[mapguide-users] Create programmatically a map

[sekko970]

Yes, the "OuterXml" property contains the XML header line.
Fabio

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Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
> 
> Does the "OuterXml" property contain the <? version="1.0" 
> encoding="utf-8" standalone="true" ?> line?
> 
> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
> 
> 
> 
> sekko970 skrev:
>> Hi Kenneth, and thanks for your promptly reply.
>>
>> I had used an ancoding instance.
>>
>> Below, you can see my code to create the new map:
>>
>> Dim resID As New
>> MgResourceIdentifier(Library://.../maps/MyMap.MapDefinition)
>>
>> Dim enc As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding(False)
>>
>> Dim newMapDef As New MgByteSource(enc.GetBytes(XMLMapTemplate.OuterXml),
>> enc.GetByteCount(XMLMapTemplate.OuterXml))
>>
>> newMapDef.SetMimeType(MgMimeType.Xml)
>>
>> Dim resourceSrvc As MgResourceService =
>> siteConn.CreateService(MgServiceType.ResourceService)
>>
>> resourceSrvc.SetResource(resID, newMapDef.GetReader(), Nothing)
>>
>> Dim map As New MgMap()
>>
>> map.Create(resourceSrvc, resID, MapName)
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Then, this is my code to create the map layout:
>>
>> Dim resID As New
>> MgResourceIdentifier(Library://.../Layouts/MyMap.WebLayout)
>>
>> Dim enc As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding(False)
>>
>> Dim newLayoutDef As New
>> MgByteSource(enc.GetBytes(XMLLayoutTemplate.OuterXml),
>> enc.GetByteCount(XMLLayoutTemplate.OuterXml))
>>
>> newLayoutDef.SetMimeType(MgMimeType.Xml)
>>
>> resourceSrvc As MgResourceService =
>> siteConn.CreateService(MgServiceType.ResourceService)
>>
>> resourceSrvc.SetResource(resID, newLayoutDef.GetReader(), Nothing)
>>
>> map.Save(resourceSrvc)
>>
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>> Fabio
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S wrote:
>>   
>>> You could have the problem that .Net emits an utf-8 byte-order-marker 
>>> (BOM), when
>>> writing xml.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte-order_mark
>>>
>>> To counter this, explicitly create an encoding instance:
>>> System.Text.Encoding enc = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding(false);
>>>
>>> Then implement a xml writer, or manually convert the xml to bytes, using 
>>> the encoding.
>>>
>>> FYI, the MaestroAPI is LGPL, and so you may use it as a library, even 
>>> for commercial applications,
>>> and it handles this quirk and others.
>>>
>>> Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> sekko970 skrev:
>>>     
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I have created programmatically a map (and its layout) using MG .Net
>>>> web
>>>> API.
>>>> After creation, the new map and layout are visible in MG Maestro, and
>>>> using
>>>> the 'Show in browser" button are correctly shown in browser.
>>>>
>>>> The problem happens when I load the map directly from browser, and the
>>>> following error appears:
>>>> << The type 'OSGeo.MapGuide.MgNullArgumentException' in assembly
>>>> 'MapGuideDotNetApi, Version= 2.0.2.30 11, Culture=neutral,
>>>> PublicKeyToken=null' is not marked as serializable >>.
>>>>
>>>> Then, simply saving the new layout from MG Maestro (without any
>>>> modification), and reloading the map directly from browser, the error
>>>> disappears and the map is correctly shown.
>>>>
>>>> After saving the layout, there aren't differences in map and layout XML
>>>> definitions.
>>>>
>>>> Have you any idea about?
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>> Fabio
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>       
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