Autodesk 15606-011408-9320 User Guide - Page 142

Customizing the Popup Menu, Working with Reports

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To use this feature, you must have a U.S. street address geocoding database licensed to Autodesk MapGuide Server. For more information, see "Adding Geocoding Data" on page 87. To see an example of how to set up the US Street Address location category,  choose Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up "zoom goto loca- tion categories, US Street Address." Customizing the Popup Menu Online Help Index popup menu customizing The map window popup menu provides quick access to map window commands from the menus and toolbar buttons. You can customize all but the first item on the popup menu by adding or deleting commands, or by modifying the actions assigned to specific commands. The changes you make to the popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Author will appear when users view your maps using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. If you have your own online help system that you want to use for your Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, you can specify it in the popup menu. Note The first item on the menu is always Properties in Autodesk MapGuide Author; however, Properties does not appear on the menu in Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. You use the Popup Menu tab of the Map Window Properties dialog box to customize a map's popup menu. For step-by-step instructions, choose  Help Contents, click the Index tab, and look up "popup menu, customizing." Working with Reports Online Help Index reports adding to maps You can design customized reports for your map. When you link a report to a layer, an Autodesk MapGuide Viewer or Author user can select features on that layer and then generate the report for those selected features. You can also add reports that are not linked to any layer, so that when the user clicks a point on the map, the report is generated for that point. Reports can include data such as population, total sales, a URL link to a related web page, or any other data you want to associate with a feature. 142 | Chapter 8 Creating and Publishing a Map

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Chapter 8
Creating and Publishing a Map
To use this feature, you must have a U.S. street address geocoding database
licensed to Autodesk MapGuide Server. For more information, see
Adding
Geocoding Data
on page 87.
To see an example of how to set up the US Street Address location category,
choose Help
Contents, click the Index tab, and look up
zoom goto loca-
tion categories, US Street Address.
Customizing the Popup Menu
The map window popup menu provides quick access to map window
commands from the menus and toolbar buttons. You can customize all but
the first item on the popup menu by adding or deleting commands, or by
modifying the actions assigned to specific commands. The changes you
make to the popup menu in Autodesk MapGuide Author will appear when
users view your maps using Autodesk MapGuide Viewer. If you have your
own online help system that you want to use for your Autodesk MapGuide
Viewer, you can specify it in the popup menu.
Note
The first item on the menu is always Properties in Autodesk MapGuide
Author; however, Properties does not appear on the menu in Autodesk
MapGuide Viewer.
You use the Popup Menu tab of the Map Window Properties dialog box
to customize a map
s popup menu. For step-by-step instructions, choose
Help
Contents, click the Index tab, and look up
popup menu,
customizing.
Working with Reports
You can design customized reports for your map. When you link a report to
a layer, an Autodesk MapGuide Viewer or Author user can select features on
that layer and then generate the report for those selected features. You can
also add reports that are not linked to any layer, so that when the user clicks
a point on the map, the report is generated for that point. Reports can
include data such as population, total sales, a URL link to a related web page,
or any other data you want to associate with a feature.
Online Help Index
popup menu
customizing
Online Help Index
reports
adding to maps