Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise

[#1]

I don't see the list of FDOs needed to establish a data connectiown when I use Mapguide Studio 2011 to connect to MGE 2011 installed on windows server 2003 sp2. I uninstalled and reinstalled .Net 2.0 2.0 SP1, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 but no cigar

The list does appear if I connect to MGE 2011 installed on windows server 2008 R2..

I have had MGE 2009 running on Windows Server 2003 without a problem but now I need to migrate to 2011 without the need for w2k8.

Is there a fix around it?

[#2]

53 views (which means a lot of people have the same problem) but no replies. Gee thank you Autodesk.

I'm looking forward to purchasing MGE 2012. <roll eyes>

[#3]

I managed to find a fix that barely suits my needs. Autodesk screwed up really bad on this one by including some FDO provider binaries not compiled for windows server 2003.

I edited the providers.xml and kept the Oracle, the MS SQL and Raster providers only, restarted the Mapguide server and it worked.  I can now now see at least the three providers that my company mostly uses. The SHP provider is broken (others might be too, I didn't test them). If you attempt to load SHP files, Mapguide Studio will give you the error message "The OSGeo.SDF provider provider is not supported".

I tried to use the SHP FDO provider from MGE2009 but it didn't work either.

Shame on you Autodesk. Shame on you.

[#4 · Accepted solution]

Final update:

I finally got Mapguide Studio to show all the providers I need by modifying the providers.xml file and setting the providers in the following order:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<FeatureProviderRegistry>

    <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>OSGeo.SDF.3.5</Name>
    <DisplayName>OSGeo FDO Provider for SDF</DisplayName>
    <Description>Read/write access to Autodesk's spatial database format, a file-based personal geodatabase that supports multiple features/attributes, spatial indexing, and file-locking.</Description>
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version>
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
    <LibraryPath>SDFProvider.dll</LibraryPath>
  </FeatureProvider>
  
  <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>OSGeo.SHP.3.5</Name>
    <DisplayName>OSGeo FDO Provider for SHP</DisplayName>
    <Description>Read/write access to spatial and attribute data in an ESRI SHP file.</Description>
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version>
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
    <LibraryPath>ShpProvider.dll</LibraryPath>
  </FeatureProvider>
  
  <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>Autodesk.Raster.3.5</Name>
    <DisplayName>Autodesk FDO Provider for Raster</DisplayName>
    <Description>Read access to various raster-based file formats. Supports georeferenced file-based raster images, DEM files and 3D grid surfaces.</Description>
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version>
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
    <LibraryPath>FDORFP.dll</LibraryPath>
  </FeatureProvider>
  
  <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>Autodesk.Oracle.3.5</Name>
    <DisplayName>Autodesk FDO Provider for Oracle</DisplayName>
    <Description>Read/write access to feature data in an Oracle-based data store. Supports spatial indexing, long transactions, and persistent locking.</Description>
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version>
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
    <LibraryPath>FdoRdbms.dll</LibraryPath>
  </FeatureProvider>
  
  <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>Autodesk.SqlServer.3.5</Name>
    <DisplayName>Autodesk FDO Provider for SQL Server</DisplayName>
    <Description>Read/write access to feature data in a MS SQL Server-based data store. Supports geospatial and nongeospatial data and schema R/W access.</Description>
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged>
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version>
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion>
    <LibraryPath>SqlServerProvider.dll</LibraryPath>
  </FeatureProvider>
  
  <FeatureProvider>
    <Name>OSGeo.SQLServerSpatial.3.5</Name> 
    <DisplayName>OSGeo FDO Provider for SQL Server Spatial</DisplayName> 
    <Description>Read/write access to feature data in a MS SQL Server Spatial data store. Supports geospatial and nongeospatial data and schema R/W access.</Description> 
    <IsManaged>False</IsManaged> 
    <Version>3.5.0.0</Version> 
    <FeatureDataObjectsVersion>3.5.0.0</FeatureDataObjectsVersion> 
    <LibraryPath>SQLServerSpatialProvider.dll</LibraryPath> 
  </FeatureProvider>
 
</FeatureProviderRegistry>

Restarted MGE2011. Now the list is displayed correctly in Mapguide Studio.