[Gvsig_english] Problem when opening a project, when datasource-path has changed

[Wolfgang Qual]

Hi Marcel, all.
I totally agree - if there is a better solution than the "AV3.2"-Solution...
good point

Best regards,
Wolfgang

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Marcel St-Germain wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all!
> 
> Starving to see the v2 of gvsig.
> 
> I read the answers about the Wolfgang question.
> 
> I have a suggestion... I mention before i think.
> 
> The most frustrating thing in arcview 3 is the where is... where is... so
> please DO NOT use this method.  We have to manualy change the path in
> notepad to avoid this drawback.  
> 
> Instead, like in arcmap 9, when a link is missing, the project open
> correctly with the layers it can find the path.  For those who can be
> found... a symbol "!" is place before the layer to tell the user that this
> shape haven't been find.
> 
> So if this file, with missing path, is no longer usefull you just delete
> it.  If it is usefull, you have 2 choices.  One to change the path of this
> file via "source" in propriety box.  If you have more than one shape...
> you can use the repair data link who change all shp with the previous path
> to a new path.
> 
> But also... I HOPE you will include something, like in xtool for arcmap. 
> It's a path listing and manipulation utility.  You can change all the path
> by example if you move from D to F drive.  You can change a group of files
> path.. or individual path... It's fast easy and verry verry usefull.  The
> path are change in relation with the place they are in the files tree.  If
> you change a directory path... all files and directories inside this
> directory take this new path...  It's the most usefull feature I can hope
> for in gv_sig 2.
> 
> Marcel
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>> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 09:59:54 +0200
>> From: Wolfgang.Qual at gmx.net
>> To: gvsig_internacional at runas.cap.gva.es
>> Subject: [Gvsig_english] Problem when opening a project,	when
>> datasource-path has changed
>> 
>> Dear developers,
>> I just noticed that you run into serious problems when one of your
>> data-sources was moved to another folder and you try to re-open the
>> gvSIG-project. I would expect that gvSIG tells me that something is
>> missing, and prompts me to specify the new path to that (for example)
>> shapefile. But gvSIG just prints out an error message. I could not find a
>> hint in the logfile (attached). 
>> It would be really good (and important) to add a function that gives the
>> user the option to specify the new/correct path of the datasources that
>> have been moved. Please think also about making it possible to hand over
>> a project including shapefiles to some other persons on CD-ROM (relative
>> path names...).
>> 
>> I would be really glad, if you could add this to gvSIG.
>> Best regards,
>> Wolfgang
>> 
>> 
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Wolfgang Qual
City of Munich,
Department of Health and Environment
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