoint()
            {
                Background = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.White),
                Foreground = new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Red),
                FontSize = 14,
                ImageSource = new BitmapImage(new Uri("/Telerik.Silverlight.RadMap;component/Resources/Refresh.png", UriKind.Relative)),
                Text = "Regular Pin Point"
            };
            MapLayer.SetLocation(pinPoint, new Location(37.684297, -122.06924));
            this.InformationLayer.Items.Add(pinPoint);
        }

XAML:

<UserControl xmlns:my="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization"  x:Class="Mapping.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:layer="clr-namespace:Telerik.Windows.Controls.Map;assembly=Telerik.Windows.Controls.DataVisualization"
    mc:Ignorable="d" d:DesignWidth="640" d:DesignHeight="480">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
        <my:RadMap Name="myMap">
            <layer:InformationLayer Name="InformationLayer"/>
        </my:RadMap>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Please ensure you have the following name spaces at the top of your code page, as they are not included by default:

using Telerik.Windows.Controls.Map;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;

Hope this helps :)

-Josh

[Sam]

Thanks Josh it works now. I have a question, are there any built in pin point images? I assume we can use anything but the one this code generates is just a white box.

Thanks!
Sam

[Joshua Holt]

Hi Sam,
I am glad to here it works for you now.  I just reflected the code, and didn't really find any resources for pin points.   However, you are correct in saying that you can use anything.  You are only bound to the restrictions silverlight imposes itself( no cross site images, unless properly configured).  You can easily reference a file in the root of your ClientBin by adding code like:

new BitmapImage(new Uri("/pinPoint.png", UriKind.Relative)),

Good luck!
-Joshua Holt

[Sam]

Thanks,

I have one more question, I seem to have lost the text next to the radio buttons for Road view and Aerial, any idea why that would happen? Screen shot attached.

[Joshua Holt]

Hi Sam,
I am not sure could you post the xaml snippet for your map? Might help me find out what is going on.

Thanks,
Josh

[Sam]

I got it back, thanks for all your help!