Pitney Bowes MapXtreme - Manual (Page 408)

Chapter 23: Workspace Manager
Workspace Format and Contents
MapXtreme v7.1 415 Developer Guide
• Add extensions to add custom functionality to Workspace Manager and Layer Control.
Workspace Format and Contents
The workspace file is an XML document (.MWS) that contains the locations, descriptions, and
metadata of all the maps, tables, layers, and settings that make up the workspace. Because it is
XML, the workspace is portable, which means that you can share the workspace with other users
working on different computers, on different networks, across locales.
In MapXtreme, the portability of the XML workspace is implemented with named connections.
Named connections enable you to define alternative drive, path, and database connection
information based on your own environment, so that you can use workspaces created by others. All
paths and connection strings are resolved when the workspace is opened. You can set up named
connections directly in the Workspace Manager (File > Manage Named Connections). For more
information on the XML workspace structure, please see
Appendix C: Understanding the MapInfo
Workspace .
Workspace Manager Menu Commands
This section explains each menu command available in the Workspace Manager.
File Menu Commands
The commands in the File menu provide all the standard File menu capabilities, such as opening,
saving and printing files, as well as some features unique to the Workspace manager. Each
command is described below.