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IMapServerInit Interface

Provides access to members that support initializing a map server. Note: the IMapServerInit interface has been superseded by IMapServerInit2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Members

	Name	Description
	Connect	Initializes the map server with an mxd or pmf file stored at the specified path. The path must be accessible to the server machine.
	FilePath	The map document path.
	MaxBufferCount	The maximum number of records buffered on the server for display.
	MaxImageHeight	The maximum height in pixels of an image request.
	MaxImageWidth	The maximum width in pixels of an image request.
	MaxRecordCount	The maximum number of records returned for query results (Identify, Find, QueryFeatureData, and QueryHyperlinks).
	PhysicalOutputDirectory	The physical directory for output files.
	StartWithData	An alternative to calling Connect(). This method synthesizes a map document with a single layer based on the given IDataset object and initializes the map server for processing.
	Stop	Clears out all of the map objects in memory. The client must call one of the Start methods again before attempting any other operations.
	VirtualOutputDirectory	The virtual directory for output files.

Classes that implement IMapServerInit

Classes	Description
MapServer	The MapServer component provides programmatic access to the contents of a map document on disk, and creates images of the map contents based on user requests. Designed for use in building map-based web services and web applications.