[mapguide-users] Creating

[Andy Morsell]

I've been going back and forth with Autodesk on this issue as well.  It
happens if any attribute that is utilized anywhere within your current layer
is not present in the new feature source.  This includes your filter where
clause, the URL, tooltip, themes, labels, and so on.  I believe that
Autodesk is going to try to make Studio more forgiving in these cases so
that "power" users can make these kinds of changes without the layer being
completely reset. 

You could edit the resource XML directly using the MapAgent
(http://localhost/mapguide/mapagent/index.html) or programmatically and
bypass Studio.  This would involve saving the layer XML, modifying it, and
then saving it back into the repository using the SetResource mapagent
operation.


Andy Morsell, P.E.
Spatial Integrators, Inc.
http://www.SpatialGIS.com

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[mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of George McLean
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 2:22 PM
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Subject: [mapguide-users] Creating


I have a map created in Autodesk's Mapguide Studio with feature data coming
from a MySQL database. I would like to use this may layout with the
associated feature styles and scale ranges with data from a different MySQL
database containing data from another region but stored in a similar schema.

I thought I could copy the layers, data connections etc from the original
and just change the data connection to the MySQL database. I can create a
connection to the new MySQL database but when I try and change the source
for the layers, I get a message that states I am changing to an incompatible
date resource and layer settings will reset to the defaults. This of course
means I lose all the feature stylings.

Is there a better way to reuse a given map layout and the associated layer
stylings with new data?

Is there another way to edit the data created by Mapguide Studio that might
allow me to accomplish this?

Is the data created by studio stored as XML or some other format?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

George McLean


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