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this sequence tends to work </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> // For some reason the MgByteReader
"disappears"</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> // This seems to work ....</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> long long_length = rs.GetResourceContent(resId).GetLength();</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> byte[] byteBuffer = new byte[long_length];</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> int numBytes = rs.GetResourceContent(resId).Read(byteBuffer,
(int)long_length);</span></font></p>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [mapguide-users]
ByteReader Problem</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am trying to alter a map definition through the API
and cannot get the contents of the MgByteReader in string format. Here's the
code:-</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<font color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>String</span></font>
mapDefinition = <font color="#a31515"><span style='color:#A31515'>"Library://My
Folder/Maps/My Map.MapDefinition"</span></font>;</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<font color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>MgResourceIdentifier</span></font>
MapResID = <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>new</span></font> <font
color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>MgResourceIdentifier</span></font>(mapDefinition);</span></font>
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<font color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>MgByteReader</span></font>
mapByteRdr = res.GetResourceContent(MapResID);//res is instantiated Resource
Service.</span></font> </p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
<font color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>XmlDocument</span></font> doc
= <font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>new</span></font> <font
color="#2b91af"><span style='color:#2B91AF'>XmlDocument</span></font>();</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
doc.LoadXml(mapByteRdr.ToString());</span></font> </p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>LoadXML fails with an error ' Root element is
missing'. I can copy the contents of</span></font> <font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>mapByteRdr from Visual Studio at
runtime and it contains properly formatted XML for the map definition. If I use
the ToFile() method, the resultant file is empty. I cannot see why these two
methods do not return the xml string in the reader. Any help is welcome.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Keith</span></font> </p>
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