Altova MapForce 2025 Professional Edition

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Add Button to Open Default Document

As a simple example of how to automate some tasks, we add a button to the page:

When clicked, a predefined document will be opened in the MapForceControl. The MakeAbsolutePath method creates an absolute path using the location of the script as a base path.

function BtnOpenMEFile()
{
var strPath = MakeAbsolutePath("MarketingExpenses.mfd");
var objDoc = objMapForceControl.Open(strPath );

if (objDoc == null)
alert("Unable to locate MarketingExpenses.mfd at: " + objMapForceControl.BaseHref);
}