[mapguide-users] Custom layouts...

[Kori Maleski]

Jason,

I am going through the process of documenting the requirements for migrating
all of our municipal clients' MG 6.5 over to the new framework.  They are
all customized in the same fashion as yours.

If you drop your WebLayout into your required frame, with everything
defaulted off (the task panel, Toolbar etc.); all that remains is migrating
over the clientside Javascript.

mainframe.templ is the file you have to modify and use.

If you have a custom OnSelectionChanged command or ToolButton command you
would call or access these functions - just go through it and see which MG
6.5 javascript functions can be ported over.

I have had few issues moving my apps over.

The only hiccup is that modifications will affect all your hosted
applications - which raises questions regarding a hosted environment where
you have more than one application operating.

Is it possible to configure a webserver to have more than one mapviewer?



Kori Maleski  BSc. 
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From: Jason Birch [mailto:Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca] 
Sent: March 21, 2006 11:12 AM
To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-users] Custom layouts...

I have an extremely custom MapGuide implementation that I need to look at
migrating.  The application portion isn't all that complex, but the layout
is:
http://enviro.nanaimo.ca/index.cfm?tab_ID=2&content_ID=5
 
Just plugging in the default viewer would lead to a severe reduction in
aesthetics.  Does anyone have procedures/guidelines for hacking my own
viewer template?  Do I need to make global changes or can I constrain it to
this map?
 
The site currently supports ActiveX and the Java Viewer, so AJAX is my
target viewer.  I think that I should just be able to create a layout
without any surround elements and use that in the main window, but I have a
feeling that the task area and the custom tools are going to be hard to
implement.
 
Jason