[OpenLayers-Dev] can't show externalGraphics for vectors

[Eric Lemoine]

On Nov 22, 2007 6:26 PM, Eric Lemoine <eric.c2c at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2007 3:55 PM, Val Cartei <val.cartei at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I am trying to attach an image to a Point. The idea would be to extend
> > the class so that the style with the attribute externalGraphic gets
> > applied, but it doesn't seem to work.
> > The problem is that it still shows the default style, although if i do
> > an alert (style.externalGraphic), the property exists, it just doesn'y
> > display.
> >
> > Here's my code:
> > style_mark.externalGraphic = "http://boston.openguides.org/markers/AQUA.png";
> >
> >         var SinglePoint=OpenLayers.Class.create();
> >         SinglePoint.prototype=OpenLayers.Class.inherit(OpenLayers.Handler.Point,{
> >          createFeature:function(evt){
> >            OpenLayers.Handler.Point.prototype.createFeature.apply(this);
> >            this.point.style = OpenLayers.Util.extend({},style_mark);//style_mark;
> >          }
> >         });
> >
> > I hope someone can help me with this.
>
> Maybe you don't have enough styling properties, can you try
> this.point.style =
> OpenLayers.Util.extend(OpenLayers.Feature.Vector.style["default"],
> style_mark);

Oops, I meant:

this.point.style = OpenLayers.Util.extend(
    {externalGraphic: "http://boston.openguides.org/markers/AQUA.png"},
    OpenLayers.Feature.Vector.style["default"]);

--
Eric