[udig-devel] uDig project files - mystery solved!

[David Adler]

Jesse - thanks for the clues.

I installed uDig on my d: drive and since %HOMEPATH% doesn't include a 
drive designation and the -data directory specification doesn't use 
%HOMEDRIVE%, it quietly created a "Documents and Settings" on my d: 
drive.  Everything is there.

My basic requirement is to provide an easy way to predefine the layers 
and styles to be used for a particular map application that can be 
redistributed along with some data.  Full pathnames are a bit of a 
challenge moving between systems.

David

Jesse Eichar wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Take a look at the shortcut that is created in the start menu.  It 
> declares where the workspace is.  it is the directory after -data.  It 
> probably is: "%HOME_PATH%\uDig" or something along those lines.  I 
> have realized that it is not acceptable because if you don't put on 
> the c: drive then the folder is also not on the C: drive so it can be 
> hard to locate.
>
> Jesse
>
> On Oct 23, 2007, at 6:08 AM, David Adler wrote:
>
>> 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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