So, I think I see what's going on, and there is a potential solution.
worldkit.swf assumes that the rest of the install is located in the same
directory as the html file embedding worldkit.swf. So for your example on the PC
server, the worldkit.swf is looking on that same server for config.xml and
doesn't find it.
[actually, if there was a config.xml on the PC, it wouldn't be able to access it
because of flash domain security policy. by default the swf only has access to
files on the server it originates from. there are ways around that:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14213 ]
The solution is to explicitly tell that worldkit.swf where the config.xml file
is. The manual mentions how to do this at
http://brainoff.com/worldkit/doc/dynamic.php.
I've put up a demonstration at http://rockburger.com/test.html. It loads confurl
from http://brainoff.com/test/config.xml. If you look at that file, you'll see
that all files to be requested (zoomifydir, dataurl) are fully listed with
domains. Again, that's necessary so that worldkit.swf knows which server to look on.
[ It probably makes sense for worldKit to assume that every other request is
relative to the directory and server from which config.xml is served. However,
worldKit can not assume that the config.xml is in the same directory as it's
located, since that would prevent a single copy of worldkit.swf being used in
multiple pages on a single server. Plus, it's actually not possible in
actionscrip for worldkit.swf to know where it's served from! ]
Now, I wonder about your app: are you planning for search results (from the PC)
be mapped, or will that map always display the same data? If it's displaying
search results, that RSS feed will be served from the PC I guess, which then
runs into some domain accessibility issues.
Sorry if this is a bit confusing. I've never actually encountered this problem
before. Which doesn't mean it's not solveable, but that the process to get it to
work hasn't been smoothed out yet.
Mikel
--- Andrew Tobiason <atobiason@wcs.org> wrote:
Mikel,
Thanks for your reply, I wasn't very clear in my first message,
partly
because we have a very unusual arrangement here.
We want to use WorldKit? in our Bushmeat IMAP portal -
www.bushmeat.org/IMAP.
Specifically, we want to use it to georeference bushmeat projects and
peer-reviewed research papers, so users can find things spatially in
our
online 'library.' The best way to understand my request is to go to
the page
linked above and enter the portal - you'll see that by clicking the
ENTER
button, you end up at a site outside of the bushmeat.org domain -
this is
because you have been auto-logged in as a guest to a reference
database
stored in AND served by Biblioscape software. This server is
actually a
dedicated Dell PC acting as a server, in our Washington, DC office
(see WHY
below).
The Bushmeat IMAP has three main features - digital library
(biblioscape
served from our office), Central Africa mapserver (ArcIMS served out
of U.
Missouri), and World Geodata (right now using the www.timemap.net
software
but which I intend to switch to WorldKit?; contained on our linux
website).
The reason the 'homepage' for the imap is on the Dell PC is because
the
mapserver and geodata pages have links to the digital library, and
its
better if people are already logged in. I realize this is far from
an
elegant solution, but we like biblioscape for its cheapness and ease
of use
to site visitors - even if it is a bit difficult to manage and the
programming is not generally customizable! For instance, it is
designed to
serve out of a Windows PC - a strange thing but not for the academics
it is
marketed to. Also, it encourages people to go for a hosted solution
at
$70/month.
Now, I was easily able to get WorldKit? running on our linux website
(www.bushmeat.org/IMAP/worldkit), and also was able to install it on
our
Windows PC and view results in Frontpage "preview". However, when I
actually try to view the page on the Windows PC server, there is a
blank
white placeholder (or black if I use the default color #000000) but
no map
application. Does WorldKit? not work on Windows servers?
My preference would be to run WorldKit? from our main website (linux)
but
have a few lines of code to call it up on the PC server. For
example, see
on old page on the PC server, with the UNESCO World Heritage Sites
code
installed: http://68.239.82.2:8001/bw_ref_list_bibOLD.htm . The
black box
to the right of it is WorldKit? - not working. The UNESCO app
suggests that
what I want is possible, but I can't seem to replicate it with
WorldKit? and
am not sure why. If I could get this going, I could install a
mini-map
viewer/search in the results pages of searches, PLUS our members
(WWF,
Toronto Zoo, etc.) could include the application on their bushmeat
pages
too.
Thanks for any help you can provide! And again, thank you for
creating this
wonderful application. I'll be adding georeferenced projects to the
page at
www.bushmeat.org/IMAP/worldkit in the next few days.
Andy
PS -
msg48 (view) Author: admin Date: 2005-01-19.16:16:03
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