[mapguide-users] Bookmarking

[Mike Adair]

I think it is a matter of adding a <Widget> entry for it and an entry in 
the toolbar <Container> in the AppDef.

Mike

GordonL wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> I am playing with the "Link to View" widget.  What is required to add it to the toolbar?  Is there some documentation for it's use?
>
> thanks
> gordon
>
>
> It does capture map extent/scale and layer state.  It doesn't capture 
> the sessionid since that is likely to expire, it initializes the map 
> from the MapGuide resource ID, rather than mapname and session.
>
> Mike
>
> GordonL wrote:
>   
>> Hi Mike,
>> Does it capture current Map Scale and Layer State?
>>
>> Also, does it cupture current SESSIONID?
>>
>> thanks
>> gordon
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike Adair wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Yes there is the LinkToView widget which provides bookmarking.  It 
>>> provides a labeled anchor tag with a link to the current mapview.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Chris Claydon wrote:
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> I think I saw some support for bookmarking go into Fusion 2.0. There are
>>>> some developers from DM Solutions on this list that may be able to
>>>> provide more details...
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of GordonL
>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:56 PM
>>>> To: mapguide-users at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> Subject: [mapguide-users] Bookmarking
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> I was wondering, has anyone seen a bookmarking tool (either FUSION or
>>>> Basic
>>>> Web Layout)?  
>>>>
>>>> I think there are different ways of doing this.  
>>>> 1. I saw one solution that grabbed the URL of the web layout (including
>>>> sessionid) but this expires...
>>>>
>>>> 2. I thought I could capture the map name, current scale, and the current
>>>> layer visibility in the session and store to a database..then apply these
>>>> parameters after the user logs in.
>>>>
>>>> 3. I thought I saw a FUSION demo that "save map" would store the map
>>>> permanently in the repository and just share it to everyone, but does
>>>> anyone
>>>> know if this stored the current status (scale and layer visibility
>>>> status)????
>>>>
>>>> The issue I have with all these approaches is that this requires that the
>>>> web layout is customized to accommodate the passing of these
>>>> parameters...
>>>> it would be great if there were URL parameters (GET or POST) that we can
>>>> pass the scale and layer status to the whole Web Layout (FUSION or
>>>> BASIC)...
>>>>
>>>> any feedback on how anyone worked through this issue would be great.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> gordon
>>>>
>>>>   
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   Michael Adair
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