[mapguide-users] Using .NET Api to connect from a different Machine

[Zac Spitzer]

I have just hit this as well... using the java api with coldfusion.

Johann, can you file a bug?

z

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
<ks at geograf.dk> wrote:
> AFAIK, it should work then.
> Do you have both port 2812 and 2811 open on both machines?
>
> Since you are using .Net, you could also use the Web API.
>
> I have wrapped most of the calls in the MaestroAPI, so they appear to be
> native .Net classes:
> http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/maestro/MaestroAPI
>
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>
>
>
> Johann Nothbauer skrev:
>>
>> Hi Kenneth!
>>
>> Thank you for your fast answer.
>> I already changed the IpAdress in the "webconfig.ini" file. The
>> MGSiteConnection works perfectly. It's the Resource-Service that I can't
>> connect to (MgConnectionFailedException). Do you know which files I have to
>> copy for to use the Resource Service?
>>
>> Thany yo for the warning, I am absolutely aware of the security issues. My
>> solution is designed for administrative access over local LAN only.
>>
>>
>> Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
>>>
>>> The file "webconfig.ini" must be changed to point to the correct server
>>> instead of "127.0.0.1".
>>> Its under the section [SiteConnectionProperties]
>>> IpAddress                          =127.0.0.1
>>> Port                               = 2812
>>>
>>> You might also have to copy some of the folders referenced in there,
>>> depending on what you want to do.
>>> I would not recommend doing this over the internet, because the data
>>> transmitted over the wire ends up in the MapGuide server process which runs
>>> in the "Local System Account".
>>>
>>> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Johann Nothbauer skrev:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all!
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to use the .NET Api to establish a connection to a Mapguide
>>>> 2.0.1 Site without using a Web Viewer. My Application is a smart client and
>>>> should run on a different Machine the MapGuide Server runs on.
>>>>
>>>> So I tried the following (in a Winforms Button_Click):
>>>>
>>>> MapGuideApi.MgInitializeWebTier("webconfig.ini");
>>>> // Connect to the site.
>>>> MgUserInformation userInfo = new MgUserInformation("Administrator",
>>>> "admin");
>>>> MgSiteConnection siteConnection = new MgSiteConnection();
>>>> siteConnection.Open(userInfo);
>>>> MgResourceService resService =
>>>> (MgResourceService)siteConnection.CreateService(MgServiceType.ResourceService);
>>>>
>>>> This works so far, but when I try to use the Resource-Service like this:
>>>> MgResourceIdentifier resID = new MgResourceIdentifier("Library://");
>>>> MgByteReader resEnum = resService.EnumerateResources(resID, -1, "");
>>>>
>>>> the API throws get an "OSGeo.MapGuide.MgConnectionFailedException"
>>>> (Message: "Cannot establish connection").
>>>>
>>>> The same code works on the MapGuide Server Machine.
>>>>
>>>> Is it possible to use the API to connect to a Mapguide Server on a
>>>> different machine? Or do I have to use the Web-API (XML) over HTTP? I can
>>>> change all my firewall rules, no problem.
>>>>
>>>> Any Ideas?
>>>> Thanx,
>>>> Nothi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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