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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=672562001-03112006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I really think this is badly needed piece of functionality
so I am fully supportive of it. Storing the paths in
serverconfig.ini sounds like a reasonable approach. I'm wondering if
aliases of some sort will be used to discern directories of files?
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=672562001-03112006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What I'm afraid of happening is much like how MapGuide 5
and below worked with SDF files (and how 6.5 still works with raster): when you
are choosing a feature source to author from a GUI, all of the paths are
enumerated and the results listed together. This can get very
cumbersome for people who work on many simultaneous projects on the same server
(like me). I would personally like to see this taken one step further
where you have separate lines in an Unmanaged Data Paths section, with one
alias per directory. Then, when choosing the feature source in Studio, Web
Studio or whatever, it would initially display the individual aliases, the user
would choose the pertinent alias, and then that single directory would be
enumerated for the feature sources. I realize this is an extra piece
of functionality, but I would rather see it done this way from the
start.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=672562001-03112006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Also, will the user be able to configure these folders
through any GUI? How about a new section in Server Admin that allows the
users to set these aliases up and browse to the folder? The resultant
information could then be written
into serverconfig.ini.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=672562001-03112006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Andy Morsell, P.E.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>Spatial Integrators,
Inc.</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Tahoma size=1><A
href="http://www.SpatialGIS.com">http://www.SpatialGIS.com</A></FONT></SPAN>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Tony Fang [mailto:tony.fang@autodesk.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 02, 2006 4:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
dev@mapguide.osgeo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [mapguide-dev] Unmanaged Data APIs
RFC<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have just posted a draft of the
RFC for “Unmanaged Data APIs” in MGOS to the following
location:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/MapGuide_RFC_2_-_Unmanaged_Data_APIs">http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/MapGuide_RFC_2_-_Unmanaged_Data_APIs</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Please take a look, and post any
feedback to this group.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tony
Fang<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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