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What's New in Autodesk MapGuide Author?

XML Support
Autodesk MapGuide now supports a new XML representation of an MWF
file: Map Window XML Files (MWXs), significantly increasing application
development flexibility. In Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can open and
modify maps saved in MWX format. With the Dynamic Authoring Toolkit,
you can convert files between MWF, MLF, and MWX formats. You use third-
party XML tools to modify the MWX files. See "Dynamic Authoring Toolkit"
on page 12 for an overview of the Dynamic Authoring Toolkit.
Enhanced Symbol and Symbol Library Support
Now, you can incorporate numerous file formats, including bitmaps and
TrueType fonts, into map layers. Using Autodesk MapGuide Author, you can
modify the transparency of symbols you apply to both point layers and
redline layers. You can also include both bitmap images and vector graphics
in the same symbol file.

What's New in Autodesk MapGuide Server?

Improved Load Balancing
Changes to the MapAgent files improve load balancing between servers. All
MapAgents now distribute requests evenly between the available servers,
even at low load. MapAgents rank the available servers into an ordered list,
starting with the best candidate to process the request. If a server fails to
generate a response either because it is offline, or because it doesn't under-
stand the request, the MapAgent tries the next server in the list until it gets
a successful response, or until there are no more servers to try. In previous
Autodesk MapGuide Server releases, MapAgents returned an error as soon as
they encountered it.
Improved MapAgent Error Messaging
When working with multiple servers, Autodesk MapAgent now tells you
which server is unable to process a client request without revealing the
server's IP address but by displaying its order number in the list of servers in
the registry file.
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