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

[Kenneth, GEOGRAF A/S]

Have you tried putting single quotes around the text?
Like this: 'my nice label !!'

Regards, Kenneth, GEOGRAF A/S



Kencana skrev:
> 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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