[mapguide-users] DWF Viewer App

[Walt Welton-Lair]

The search problem you describe sounds like it could be a bug in the viewer surround.  Is there an artifact submitted for this?

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	From: Andrew DeMerchant [mailto:andrew.demerchant at gemtec.ca] 
	Sent: Tue 11/21/2006 9:45 PM 
	To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org 
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	Subject: Re: [mapguide-users] DWF Viewer App
	
	
	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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