Shared Maps

[JoeReddick]

I put the AGX1200 in a folder to share with other operators as "VIEW" only. How can I set it up that the map will refresh and update the view only maps as well. If the view only shut down and repopen the map the changes are posted. I'm trying to have the map viewd by others to auto refresh with out shutting down.

[MichaelBranscomb]

Joseph,

Please can you provide a little more information about what you are trying to achieve? Would you like other users to see actual map updates (e.g. new layers added or layers removed) or are you talking about the same layers in the map but the actual data changing?

If it's the former, then that's a little tricky as the application does not know when the map has been udpated... but you could write an Extension Add-In which polls a map located on a server and when it's updated then display a message to the user asking whether they want to open the most up to date map (see http://resources.esri.com/help/1200/arcgisexplorer/conceptualhelp/index.html#/creating_a_custom_exte... for more info).

In the case of the latter, which is a more common request, you should right click on the layer you want to display updates for then choose Properties and click the Source Data menu. On this dialog you can set the refresh interval for the layer (most frequent is 1 minute).

Regards

Mike