Hi List, I'm trying to wrap my head around OpenLayers events. Here's code that works if I uncomment the first line (alert) :
// alert("Highlight on") function selectFeature(layer, fid) { for(var i = 0; i<layer.features.length;++i) { if (layer.features[i].fid == fid) { FeatureSelectControl.select(layer.features[i]); break; } } } FeatureSelectControl = new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature( layers[0], {}); MyMap.addControl(FeatureSelectControl); FeatureSelectControl.activate(); if(oFeatures && oFeatures.length > 0) { var bounds = oFeatures[0].geometry.getBounds(); // next line works if alert is "on" // selectFeature(layers[0],oFeatures[0].fid); // how do I register an event to wait until layer ends loading ? Tried variations of the following commands : // MyMap.events.register("zoomend", layers[0], selectFeature(layers[0],oFeatures[0].fid)); // layer.events.register("loadend", layers[0], selectFeature(layers[0],oFeatures[0].fid)); ... Problem is if I don't leave enough time for the layer to load, my selectFeature function doesn't work. I've seen there are different event types on different OL objects, so I tried registering events on the map and the layer objects (e.g. above), but obviously I do not understand how the event mechanism works. Any tutorial on events that could help me understand events ? TIA, Yves _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users