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The US Street Address Location Category, Customizing the Popup Menu

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Help Index Zoom Goto location categories US Street Address information and includes newline characters, while excluding newline characters in the first field that will be used for location names. The US Street Address Location Category Autodesk MapGuide Author comes with a predefined location category called "US Street Address." When you activate this category, you access a geocoding database that contains U.S. street addresses and their coordinates, so that your users can type an address or ZIP code and zoom directly to that location on the map. To use this feature, you must have a U.S. street address geocoding database licensed to Autodesk MapGuide Server. For more information, see 150.  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 location categories, US Street Address." Customizing the Popup Menu 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." 148 | Chapter 8 Creating and Publishing a Map

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Chapter 8
Creating and Publishing a Map
information and includes newline characters, while excluding newline
characters in the first field that will be used for location names.
The US Street Address Location Category
Autodesk MapGuide Author comes with a predefined location category
called
US Street Address.
When you activate this category, you access a
geocoding database that contains U.S. street addresses and their coordinates,
so that your users can type an address or ZIP code and zoom directly to that
location on the map.
To use this feature, you must have a U.S. street address geocoding database
licensed to Autodesk MapGuide Server. For more information, see 150.
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.
Help Index
Zoom Goto location
categories
US Street Address
Help Index
popup menu
customizing