What's New In Release 6; Dynamic Authoring Toolkit - Autodesk 15606-011408-9330 - MAPGUIDE R6.3 SITE LIC-UPG R6 User Manual

Note This guide does not include instructions for using Autodesk MapGuide
Viewer. For information about using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, refer to the
Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Help included with the Viewer and available from the
Autodesk MapGuide documentation page at the following Web site:
http://www.autodesk.com/mapguidedocs

What's New in Release 6?

Autodesk MapGuide includes the new features described in the following
sections. In addition to the changes listed here, this release includes
enhancements to the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API. For details, refer to the
Autodesk MapGuide Viewer API Help.
Warning After you open and save a map in Autodesk MapGuide Author
Release 6, you cannot open the map in earlier releases of the program. To view
maps created in Autodesk MapGuide Author Release 6, users can easily upgrade
to Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Release 6 by downloading the new Viewer from
the following Web site:
http://www.autodesk.com/mapguideviewerdownload

Dynamic Authoring Toolkit

The Dynamic Authoring Toolkit (DAT) is a new product offered within the
Autodesk MapGuide product suite and designed to significantly increase the
flexibility of Autodesk MapGuide application development. This toolkit is
used for supporting applications that incorporate dynamic map authoring,
including the programmatic generation and composition of new maps or the
modification of existing maps and their properties. The Dynamic Authoring
Toolkit enables programmatic creation or modification of MWF files quickly,
without requiring the use of Autodesk MapGuide Author.
The Dynamic Authoring Toolkit serves as a conversion component, allowing
for translation between binary map file formats, MWF (Map Window Files)
and MLF (Map Layer Files), and its XML map file format, MWX (Map
Window XML File). The Dynamic Authoring Toolkit cannot modify MWF,
MLF, or MWX files. You will need to use a third-party XML tool to programat-
ically alter and validate XML files. Autodesk MapGuide Author can now open
and save MWX files.
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