[mapguide-users] Subject: Best practices for running Fusion within frames

[Jason Birch]

So, are you guys using iframes to hide the complexity of the initial
url and still use appdef directly out of the MapGuide repository?

My appdef doesn't change very often; I've got it compiled into a
single-file fusion build per-map. I'm not using templates either ;I
don't think they existed when DMSG built my map initially :)

If your app is static enough, you could do something similar; copy the
template out into the Map's directory and either compile in the appdef
or create an ApplicationDefinition.xml in the same folder as your
index.html.


On 2010-07-28, Warren Medernach <wmedernach at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Gordon,
> Thanks so much for the tips and info!
>
> Warren
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Gordon Luckett <
> gordon.luckett at arrowgeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Warren,
>>
>> I usually use iframes (and always call it the same thing  “iFrameMap”)
>>
>>
>>
>> I have found some issues with targeting some of the searches and had to
>> modify the code to find my “iFrameMap” within FUSION.
>>
>>
>>
>> I make use of the \www\fusion\layers\MapGuide\MapGuideViewerApi.js file
>> and
>> modify the lines that show:
>>
>>
>>
>> var Fusion = window.top.Fusion;
>>
>>
>>
>> to
>>
>>
>>
>> var Fusion = window.top.iFrameMap.Fusion;
>>
>>
>>
>> and that usually works really well.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I use the iFrameMap for the AJAX Basic version to and usually pass a
>> parameter to the JS files with VTYPE=’AJAX’ or VTYPE=’FUSION’ so I know
>> what
>> viewer API to use.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey Jason,
>>
>> Sorry, my bad...  I should know better to include version details...  It's
>> been a long day :-)
>>
>> I'm using MGE 2011.
>>
>>
>>
>> I was just more curious what others are doing wrt Fusion.  Are people
>> using
>> iFrames, or Frames, or just building their wrappers?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Warren
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Jason Birch <jason at jasonbirch.com> wrote:
>>
>> Are you using a recent version? I think I saw some commits that change
>> the way widgets find their parent fairly recently (ie, could be bug).
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2010-07-28, Warren Medernach <wmedernach at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> > I'm trying to use the Fusion viewer within a frameset and I'm getting
>> > some weird results using different browsers with 'out-of-the-box'
>> > functionality.
>> >
>> > For example, I have a Search function defined that works fine when I run
>> it
>> > in FireFox or Chrome, but in IE it fails to select and zoom to the
>> > object
>> > and a script error is thrown stating that it cannot find Fusion?
>> >
>> > Are there any 'best practices' or suggestions to using Fusion within a
>> > frameset?
>> >
>> > Warren M.
>> >
>>
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