[mapguide-users] DWF Viewer App

[Andrew DeMerchant]

I mainly use the DWF viewer (still not a fan of the AJAX one...I miss 
the quick panning and zooming with my mouse wheel too much!), but my app 
supports both (the user is sent to the right one according to a browser 
check)...I don't know about searching offline, but I can certainly tell 
you that you can search dwf features just the same. I'm using the search 
tool from MapGuide Studio.

It works fine, except for 1 serious bug.....Say you're zoomed in so that 
not all features of your map are visible (some are outside your 
extents)...If you then search for features, you'll get a list. Click on 
the item you want, and you're supposed to be taken to that feature (the 
map is meant to center on that feature)......in dwf viewer, this 
wouldn't work. It ONLY works in the dwf viewer if the thing that you 
clicked on (from the list) is already on the screen somewhere.

If you can live with this bug, then likely all you have to do is modify 
your URL. I've done almost all of my project with MapGuide Studio, and 
have set it up to work with either viewer....all I have to do to switch 
viewers is to change "mapviewerdwf" in my url to "mapviewerajax".

Hope that helps!


Andrew



Chris Tallman wrote:
> I know the DWF Viewer app is not very popular right now because it 
> requires an install.  However, we are working on an app for EMS in 
> vehicle mapping.  I need to be able to search for an address in the 
> DWF map while its disconnected from the internet or network.  Has 
> anyone messed with this?  Is it even possible to search features in 
> the DWF Map?  I have a feature source that has the addresses, and I've 
> written an app to search the map if I'm using the AJAX viewer, now I 
> need that same functionality in the DWF viewer.  If anyone has an idea 
> on how to do this I am all ears.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
>
>
> *Chris Tallman*
> 260.356.9074
>
>  

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