[udig-devel] uDig project files

[David Adler]

I'm feeling very dense and crazy.

I just installed uDig 1.1-RC12 on another Windows system that has never 
had uDig installed on it.

I'm not finding any umap or .localCatalog files anywhere under 
c:\Documents and Settings, although when I reopen uDig, everything is 
there.  I've looked all over on my system for files created around the 
time I exited uDig but can't find anything.

Another dumb question, when you use the File->Open Project, what is it 
looking for?

All I want to do is make a "project" file available to other users of 
uDig.  Isn't this possible?

ESRI products have .mxd and .axl files that define the composition and 
symbology of a map.

Jesse Eichar wrote:
> I'm still not completely sure of all your requirements.  There are a 
> few extension points that I might suggest:
>
> 1.  Startup extension.  It is an eclipse extension and basically it is 
> just a code block that is run when the application is started. This 
> would allow you to add the connection information into the application
> 2.  MapInterceptor.  This allows you to intercept when a map is 
> created or openned which would allow you to add some default layers to 
> the map if you wish
> 3.  LayerInterceptor: This allows you to intercept the creationof a 
> layer and set a style on the layer when it is created.
>
>
> I feel like I didn't answer your question.  The umap files still exist 
> in Documents and Settings/uDig.  there is also a .localCatalog file 
> that has connection information...
>
> Jesse
>
> On Oct 22, 2007, at 1:08 PM, David Adler wrote:
>
>> 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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