[udig-devel] uDig project files

[David Adler]

Hi Jesse,

The files certainly are buried.  I've scanned my whole system looking 
for these files and can't find them.

Is 'plugin_customizations.ini' a text file that I should find in 
"Documents and Settings" or in the uDig install directory on Windows?

I don't want to turn off opening maps on startup.

I want to be able to provide a file that contains the datasource 
connection information, layers and styles to be applied with a standard 
uDig installation.

In an earlier version of uDig, I found an XML file with an extension of 
.umap which seemed to include the layer information.

Or do I need to code my own custom application with uDig in the Eclipse 
development environment?

Regards,
David

Jesse Eichar wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> The files are nicely buried.  The class StartupOpenMaps controls this 
> behaviour.  If you want to disable this behaviour, it is controlled by 
> a Project.UI preference.  There are a few ways to modify the 
> preferences by using by: 
> ProjectUIPlugin.getDefault().getPreferenceStore().setValue(PreferenceConstants.P_OPEN_MAPS_ON_STARTUP, 
> false).
>
> A second way to modify the preference if  you are creating a custom 
> application, is to specify a properties file with the preferences you 
> want to specify.  If you look at the net.refractions.udig plugin there 
> is a file in the root called plugin_customizations.ini.  This file 
> specifies some of the preferences we want to use in the uDig 
> application.  You could copy that and add:
>
> net.refractions.udig.project.ui/openMapsOnStartup = false
>
> to the file.
>
> There are probably more ways by changing environment variables and so 
> on.  But you'll have to check the eclipse help for that.
>
> Jesse
>
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 4:28 AM, David Adler wrote:
>
>> Where in Windows does uDig keep the files that control what 
>> projects/maps/layers are displayed when it starts up?  I've looked 
>> all over in "Documents and Settings" and "My Documents" and can't 
>> find anything.
>>
>> I'm trying to port a 2002-vintage ArcExplorer .axl application to 
>> uDig and need some file to control uDig startup.
>>
>> The uDig File menu has an "Open Project" selection - what is it 
>> looking for?
>>
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