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Automatically update a Web page

Each time you save changes to your map file, you can automatically update Web pages saved from and therefore associated with that map file. You can enable the autosave feature when you first save your Web page or when you change a saved Web page by selecting the AutoSave as web page every time this map is saved check box in the Save as Web Page dialog box.

When you next save changes to your map file, the AutoSave as Web dialog box appears, giving you the following choices.

This option

Has this result

Disable the autosave as web feature while this map is open

Does not update your Web page with any changes saved to the map file during the current session. The next time the map file is opened, the autosave feature is again turned on, and this message will appear the first time you save changes to the map file.

Enable the autosave as web feature

Updates your Web page with any changes that you save to your map file. This message will not appear again during the current session, but it will appear the next time you open and save changes to your map file.

Note  The map view on a Web page is not changed when you change the map view in the map file.

Do not show this message again

This option is available only if you first select Enable the autosave as web feature. It suppresses this message from appearing for the open map file and for any other map file.

Notes

  • To reactivate the AutoSave as Web dialog box, on the Tools menu, click Options. On the Settings tab, under Save as web, select Show autosave message on save.

  • There may be certain circumstances in which you want to turn off the AutoSave as Web feature, such as when adding confidential or sensitive information to a map. You can turn off the AutoSave as Web feature for a specific map. You can also turn off the AutoSave as Web feature temporarily while making changes to a map file.

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