Autodesk 15606-011408-9300 Developer Guide - Page 36

Using JavaScript or JScript within an HTML page, you can create controls on the HTML page, such as list boxes and buttons, that interact with the map. However, JavaScript and JScript do not behave uniformly across all browser/operating system combinations. Internet Explorer has the following limitations: I Internet Explorer 4.0 for Mac OS does not support JavaScript. It supports JScript, but JScript cannot control a Java applet. I Because Internet Explorer exposes applets as COM objects instead of Java objects, API methods that pass observer objects will not work. For example, the digitizePoint method requires an instance of the MGDigitizePointObserver object. Therefore, Internet Explorer would not be able to access digitizePoint or any other methods that pass observer objects as arguments, including the following MGMap methods. If you need to use any of these methods, implement Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition from Java instead of JavaScript or JScript: I addMapLayer and addMapLayers I all of the digitize methods I viewDistance and viewDistanceEx The following table lists the levels of support that JavaScript or JScript provide across different configurations. 36 | Chapter 3 Accessing Maps