ArcWeb Explorer Flex

Designed for developers who want to get a working Web-based mapping application up and running without spending a significant amount of time developing code, the ArcWeb Explorer Flex API allows powerful ArcWeb integration inside Adobe Flex Builder, easy access to all ArcWeb Services, and the ability to customize or build applications like the ArcWeb Explorer demo application (in Labs).

The ArcWeb Explorer Flex API affords you access to the JavaScript to Flex Bridge; API Extensions for ArcGIS, ArcIMS, and GeoRSS; API reference documents; and live samples for Flex and the JavaScript to Flex Bridge.

See the Getting Started Guide to learn the basic steps for using the API.
Browse API reference for in-depth class descriptions.
Use ArcWeb Explorer demo application (in Labs) to see how the API works in an actual application.

What the API can do

Permit JavaScript developers to access Flex functionality via the JavaScript to Flex Bridge.
Provide access to ArcGIS, ArcIMS, and GeoRSS via API extensions as well as the ability to create your own API extension.
Allow you to build your own widgets.
Create maps with polygons, lines, and points.
Set map scale and center.
Re-center or pan map.
Turn layers on and off.
Get latitude-longitude, map center, and map extent.
Find locations.
Geocode addresses, partial addresses, IP addresses, and phone numbers.
Provide access to ArcWeb Services.
Allow for easy and powerful ArcWeb integration inside Adobe Flex Builder.
Enable developers to build and/or customize applications.
Support projected maps.
Allow you to request a thematic map from a Map Image data source and get back a map as a URL.
Provide access to street, street tile, aerial imagery, hybrid (integrated street and aerial), shaded relief, and topographic maps.
Provide access to Spatial Query point, line, and polygon data sources.

New to Flex?

Adobe Flex is a collection of tools that allows developers to quickly create cross-platform, browser-independent Web applications. Flex offers a variety of style controls and off-the-shelf UI components as well as an intuitive IDE, Flex Builder, which is based on the open-source Eclipse environment. To learn more about Flex, including how to build a Flex application, see the Flex Developer Center.