pmapper 2 uses XMLHttp requests (now also called AJAX) for various operations (all the files 'x_*.php' and xmlhttp.js).
But it's sometimes a bit difficult to debug. And sometimes a synchronous request would be a bit more appropriate than the async AJAX. Armin > --- Urspr?ngliche Nachricht --- > Von: "Gambin Dejan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: "Armin Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Kopie: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Betreff: RE: Combo box for attribute searching > Datum: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:44:52 +0100 > > Thanks very much for the AJAX stuf. I didn't go in details untill now > and it seems like very good technique. I didn't even realize that ka-Map > is done using Ajax. Anyway, what do you think about the AJAX aproach in > web mapping applications? Is it very difficult to implement? What are > the pros/cons? For which type of data maps should it give a better > preformance? > > As it is interesting to me, I think I wil give it a try and use it for > attribute searching..if nothing else, it will be a good training > > regards, dejan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Armin Burger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:58 PM > > To: Gambin Dejan > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Combo box for attribute searching > > > > > > The attribute search is a wider field for customizations. The > > provided > > functionality is quite generic, but it is always a bit > > difficult to keep > > things generic and flexible and straightforward. > > > > You can extract the values from the dbase file via the DBF > > functions of > > PHP. Would be somewhat easier/faster for PostGIS layers. Or > > you can use > > an AJAX approach like for GOOGLE Suggest (mainly for PostGIS). > > > > But in all these cases you will probably have to define the settings > > explicetly for each layer where you want these kind of special > > functionality. > > > > Armin > > > > Gambin Dejan wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I would like to modify/improve the searching capability so > > that I can > > > fill the search box with the attibutes from for example > > shapefile dbf > > > instead of typing the name of for example city. But I would > > like to do > > > it in a way it can be customized maybe by some parameters so that I > > > can set if I want the "search box" or "combo box > > populated", maybe on > > > a layer level? > > > > > > Any suggestions welcome... > > > > > > regards, dejan > > > > > > > > > -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Satte Provisionen f?r GMX Partner: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/partner
