[mapguide-users] Adding marker on the fly with tooltip

[Kencana]

Hi Jackie,

I have one doubt. I was wondering, why i can't put special character in the
tool tip e.g. !@#$ and the white space as well. any idea on how to solve
this?

Thank you
Regards,
Kencana Kesuma


Jackie Ng wrote:
> 
> What I mean is that the xml fragment you specified does not constitute a
> layer definition document. 
> 
> Therefore there must be some kind of "outer" xml document that that
> fragment would have be merged with to form a valid layer definition
> document.
> 
> Looking at the php code (and I'm just grabbing thin air here). I'm
> guessing $factory->CreateLayerDefinition() is where the outer xml document
> comes from. So take a look at that function, as that is probably where you
> insert your tooltip tag.
> 
> - Jackie
> 
> 
> Kencana wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jacky,
>> 
>> Thanks for the reply.
>> 
>> I don't quite understand what you mean by outer xml. anyway, this is what
>> i did for drawing the marker. also I have attached 1 layer definition
>> file, templ file, and also the layerdefinition.php file (the file
>> consists the function in drawing the marker based on the xml file). I
>> hope you can help me out. And I am really appreciate that.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Kencana Kesuma
>> 
>> $factory = new LayerDefinitionFactory();
>> 
>> 	// Create a mark symbol
>> 
>> 	$resourceId = 'Library://Migrated Files/Stars.SymbolLibrary';
>> 	$symbolName = 'Red';
>> 	$testing = 'Test 123';
>> 	$width = '25'; // points
>> 	$height = '25'; // points
>> 	$color = 'FFFF0000';
>> 	$markSymbol = $factory->CreateMarkSymbol($resourceId, $symbolName,
>> $width, $height, $color);
>> 
>> 	// Create a text symbol
>> 
>> 	$text = "ID";
>> 	$fontHeight="12";
>> 	$foregroundColor = 'FF000000';
>> 	$textSymbol = $factory->CreateTextSymbol($text,
>> 	$fontHeight, $foregroundColor);
>> 
>> 	// Create a point rule.
>> 
>> 	$legendLabel = 'trees';
>> 	$filter = '';
>> 	$pointRule = $factory->CreatePointRule($legendLabel,
>> 	$filter, $textSymbol, $markSymbol);
>> 
>> 	// Create a point type style.
>> 
>> 	$pointTypeStyle = $factory->
>> 	CreatepointTypeStyle($pointRule);
>> 
>> 	// Create a scale range.
>> 
>> 	$minScale = '0';
>> 	$maxScale = '1000000000000';
>> 	$pointScaleRange = $factory->CreateScaleRange($minScale,
>> 	$maxScale, $pointTypeStyle);
>> 
>> 	$featureName = 'PointSchema:Points';
>> 	$geometry = 'GEOM';
>> 	$layerDefinition = $factory->
>> 	CreateLayerDefinition($featureSourceName, $featureName,
>> 	$geometry, $pointScaleRange);
>> 
>>  // Add the layer to the map
>>     $newLayer = add_layer_definition_to_map($layerDefinition, "Points",
>> "Points of Interest", $sessionId, $resourceService, $map);
>>     add_layer_to_group($newLayer, "Analysis", "Analysis", $map);
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jackie Ng wrote:
>>> 
>>> Do you have an "outer" xml template that you are merging this with? If
>>> so, that's the one where you'll have to place the <ToolTip> tag under.
>>> 
>>> - Jackie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kencana wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Jacky,
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you for the reply.
>>>> Anyway I can't find the geometry tag under the marksymbol.templ.
>>>> this is what i have in markersymbol.templ
>>>> 
>>>> <W2D>
>>>>                   <Unit>Points</Unit>
>>>>                   <SizeContext>DeviceUnits</SizeContext>
>>>>                   <SizeX>%s</SizeX>
>>>>                   <SizeY>%s</SizeY>		  
>>>>                   <Rotation>0</Rotation>
>>>>                   <MaintainAspect>true</MaintainAspect>
>>>>                   <W2DSymbol>
>>>>                     <ResourceId>%s</ResourceId>
>>>>                     <LibraryItemName>%s</LibraryItemName>
>>>>                   </W2DSymbol>
>>>>                   <FillColor>%s</FillColor>		 
>>>>                   <LineColor>FF000000</LineColor>
>>>>                   <TextColor>FF000000</TextColor>
>>>> 		  <ToolTip>test 123</ToolTip>
>>>>                 </W2D>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I did make some changes to the LayerDefinition-1.0.0.xsd and the error
>>>> message has gone. however,
>>>> i can't see the tool tip when i mouse over the marker.
>>>> 
>>>> any idea of this?
>>>> anyway i am still using mapguide opensource 1.1.0.
>>>> because the new version (1.2) the marker is not shown on the map.Have
>>>> mentioned about this issue in this forum, but so far I havent see any
>>>> solution for it yet.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Kencana
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jackie Ng wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Did you put the tooltip tag in the right location? The <ToolTip> tag
>>>>> usually follows the <Geometry> tag in a layer definition document.
>>>>> 
>>>>> - Jackie
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kencana wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Can we modify the markersymbol.templ file to add <ToolTip></ToolTip>
>>>>>> tag into it?
>>>>>> I have try to add it but it returns me such error message.
>>>>>> ERROR: The new XML document is invalid. 
>>>>>> .PHP Warning: Element W2D content check failure in C:\Program
>>>>>> Files\MapGuideOpenSource\WebServerExtensions\www\CAN MAP
>>>>>> Files\layer_functions.php on line 27 PHP Fatal error: Call to a
>>>>>> member function SetGroup() on a non-object in C:\Program
>>>>>> Files\MapGuideOpenSource\WebServerExtensions\www\CAN MAP
>>>>>> Files\layer_functions.php on line 66 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> any idea on how i can make it work?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Kencana Kesuma
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p13699701/LayerDefinition-1.0.0.xsd
>> LayerDefinition-1.0.0.xsd 
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p13699701/layerdefinitionfactory1.php
>> layerdefinitionfactory1.php 
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p13699701/marksymbol.templ marksymbol.templ 
>> 
> 
> 

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