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

[Warren Medernach]

Well, I'm using frames to provide a basic 'wrapper' to display things like
company logo's and also a custom reporting frame for displaying a datagrid.

Warren

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Jason Birch <jason at jasonbirch.com> wrote:

> 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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