showing colors in flash maps

[arno]

HI everybody
i have seen the "incorporating flash maps in your report" webinar
but despite i have followed strictly what the webinar said,
no colors appeared
i have got the map,
the legend is ok ,
but it seems that no data are passed to the swf file.
Even if i hardcoded the data like described in the webinar
nothing worked.

where may i find help?
or where may i find the samples from the webinar in order to check what is wrong from my side.
thanks in advance

[arno]

hi every body
i have found the problem
when i use the ids decribed into the webinar it works (TX for texas for example)
but when i use the Europe map (or whatever the map i use) and use CH for swiss this does not work.
i have tried to run the europe map with these hardcoded values:

<entity id='FR' value ='18000' /> <entity id='FI' value ='37500' /> <entity id='DE' value ='45800' /> <entity id='BE' value ='15' /> <entity id='CH' value ='5252' />
none of them works.

in summary:
when i use the FCMap_USA.swf with the dataXML variable:
"<map animation='1' showShadow='1' showBevel='1' showMarkerLabels='1'
fillColor ='F1F1F1' borderColor='000000'
baseFont='Verdana' baseFontSize='10' markerBorderColor='000000'
markerBgColor='FF5904' markerRadius='6'
legendPosition='bottom' useHoverColor='1' hoverColor='FF00FF'
showMarkerToolTip='1' numberPrefix='$'>
<data>
<entity id='AK' value='18000' />
<entity id='AL' value='37500' />
<entity id='TX' value='45800' />
<entity id='IL' value='15' />
<entity id='CA' value='5252' />
</data>
<colorRange>
<color minValue='0' maxValue='18500' displayValue='below Value' color='CC0001' />
<color minValue='18501' maxValue='37000' displayValue='results OK' color='FFCC33'/>
<color minValue='37001' maxValue='500000000' displayValue='supercool' color='069F06'/>
</colorRange>
</map>"
the colors appeared with no problems and everything is fine.

but if i use the FCMap_Europe.swf with the following dataXML variable:
"<map animation='1' showShadow='1' showBevel='1' showMarkerLabels='1'
fillColor ='F1F1F1' borderColor='000000'
baseFont='Verdana' baseFontSize='10' markerBorderColor='000000'
markerBgColor='FF5904' markerRadius='6'
legendPosition='bottom' useHoverColor='1' hoverColor='FF00FF'
showMarkerToolTip='1' numberPrefix='$'>
<data>
<entity id='BE' value='18000' />
<entity id='FR' value='37500' />
<entity id='ES' value='45800' />
<entity id='DE' value='15' />
<entity id='CH' value='5252' />
</data>
<colorRange>
<color minValue='0' maxValue='18500' displayValue='below Value' color='CC0001' />
<color minValue='18501' maxValue='37000' displayValue='results OK' color='FFCC33'/>
<color minValue='37001' maxValue='500000000' displayValue='supercool' color='069F06'/>
</colorRange>
</map>"

nothing appeared

so how may i reach the ids of each part of these maps?
or does only the US map works?

thanks for your answers

[vdodson]

Hi arno,

The Europe Map is looking for different IDs based on the chart below.

You can find this chart, and other help by double-clicking on your Flash Object, and then pressing the small question mark at the bottom left of the window. You can also look at the section called Defining Custom IDs which will show you how to use the <entityDef> tag to define custom IDs.

I've enclosed my example that has both US and Europe maps.

*********************
Europe Map Specification Sheet
Map Name:Europe Map
SWF Name: FCMap_Europe.swf
Dimensions (Width x Height):620 x 600 pixels
Selection:Countries

List of Entities
Internal Id Short Name Long Name
001 AL Albania
002 AD Andorra
003 AT Austria
004 BY Belarus
005 BE Belgium
006 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina
007 BG Bulgaria
008 HY Croatia
009 CZ Czech Republic
010 DK Denmark
011 EE Estonia
012 FI Finland
013 FR France
014 DE Germany
015 GR Greece
016 HU Hungary
017 IS Iceland
018 IE Ireland
019 IT Italy
020 LV Latvia
021 LI Liechtenstein
022 LT Lithuania
023 LU Luxembourg
024 MK Macedonia
025 MT Malta
026 MD Moldova
027 MC Monaco
028 MO Montenegro
029 NL Netherlands
030 NO Norway
031 PL Poland
032 PT Portugal
033 RO Romania
034 SM San Marino
035 CS Serbia
036 SK Slovakia
037 SL Slovenia
038 ES Spain
039 SE Sweden
040 CH Switzerland
041 UA Ukraine
042 UK United Kingdom
043 VA Vatican City
044 CY Cyprus
045 TK Turkey
046 RU Russia

[arno]

hi Virgil

thanks for your answer i tried for EUROPE and it works
for all the countries in this map.

i have found also your help and it is very useful
thanks for your help
Arno