Collection Tools
PivotViewer Collection Tool for the Command Line
The PivotViewer Authoring Tool is a DOS-based command line tool for converting PivotViewer collections between a variety of formats (CSV, Excel, CXML with raw images, and CXML with Silverlight DeepZoom images) and for creating imagery for those collections. This tool is ideal for a wide variety of cases from quickly converting any spreadsheet into a PivotViewer collection to serious collection authors creating collections as part of an automated workflow. With a built-in image creation system based upon HTML and CSS, you’ll find it very easy to augment your existing images, or generate entirely new images from scratch.
User’s Guide for PivotViewer Collection Tool for the Command Line
The PivotViewer Collection Tool Library is an open source C# library which contains all the same functionality as the PivotViewer Collection Tool for the Command Line. It contains classes to allow you to build and modify collections in memory, as well as read and write them in a variety of formats. The library also defines a number of extension points from which you can define your own collection formats and “filters” to modify collections in a generic way. This tool is ideal for C# developers who would like to incorporate PivotViewer creation functionality into their own applications. The library, the source code, and all of its documentation are hosted on Codeplex.
Silverlight PivotViewer Collection Tool for Microsoft Excel
The PivotViewer Collection Tool for Microsoft Office Excel is an Excel add-in for quickly building PivotViewer collection prototypes. It is the quickest way to get started building collections, as it enables you to build a complete collection without first diving into the Collection XML (CXML) Schema or Deep Zoom image details. The tool is primarily intended for rapid iteration when designing a collection (see also: Collection Design).
User’s Guide for PivotViewer Collection Tool for Microsoft Excel
Sample Code for Creating Just in Time PivotViewer Collections
The sample Just-in-time collection server code available on this page shows an example of the request and response patterns that a server needs to handle in order to interact with PivotViewer. It also gives examples of the logic required to create the CXML and DZC XML responses, and how to place individual collection images onto a single image tile. It is not intended to be hosted “as-is”, since, for simplicity and readability, it has omitted features typically expected of server software such as error handling, scalability and monitoring.
User’s Guide for Creating Just in Time PivotViewer Collections Using Sample Code
For information on tools specific to Deep Zoom imagery, see: Collection Image Content.
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