I apologize for the delay in replying. I took a couple of weeks off over the holidays with pretty much zero computer access. It was great!

First off – I have to warn you that my Mapguide is a little rusty . I’ve been working a lot in AutoCAD and with WCF client / server apps lately. If I understand what you’re trying to accomplish you want to update some controls on the page based on back end data and you need to get the selected key value(s) in order to run your business logic to retrieve the needed data. This is slightly different than what I was trying to accomplish. I was trying to port my Ajax viewer based code to Fusion. The only way to get the key values with the Ajax viewer was to get the selection XML and pass that into the server. As the post states this is not the way it works with fusion.

Going from memory you have a couple of options. First, you could create some sort of web service call that is accessible via javascript. You could hook into the selectionOn event of the viewer. When the selection changes you could fire some javascript that hits this web server and talks to the server. The server would retrieve the selection and key values using the methodology defined in this post and return the needed data. This would allow you to create some ajax sexy that would refresh automagically on selection. You could also go for the form submit method here too with the screen refresh. I have never worked with Mapguide widgets though – I’ve opted in the development of the ChasmTech RADE application to make our UI the primary element and really we’re just displaying the map in the fusion window. All of our reporting and dialogs are handled in our own windowing system.

It looks like the Mapguide Tutorial does a decent job of explaining some of the underlying principles you will need here including working with the selection in javascript. You can find that here http://trac.osgeo.org/fusion/wiki/MapGuideTutorial

Hope that helps!

I’m sorry to hear they got you… When they were on my computer remotely they didn’t try to install anything. They tried to con me into thinking there were problems with my computer by showing me a bunch of BS, and then they loaded their website in the browser where they wanted me to singup for their “premium” service. It didn’t seem like they were trying to install any malicious software, though their tactics may have changed. The system they were using to connect to my machine was called LogMeIn Rescue – and I use it all the time to support my customers remotely – its a great product. The nice thing about it is that it runs – but does not install anything. Once you close the connection its done. It IS possible to setup long term access using LogMeIn Rescue – but this is easy to end. If you see anything running on your taskbar that says LogMeIn you could probably contact LogMeIn (www.logmeinrescue.com) support and let them know what has happened – I’m sure they would be happy to help you remove the remote access. I’ve read that LogMeIn is just one application of many that they use though and I cannot speak to the others.

About the best I can suggest is to make sure you have a reputable anti-virus app running on your machine and its up to date. AVG offers a free one that I recommend to my friends and family. If you’re concerned you could also take your computer in for service and explain the situation – but that would probably cost you a few bucks.

hope that helps!

The test environment I used to figure this out was 32bit so I was not able to test this theory – but maybe double check that you’ve set the application pool to be 32bit by setting “Enable 32-Bit Applications” to true. I also ended up with a web.config created in my MapAgents folder. It looked like this:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<handlers accessPolicy="Read, Execute, Script">
<add name="Mapguide65" path="mapagent_isapi.isa" verb="*" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MapGuideServer6.5\MapAgents\MapAgent_ISAPI.dll" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Script" />
<add name="mg65" path="mapagent_isapi.isa" verb="*" modules="IsapiModule" scriptProcessor="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MapGuideServer6.5\MapAgents\MapAgent_ISAP.dll" resourceType="Unspecified" requireAccess="Execute" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>


Looks like of those was leftover from changing my execution access from Execute to Script.

You may also want to check that your application pool has the Managed pipeline mode set to Classic. As for the user permissions, the application pool by default will be executing as network service. I did not need to modify any permissions on the MapAgent folder or the isapi files for this to work.

Hopefully one of those suggestions gets you up and running.

The dragon will still sleep a lot and well, but “MapGuide 6.5 will reborn from ash like Phonix bird” .

I follow all steps (I use Win 7 on x64) but I got
HTTP Error 500.0 – Internal Server Error

Module : IsapiModule
Notification : ExecuteRequestHandler
Handler : AboMapperCustom-12152633
Error Code : 0x800700c1
Requested URL : http://localhost:80/mapguide6.5/mapagent_isapi.isa?item=test
Physical Path :C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\MapGuideServer6.5\MapAgents\mapagent_isapi.isa
Logon Method : Anonymous
Logon User : Anonymous

also I set for “IUSER” full permision on \MapAgents folder
I noticed a web.config file in this folder

any idea?

Albert Kalman

Grab the LISP routine here.

http://www.box.net/shared/8ft79uf8e105au8pfm46

Shawn

Big solution for me,

I tried unsuccessfully to install the program over a year and half ago.

I needed only 20 minutes to apply this solution and Mapguide 6.5 SP1
& Mapguide Author 6.5 SP1 works (Windows 7 Proffesional 32-bit).

In addition, I propose:
1. no need to download the installer Orca included in the SDK (installing and downloading of SDK is time consuming). Simply download single Orca.msi (only 2MB)
2. on Access tab in Request Restrictions window try select Script (not Execute)

Thanks 4 solution

best regards

Krzysztof Skwarek

By the way, I like to put a descriptive header at the top of my routines so I can make sense of them after I’ve been away for a few months or years. I note what routines it uses and what routines use it (or just “General Utility”), when I worked on it last (AltE-X-R), what it does, and a line of dashes that matches my printers max line width. I set the whole thing off using the ;| and |; comment controls. That way the list is colored by the :LEX-COMM2 setting so it appears different from a standard comment and it also serves as a good visual separator when you’re scrolling through a file with more than one routine in it.

Thanks again for giving me the ability to escape from those LOUD default colors, recapture my Lisp environment, and even enhance it.

Also, you won’t see your new color values until you open a LSP file or create a new one. The file names that are open when you close the VLIDE get stored in the VLIDE.DSK file including the colors they were displayed with, so when you just reopen ACAD & the VLIDE, the files that were open in the previous session will not reflect your changes to the VLIDE.DSK editor-sample-window codes (unless you close and reopen them of course).
You might be able to use this to experiment with more than one color scheme at a time. Each open LSP file has its own CLV #40 entry in the VLIDE.DSK file. If you change the color values in those lists, you should be able to open the VLIDE and see different color schemes by switching between the open LSP files (I haven’t tried it yet).
The open file colors are coded using the same format except the Foreground & Background colors and Lexical flag are on separate lines.

By the way, I also found that the FGC-Foreground & BGC-Background color pairs are in sequence as follows: :LEX-SPACE, :LEX-STR, ????, :LEX-SYM, :LEX-NUM, :LEX-INT, :LEX-REAL, :LEX-COMM, :LEX-COMM1, :LEX-COMM2, :LEX-PAREN, :LEX-SPEC, :LEX-SPEC1, ????, :LEX-UNKN, :WINDOW-TEXT, :WINDOW-SELECTION, BPT-ACTIVE, BPT-DISABLE & :ERROR-HIGHLIGHT. I don’t know what the ???? pairs control; probably a legacy thing. And of course, Nil values are replaced by the applicable FGC/BGC color value and are represented by a check-mark in the ‘Transparent’ box.

Hope you find this usefull.

I’ve been hounding Autodesk and the ADN to get the VLIDE context color option fixed for years.
I also find the default colors to be a horrific eye strain.
Actually, with your location direction, I was able to copy a 2005 version of my VLIDE.DSK into the enu directory.
When I restarted Map and the VLIDE, my old color settings were restored so I didn’t have to ‘hack’ the file.
You might suggest this approach to others who might have an archived or backup copy of a former ‘colorized’ VLIDE.DSK file someplace.

Thanks again!!

OS: Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
AutoCAD Map 3D 2011 64 bit

Going from memory, 2007 was the first full blown release of AutoCAD to use .NET fully. I believe framework ver 1.0 or 1.1. You should be able to use the 32 bit .NET regasm command to register a com dll for use in a 2007

Hope that helps!

Any legal professionals out there able to weigh in on the legality of this operation?

Regards
Varun Maggo

As far as the police go, I’m not sure that they are really an option (at least here in Alberta) – these guys were sneaky but I’m not sure they were breaking any laws…

I have had 2 separate occasions where I was onsite helping people with computer problems, updates and training when this gang rang up my customers! I was able to extract a little information about them and shall pass it onto the police. However, the police cybercrime departments seem to be in the process of disappearing into the blue lamp (reference for older readers) and we can’t expect much to happen there.

By far and away the best thing is for us to spread the word on the Net as often and as clearly as possible. I’m also writing articles in magazines about it for small businesses and clubs.
Any ideas as to what else to do?

The comment above about dynamic authoring should get you started with adding layers to the map with code. However, Mapguide itself could be used to display coordinate information without having to write any code at all.

I am trying to write a web page that reads coordinates from a database and place them on a map, namely trips. I was wondering whether i could achieve this using MapGuide and C#. As I’m a novice, a sample c# project will definitely help me on this issue.

Please advise.

thank you

Reza

I agree with you and yeah you really save me from a very big headache.
Thanks

With SmartInk, all I do is print them, sign them with the smart pen, and then I automatically have a PDF to attach to my email and a copy is already stored on the server. Probably saves me a good 10 minutes for this one document.

I think some people might not have seen the crispness of the handwriting in the PDF produced with SmartInk, so I used your notepad for this example: http://chasmtech.ca/images/documents/notepad.pdf Try getting that with a scanner!

I’m completely in love with ReSharper – which had/has more complete support for C# (though I believe they’re adding VB support more and more). Finally, It seems to be easier to find new team members because the C syntax is so prevalent.

Rather than jumping ship completely – try using C# on a new library or small project. I used to use the online VB.NET to C# conversion tool a LOT – even now I’ll take an entire class of VB and convert it to C# and see how much good code I can pull out of the VB – at the very least you can get your event handlers and stuff moved over pretty quickly. (ReSharper really comes in handy refactoring this converted code)

hope that helps =)

I am Kiran, i also need the same requirement as sudha ask to you, I understood what you reply. I have one question, upto now i am using the mapguide studio for creating packages and call those packages to the program. can’t we create a package with out help of either maestro or mapguide studio? i want create the entire package through programmatically if is there chace for it please help to me.

I understood that.But if we 50 servers(data for 50 cities in each location).we have to create 50 mapguide packages.right?it is so hard.So what i think is, is there any option for create temporary feature source that connect to oracle ? so that we can modify it temporarily as per user request.
am i thinking in right way?please guide me.

So if I understand this right, you have multiple Oracle database servers, a single Mapguide web tier. You want to be able to select the mapping data based on let’s say a dropdown that lets users choose the location (Washington, California, Florida).

The first thing that comes to mind is this. Create three Data Connections in Mapguide – one for each Oracle server. If all three data sources have the same layers and data you could create a single set of layers, and a single Map and Layout. As the user changes the location in the application you could modify and rebuild the runtime MgMap to change each of the layers to use the appropriate Oracle Data Connection. Then save the updated map to the session.

If the layers are different for each area, you could create a number of folders in the library repository that contain the layers for each location. When the user changes the location you could iterate through the layers in each folder recursively and add each layer to the runtime map, again saving the updated MgMap into the session repository.

Finally, you could also create a full set of resources for each area – Map with “hard authored” layers. Then as the user switches locations you could simply change the map that is being used in the session and save it. This would likely be the easiest solution both programmatically and probably from an authoring point of view as well.

hope that helps.

we have oracle data base at differenet servers (server1(contains washington data),server2(contains california data),server3(contains florida data)).i want to display the one of these data on the mapguide viewer based on selection(suppose if i select washington the washington data must be appeared on the map from server1).similarly if i select florida,florida data must be loaded on the map from server 2.and so on……….

So for this i think we can’t create packages.right? i think we have to connect to the database server dynamicallay from our application to retrieve the spatial data.Please let me know for the solution.if i missing something please let me know.

I’m not sure I can explain the process any better. You’ll need to take the code and adapt it for your specific needs. Take for example one of our products RADE. We store information about the available layers in the RADE configuration database. When a user loads an application for the first time, we check for layers that have been marked as “base” meaning these layers need to be dynamically added to the map at runtime. We then loop through these layers and add the appropriate resources to the map using code very similar to what is published here.

So you’ll need to look at the code and figure out the best way to remove the hard coded references – replacing them with your own specific resources.

hope that helps!

Now i want to create the dynamic authoring for my own data.can you please explain the application overview how to develop this application for my data?

Actually my requirement is we have oracle database at central server.i want to load the layers on the fly and want to display on the internet.is dynamic authoring is useful for me?Please let me know.

They’re a little dated – but I’ve had pretty good results with that code using Mapguide Enterprise 2011 – you will need to upgrade the .NET objects though. That post and code can be found here http://www.geospecialling.com/index.php/2010/07/creating-net-objects-for-mapguide-enterprise-2011/

I blogged about it too:
http://www.alexjamesbrown.com/geek/deploying-net-4-project-error-1001-system-badimageformatexception/

Keep St.Albert an above-average-income city.

That said – it should be possible to take the object skeleton created by LINQ and clean that up to remove the LINQ’isms – then one could write their own XML factory. Eliminating LINQ would actually be quite nice – but I didn’t have time to go that far.