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Required Software for the Java Edition
To work with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition, you may need to
download certain Java files provided with Autodesk MapGuide. Specifically,
you will need to access the Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition API,
which resides in the
com.autodesk.mgjava
package. You can find this package
in the
mgjava.jar
archive file, which contains all Autodesk MapGuide Viewer,
Java Edition class files for Windows, Macintosh, or Solaris systems. There is
also an
mgjava.cab
file for Windows only. To download these files, choose
Help
➤
Contents
➤
Plug-In/Java Edition Downloads in the
Autodesk
MapGuide Viewer API Help
.
If you are developing a Java application with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer,
Java Edition, you will also need the Java Development Kit version 1.1.x. If
you do not have this version, you can get it by downloading it from the
following Web site:
java.sun.com
. If you are developing a Java application
with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition using a development environ-
ment such as WebGain
®
VisualCafe
™
or Borland
®
JBuilder, be sure to include
the
mgjava.jar
file in your classpath.
If your application will handle events, you will need to download the Java
observer applet file
MapGuideObserver6J.class
. For more information about
event handling with Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition, see Chapter
5, “Handling Events.” To download the Autodesk MapGuide observer, files,
choose Help
➤
Contents
➤
Plug-In/Java
Edition Downloads in the
Autodesk
MapGuide Viewer API Help
.
Java Edition Differences
The following sections describe some functional and browser differences
between Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition and Autodesk MapGuide
Viewer ActiveX Control and Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Plug-In.
Functional Differences with Java Edition
Bookmarks and map preferences are stored in a different location for
Autodesk MapGuide Viewer, Java Edition than they are for Autodesk
MapGuide Viewer ActiveX Control and Autodesk MapGuide Viewer Plug-In.
They are not stored in the system registry. Instead, they are stored in the
user’s local file system, relative to the user’s home directory at
$home/.autodesk/mapguide/6.0
where
$home
is the value of the Java system
property
user.home
.
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