[fusion-users] Problems with starting a new application.
Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
ks at geograf.dk
Tue May 13 09:19:43 EDT 2008
That is a little beyond my Fusion knowledge.
I know that Fusion can handle multiple maps, and that each map is
assigned an ID.
I do not know how to use the ID, or what happens when you change it.
Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
Tómas Guðmundsson skrev:
>
> Yes, that does help me, thank you very much.
>
> However I did find a way to make Fusion read my ApplicationDefinition.xml
>
> (by leaving no extra URL parameters like ApplicationDefinition)
> however, I
>
> do not understand how and why. When I modify the MapGroup in the
>
> ApplicationDefinition, that if I change the id from sheboygan
> something else,
>
> It doesn't work. But if use another map resource and keep the
> Sheboygan id for
>
> the mapgroup it works perfectly ? Is this a bug within fusion and
> should it be
>
> reported or is there a setting defining a map with ID='sheboygan'
> somewhere
>
> I don't know about ?
>
> Rgds
>
> tomas
>
>
>
> *From:* Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S [mailto:ks at geograf.dk]
> *Sent:* 13. maí 2008 13:04
> *To:* Tómas Guðmundsson
> *Subject:* Re: [fusion-users] Problems with starting a new application.
>
>
>
> I'm not all up to date on Fusion, so I might be wrong.
> Fusion can either use a standalone ApplicationDefinition.xml, or read
> the equvalent xml from the MapGuide server.
> When you use Studio, it modifies the xml in the MapGuide server.
> Normally, Fusion will load the xml from the MapGuide server, rather
> than from a file.
> You cannot load xml into MapGuide via. Studio, but you can save a copy
> of the Xml to your disc, and manually insert it into the server.
>
> Does that help you?
>
>
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>
>
>
> Tómas Guðmundsson skrev:
>
> Hello all.
>
>
>
> I wanted to ask this list if they can help me understand something
> more about fusion. If there is some more documentation than on the
> osgeo webpage I would be verey happy if someone could point me to that
> resource. I'm hoping somebody on this list can answer several aspects
> I have not yet wrapped my head around. I am using Mapguide Server and
> Studio Enterprise 2009 and the Fusion that came bundled with that CD.
> All my modifications and testing took place in the folder
> mapguide2009/fusion/templates/mapguide/newtemplate/ where newtemplate
> was indeed just a copy of another template which I modified so I
> wouldn't overwrite the original copy.
>
>
>
> ApplicationDefinition.xml. To what ApplicationDefinition does fusion
> listen to or parse? I modified the one in the same directory, to
> hopefully include my mapdefinition but nothing happens. It still went
> with the default Sheboygan sample data or when it didn't do that it
> told me (via firebug) that mapGroup has no properties in Map.js. Maybe
> I'm referencing it wrong? Where can I find the MapDefinition for a
> weblayout or a map I have ? Also, when I removed a whole section of
> let's say, ContextMenu, nothing changed. Even with the right map (now
> given as a paramter in the URL) the same default ContextMenu popped up.
>
>
> I know there are several ways to add your own stuff to the fusion
> application, but as a programmer I want to everything by hand. When I
> add something with a point and click via Mapguide Studio it sometimes
> works but I would like to know the best way, and in what order I
> should add the xml definition of a widget, the javascript
> implementation of that widget, and then the xml snippet inside the
> applicationdefinition? (Which as point a) made, did not work for me
> when I changed the ApplicationDefinition).
>
>
> How do I get fusion to execute my code? I tried with my own widgets or
> components and just the simple javascript command "alert('I say, Hello
> Fusion!');" does not seem to execute in my own widgets. Other widgets
> modified, like in the most simple one, About widget. Just before I
> would open the about window, I entered that line and nothing happened.
> A colleague of mine told me to move it up 4 lines, on line 67 in
> About.js, which seems totally random to me but hey, I got my About
> button to say Hello Fusion so it worked.
>
>
>
> So these are my main points of not understanding how Fusion works, so
> I would appreciate it greatly if somebody could help me understand
> these points.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Tomas, Programmer for
>
> Snertill, Iceland.
>
>
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