[mapguide-users] WebLayout creation?

[Paul Spencer]

Shane,

Studio Preview does (did) create xml files ... they are stored in the  
server as a WebLayout resource.

You can use the mapagent interface to get the xml file out of the  
server and to put it back in after modification.

You can get at the mapagent using a forms interface:

http://<server:8008>/mapguide/mapagent

Then click GetResourceContent and enter in the path (Library:// 
Samples/Sheboygan/Layouts/Sheboygan.WebLayout for instance) to the  
WebLayout.

You get back an XML file.  If you save this and edit it, you can  
upload it using SetResouce and picking your new XML file as the  
content ... you don't need a header, leave that empty.

You can specify the same resource id  (to update it) or a new one (a  
new resource is automatically created if you specify an id that  
doesn't exist).

Hopefully some mechanism for working with WebLayouts can be included  
in WebStudio, although there is no work being done on this that I  
know about yet.

Cheers

Paul

On 1-Oct-06, at 11:29 AM, Buscher, Shane wrote:

>
> How are people creating WebLayout xml files?  Reading through the  
> Developer Guide, an xml WebLayout needs to be passed to the Viewer  
> in order to view a site.  The only example of a WebLayout I have is  
> from the Sheboygan sample.  I used Studio Preview to create a  
> WebLayout, but evidently it doesn't generate an actual xml file.   
> Since Studio Preview no longer works (expired Oct 1) and Web Studio  
> can't create the WebLayout.xml, how does one go about creating a  
> site from a WebLayout?  Do you have to tweak the Sheboygan example,  
> or is there an entirely different way of creating a site without a  
> WebLayout.xml?
>
> Thx in advance.
>
> -shane
>

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