[mapguide-users] Create Featuresource

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

The MapGuide API only supports creating SDF files.
Rfc77 adresses this partially, and is being implemented for MG2.2:
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/wiki/MapGuideRfc77

You can always create a FeatureSource xml document and upload to MapGuide.
What is missing is an empty SHP/SDF/SQLite file and some column 
alteration methods.
You can use the FDO API to create and manipulate such files, and then 
upload them
to MapGuide, using SetResourceData.

For the database, simply issue SQL statements, and then save the 
FeatureSource to
force a schema refresh.

MaestroAPI won't make it easier because the method is missing from MapGuide.
Implementing it inside the MaestroAPI using FDO would make Maestro 
non-portable.

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



Gunter Becker skrev:
> Hi,
>
> I want to create a new featuresource (shp, sdf or SQL Server 2008 Spatial)
> from my webapplication (c# .NET). I got it working for a sdf FeatureSource
> with the MapGuideAPI. But I'm wondering if it is possible for SHP or SQL
> Server Spatial at all. What are the steps to create an shape-file in the
> repository or as an external file and what are the steps to create a spatial
> database table. Is there an easy way to do this with the MaestroAPI. Or do I
> have to use the FdoAPI ?
>
> Thanks, Gunter
>