<div>Thanks for your reply Jackie,</div> <div> </div> <div>3. Unfortunately I couldn't find "configure external files" in mg site administrator. please tell me where it is, </div> <div> </div> <div>second, Is there a way to share and access shp file in LAN network without using mg studio?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks once again,<BR><BR><B><I>Jackie Ng <jackie.ng@aecsystems.com.au></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>1. By network, I mean a LAN that is correct.<BR>2. I don't quite understand this question.<BR>3. In the Site Administrator. Go to the "Add Alias" under "Configure<BR>external files". In there add your alias and external file path.<BR><BR><BR>Mansoureh Sadrykia wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Hi Jackie,<BR>> <BR>> 1. You asked if the remote computer is on the same network as the<BR>> mapguide server; Do You mean a "LAN", by "network"
or<BR>> you mean the servers that we add in mapguide site administrator? You know,<BR>> in my case the remote computers don't have mapguide installed.<BR>> 2. Actually I can't add new servers in mapguide site adminstrator,<BR>> and I guess that I make a mistake in defining IP addresses. Would you<BR>> Please explain me how I can give IP addresses to different computers as<BR>> different servers?<BR>> <BR>> 3.Would you please explain me more about how to create an unmanaged alias<BR>> in the <BR>> MapGuide Site Administrator to the network share? <BR>> Thanks in advance<BR>> <BR>> connecting to remote files using mapguide, please help<BR>> <BR>> Jackie Ng <JACKIE.NG@AECSYSTEMS.COM.AU>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Is the remote computer on the same network as the mapguide server? Are the<BR>> shp files on a network share? If so you can create an unmanaged alias in<BR>> the<BR>> MapGuide Site Administrator to that network share,
and be able to refer to<BR>> that alias in your resource documents.<BR>> <BR>> For example if your shp files are located at \\server\shp you can create<BR>> an<BR>> alias "SERVER_SHP" that you can then refer to in your resource xml<BR>> documents<BR>> as %MG_DATA_PATH_ALIAS[SERVER_SHP]%<BR>> <BR>> So if you have a shp file called foo.shp in that network share you can<BR>> create a feature source document that refers to it by creating a document<BR>> that look like something below:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"<BR>> xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="FeatureSource-1.0.0.xsd"><BR>> <BR>> OSGeo.SHP<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> DefaultFileLocation<BR>> %MG_DATA_PATH_ALIAS[SERVER_SHP]%foo.shp<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> TemporaryFileLocation<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Hope that helps.<BR>> <BR>> - Jackie<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Mansoureh
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