[Chameleon] Documentation available‏ Chameleon JSAPI mode

Normand Savard nsavard at mapgears.com
Wed Jul 16 10:32:49 EDT 2008


Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I must agree with Tim on this one. I still suggest to go ahead with 
> the Chameleon and the JSAPI in some cases, but mostly with already 
> existing application and when no custom widgets are considered.
>
> If you want to extend Chameleon and you don't have an application yet, 
> it may be better to go with Fusion (MapServer or MapGuide) or a plain 
> OpenLayers application.
>
> If you already have a Chameleon application and want to add the JSAPI 
> mode, then look at the other widgets for examples. The first thing to 
> read is the following tutorial on how to build widgets:
>
> http://chameleon-tiki.maptools.org/tiki-index.php?page=Developing+a+new+Chameleon+Widget 
>
>
> Once you have your functionality working, you'll add the JSAPI 
> support. Basicly it's adding some code in UpdateMap.php and adding a 
> javacscript function to call UpdateMap.php. Look at the MapTips, 
> QuickZoom and WMSBrowser widgets for good examples.
>
Orlando,

You could also check:

http://chameleon-tiki.maptools.org/tiki-index.php?page=How+Chameleon+framework+works

Norm



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