Integrating GeoExt 2.0 with Sencha Architect 3

Question

Does anyone know the best way to go about integrating GeoExt 2.0 into Sencha Architect 3?

It seems like it is possible but there is not a very clear way to do it based on some of the documentation I have looked at.

A forum post here(GeoExt Inside Sencha Architect) on Sencha's forums mentions adding GeoExt as an external resource then instantianting classes inside Sencha architect from the resource. I followed the links in the post and it takes you Sencha's user guide for using resources.

Based on this information here I should be able to do the following.

• Add GeoExt Map Panel as a resource
• Place a panel in my view
• Set the extend property on the panel I just placed to be GeoExtMapPanel.

However, I am not finding an extend property.

The other option I have looked into is possibly creating Architect Extension definitions for GeoExt components that I want to use. This option does seem more involved. There is a guide on creating a user extension here(Creating an Architect Extension).

Answer 1

If you want to use the extend property you'll need to create a Class not a Panel.