Re: Suggestion for an "imagemap-like" location feature -- methods?

jeff_at_bennet-tec.com
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: 21 Jan 2005 17:46:49 -0800

If you are open to use of commercial components to aid
in your project our MetaDraw control may be helpful

In MetaDraw you would have the office map created along with the
names of the all different individuals as text objects at their proper
locations. Save this layout as a MetaDraw data file. This is
all done ahead of time. Then when user clicks in a list on
a name you want to highlight you can tell MetaDraw to either
Hide all names but the desired name, or show all names but
only highlight ( bold or a bright color ) the desired name.

MetaDraw can be used server side in which case you have
MetaDraw save the resulting image ( with highlighted name, etc)
as a standard GIF, JPG, or PNG file and send that down to
the client. A more flexible approach is to use MetaDraw client
side - Sending the whole layout with all names, and then have
client side script hide or show the names, or even blink a name
on or off. You could also change the color of the room boundaries,
Scroll, Zoom, Print... etc.

Take a look at www.Bennet-Tec.com

Reply here if this seems like something of interest.

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Jeff Bennett
Jeff @ Bennet-Tec.Com

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