ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 5

March 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments · ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Image Server, ArcGIS Server, ArcIMS, ArcObjects, ArcSDE, ESRI, ESRI Developer Network

ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 5 will be available by the end of March. This appears to be a “true” service pack release and not a feature release. I’m not sure I’ll bother installing it on our ArcGIS Server implementations, but we’ll deploy on all our ArcGIS Desktop seats. One change did catch my eye.

Launching maps and globes from web pages (new in SP5)

Service Pack 5 includes a fix that enables you to launch maps (MXDs), globes (3DDs) and scenes (SXDs) by clicking on them in web pages. Previously you had to right-click the files and save them to a folder, and then launch them from the folder. With this fix, it is much easier to launch maps and globes containing internet content, such as those on the ArcGIS Online beta website: http://arcgisonline.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=access.desktop
This enhancement provides a useful way to make map services that you are serving with ArcIMS or ArcGIS Server easily accessible to other ArcGIS Desktop users, because you can simply include a map or globe referencing your service(s) on a web page.
Layer files can also be added to web pages for download, but ArcGIS Desktop 9.2 users have to right-click on a layer file on a web page and save it to a folder in order to access it. In the ArcGIS Desktop 9.3 release we are adding full support for adding layer files from web pages to your maps and globes simply by clicking on them.

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7 responses so far ↓

1 Donny V. // Mar 10, 2008 at 11:33 am

I thought this was a pretty funny bug….

“NIM009632 - File geodatabase performance is poor when multiple computers whose names exceed 14 characters are accessing its data.”

What does the machine name have to do with performance?
2 MicahWilli // Mar 10, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Help me out, How many Service Packs did 9.1 have? For that matter how many did 8.0 have?
Does 5 seem like a lot to anyone?
3 James Fee // Mar 10, 2008 at 12:07 pm

I’m fine with 100 if they address problems folks are having. Remember, ESRI committed to having at least one service pack release each quarter. Service Pack 4 came out fourth quarter 2007 and Service Pack 5 will come out first quarter 2008.
4 1 is the loneliest // Mar 10, 2008 at 1:15 pm

service packs are not the problem - quarterly patches are becoming fairly standard approach. the problem is compatibility and functionality changes between components at different service pack levels.
5 Ed // Mar 10, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Ever wonder how much of your GIS career has been spent on ESRI-related maintenance, the downloading/installing of service packs, new versions, etc. Then all the changes to your own code because of those updates?

As for only updating your Desktop clients, you can’t, you’re forced to do the whole enterprise. Because invariably something breaks when you run different sp versions on your server. Direct connect in SDE is a great example.

The fixes are welcome, no question. The fixes that break other things…I guess it’s job security for us.
6 Lefty // Mar 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm

All I’ll say is you don’t have to install the service packs. I for one am very happy there are more service packs than before.

We ESRI users just like to complain about everything don’t we.
7 you dont have to install service packs -- // Mar 10, 2008 at 4:28 pm

please - give me a break. look at the list of MAJOR bugs thats been out there for the two years this minor .2 release has been out. MAJOR crash causing wrong answer getting data corrupting bugs..