[Gvsig_english] Problem gvSIG 2.0.0.2066 -- Export using Selection not working

[Simon Cropper]

OK Pau and Manuel,

First, sorry I don't have a lot of time to report the issue directly.

I am posting things as I find them as I am working on a job resulting in 
me already spending too much time on GIS activities. I am happy to 
commit time as I go along as working on actual data on actual tasks 
rather than test beds quickly highlights errors and problems.

In regards to my filter and export-filter problem...

First, the problem seems to be with using ">=" and "<=". These 
operand-combo result in nothing being exported.

If I select AREA > 3 I get say 12 polygons.
If I select AREA >= 3 I get nothing.

This happens on multiple shapefiles so you should be able to reproduce 
this problem.

While we are on filtering I would like to make the following comments.

The 'filter' menu option should really be called "select based on 
specified criteria". If you were filtering a shapefile then only those 
features that meet the criteria would be visible and be editable. This 
is not the case... filter just selects certain features based on a 
certain criteria.

The filter dialog, when presenting numbers shows those numbers in 
floating and scientific format. For example, I have numbers shown as 
100000000 and 86.00000000000E7. This is very confusing especially as the 
E7 or whatever is actually hidden in the dialog box. Numbers should be 
presented in the form they are present in the table (not randomly 
reformatted) and the dialog box scaled so you can see all the number.

Also, when exporting and selecting "Filter" in the "Export Options" the 
filter dialog box should appear when clicking in the "Free filter" box. 
Who can remember all the fields in the table? Most newbies would also 
need reminding of the standard operands used. As I remember historical 
versions of gvSIG had several ways of formatting criteria -- some for 
'filtering' and some for selecting out particular labels. Criteria 
construction should be consistent throughout the application.

There is also a box in the export wizard called "Predefined filters". I 
checked all menu options and the preferences and could not find where I 
could predefine filters. If this is only available for certain files 
types then it should be hidden or disabled when exporting shapefiles. It 
is just confusing.


On 05/06/13 01:44, Manuel Madrid wrote:
> Hi again Simon,
>
> I couldn't reproduce this either!
>
> Did you test with other shapefiles?
> Could you, please, send the shapefile or open an issue here [1] and
> attach it?
>
> This one and the filter one are serious issues so we are very interested
> in fix them.
>
> Thank you very much for testing gvSIG 2.0 and reporting all this issues.
>
> Best,
> Manuel.
>
> [1] https://devel.gvsig.org/redmine/projects/gvsig-desktop/issues
>
> El 04/06/13 08:39, Simon Cropper escribió:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Operating System: Ubuntu 13.04 (using Gnome Classic Interface).
>> gvSIG Version 2.0.0.2066
>> Java version: 1.6.0_20
>>
>> **PROBLEM**
>>
>> Have a polygon shapefile.
>>
>> I select several thousand features and attempt to export using selected
>> features.
>>
>> The first try failed.
>> The second try crashed (I would give you some feedback from the error
>> console but their is not any, the two lines present are in Spanish).
>> Tried again and got a message "Can't insert feature in store"
>>
>> In fact, if I select the whole shapefile it baulks also.
>>
>


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