Hi, I need some help setting up a search function on a MapGuide based web application (PHP). The application is running on an Apache server and the MapGuide version is 2.0
The map data comes from shp/dbf files. I have to search for a feature based on it's number (ID column found in the dbf files). The feature we are searching for may be found on one of several layers (undergdound, level 1, level2). So we have two input fields: the layer and the feature number. Upon selecting the layer from a select box and entering the feature number we hit the search button. If the feature is found, the map automatically positions itself on top of the found feature and zooms in. The application was built by a different person and now I have to complete it by adding the search function.. but this is the first time I'm dealing with the MapGuide platform and although I've read quite a few chunks from the documentation, I'm still unsure about the right way to proceed with this implementation. What I don't yet undertand is how the actual mechanism of adding extra functionality to MapGuide works, and how I can interact with the data the map is built from in order to be able to search through it. I'm also on a short time schedule which is why I'm asking for help instead of digging by myself. If anybody has the time and patience to write me a short tutorial containing some code samples on how to implement the search function I'd really, really appreciate it. Maybe it would help others too. I know it's a problem that I could solve myself if I had more time to study the documentation and I'm sorry if I'm asking for this kind of help in the wrong place.. but my situation requires me to do so. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Search-for-a-feature-based-on-feature-ID-tp6829659p6829659.html Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
