Pima County Department of Transportation

Geographic Information Services Division

MapGuide Viewer Compatibility

This matrix shows the operatational status of all combinations of MapGuide Viewer version, Windows operating systems, and ActiveX control or plug-in Viewers. The terminology is:

• Supported - Specified and supported to work by Autodesk.
• Works - Shown to work with limited local testing. Some untested features may not work.
• Fails - Proven to fail with local testing.
• ? - Unknown - not tested.

Results may differ with various browser versions and/or operating Service Packs and patches. There was also a MapGuide Viewer version 5.5.1.2 which was not specifically tested. Autodesk appears to have made minor version changes without announcement or fanfare which may affect results. The MapGuide Java Edition Viewer was not evaluated on all platforms. No testing was done on Unix or Linux, although the Java Edition Viewer is known to work on supported Unix configurations and has been reported to work on certain Linux configurations.

MapGuide Viewer Version 6.5 Release Variants
6.5.5.7	This is the only version supported by Pima County.
6.5.5.15	An unofficial version somehow found or possibly downloaded from Autodesk at one point. Reported by just two of our users.
6.5.5.27	A version found by Googling.
6.5.5.36	An unofficial version used by the City of Nanimo and possibly other sites.
6.5.6.11 - .exe   6.5.6.12 - .cab	MapGuide Viewer 6.5 SP1 version - Has bugs. Not supported by Pima County

	Active X Control   Viewer	Plug-in   Viewer	Java   Viewer
Version 6.5   Viewer	WinVista   Works   WinXP   Supported   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   ?   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works - Needs IE5   Win95   Fails	WinVista   ?   WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   ?   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works   Win95   Fails	WinVista      WinXP      Win2000      WinNT      WinMe      Win98SE      Win98      Win95      Mac OS X   Supported for IE5 only   Mac Classic   Initail test failed
Version 6.3   Viewer	WinXP   Supported   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works   Win95   Fails	WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works   Win95   Fails	WinXP      Win2000      WinNT      WinMe      Win98SE      Win98      Win95      Mac OS X   Fails   Mac Classic   Supported
Version 6.0   Viewer	WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works w/ IE5 or newer   Win95   Works	WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Supported   Win98   Works   Win95   Works	WinXP      Win2000      WinNT      WinMe      Win98SE      Win98      Win95      Mac OS X   Fails   Mac Classic   Supported
Version 5.0.4.5   Viewer	WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   5.0 NG, 5.5 Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Works   Win98   Supported   Win95   Supported	WinXP   Works   Win2000   Supported   WinNT   Supported   WinMe   Works   Win98SE   Works   Win98   Supported   Win95   Supported	WinXP      Win2000      WinNT      WinMe      Win98SE      Win98      Win95      Mac OS X   Fails   Mac Classic   Supported