Can you use MapWindow plug-ins with the ActiveX controller without the MapWindow desktop app? I'm trying to build a lightweight GIS app that'll be tied into a GPS receiver and I was wondering if I could leverage the GPS plug-in with the ActiveX component without running the MW desktop.

Thanks,
Alan

Alan,

If you're creating your lightweight GIS app in .NET you should be able to reference the GPS plug-in and use its methods.

You can also create a new installer for a lightweight version of MapWindow and use your own plug-ins. Then you can definitely use the GPS plug-in.
Take a look at this video of the application I'm currently working on:
[www.youtube.com]
It uses MapWindow with only the core dlls and several custom plug-ins.

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Hi Paul - thank you for the info.

I took a look at your app.

It looks pretty robust and I think I've chosen the right open source project to build my lightweight GIS app.

I'm working with an unmanaged C++ app and I'd like to build a lightweight Map within a dialog box. The purpose of this app is to display a raster map with an overlay of roads that shows the movement of a vehicle using GPS. If the vehicle goes off road the idea is to create a track based on the vehicles movement. The app will have no user input, so a couple of plug-ins will need to be built to feed the app with data as the vehicle moves over the terrain.

Does this sound like a good candidate to use just the core dlls ?

I'm new to MapWindow so I'm not sure what dlls I'd need to build a custom installer.

Could you provide some insight on how to build a custom installer with just the core dlls and your thoughts on if this is achievable using them ?

Thanks much!

-Alan

Alan,

I don't know anything about C++ so I can't help you with that, but I do have a newly build GPS plug-in for MapWindow that saves the GPS log, shows a cross hair of the current location and can show the GPS points and/or tracks.
We used this plug-in together with the mwTiles plug-in and a tabletpc when we went on holiday. It worked great!

We use INNOSetup for the MapWindow installer.
The files are located at [svn.mapwindow.org]

In the iss you can see what dlls are part of the core and what are optional.
I can help you with that if you need it. That isn't too hard, once you know how ;)


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Hi Paul - instead of using the ActiveX control I need to import a dll into an unmanaged app and make api calls to the interfaces. Is there an inno setup that can create a dll that can be registered as a COM component so I can use it with unmanaged code?

Thanks,
Alan

Alan,

If you can register that dll using regsvr.exe you can do it as well with a INNOSetup.
Look at the [Run] section.
We now register the ActiveX control as well with a cmd-script.

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Don't forget to read the new documentation: www.mapwindow.org/documentation/mapwingis4.8
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Download the latest beta installer at:
tinyurl.com/mwMonthly 32-Bit
tinyurl.com/mwMonthlyx64 64-Bit
Follow me on Twitter MapWindow_nl to read when a new installer is published.

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