Publisher may be used to create an ArcXML (.axl) configuration file from the current MapView.

The resulting ArcXML file may not be suitable for creating a new map service. The ArcXML file must contain workspace information for all layers in the map, and renderers for each feature layer must be added. These conditions will be true for dynamically-added layers in the map, but not for static layers in an existing map service. Static layers may have renderer information, but do not have the dataset and workspace information required (for example, with FeatureDataset and SdeWorkspace). To create a file suitable for service creation, it would be simplest to begin with a blank map service, or remove all layers from the service programmatically, and then add layers dynamically to the map before using Publisher to write out the ArcXML file.

Target Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 family

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