[OpenLayers-Users] Trouble with accessing vector/WFS layer features

[Ivan Grcic]

Hi,

vector layer doesnt load features if it is not visible. What
strategy&protocol are you using?

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM, cgp <carina_palanca at forcorp.com> wrote:
>
> When I start up my application, I add all the WFS layers and do
> setVisibility(false). Right after start up I attempt to access the WFS layer
> features with wfs_layer.features but it returns null. However, when I run
> setVisibility(true) and then setVisibility(false) right away,
> wfs_layer.features now returns all the features.
>
> I don't completely understand how OpenLayers works, but does this mean that
> the WFS layers are not actually loaded onto the map if onstartup I call
> setVisibility(false)?
>
> My goal is to access the features without having to display the WFS layer.
> On my previous post
> http://n2.nabble.com/Is-there-a-way-to-dynamically-get-the-feature-id-of-a-feature-from-a-WMS-layer-td4183834.html#a4183834
> here , I am doing this because I need to get the ID of a particular feature.
> (Unless someone else has a more efficient way of doing this, please let me
> know).
>
> Thanks for your help.
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