[Gvsig_english] About gvSIG project files formats (.gvp and .gvproj)

[Antonio Falciano]

Il 06/06/2013 19:11, Cèsar Ordiñana ha scritto:
> El 06/06/13 16:08, Antonio Falciano escribió:
>> Hi all,
>> I have three fundamental questions about the different project files
>> formats of gvSIG 1.x and gvSIG 2.0 versions:
>> 1) What are the main differences between the .gvp and .gvproj files?
>> 2) Will an "Import .gvp file" tool be developed in gvSIG 2.0?
>> 3) Why do .gvproj files seem to be more closed than .gvp ones?
>> Thanks in advance for your attention.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Antonio
>
> Hi Antonio,
>
> 1) All of them, it is a new format based on XML Schema and new APIs to
> load and store persistence data. We had problems with the old format to
> maintain compatibility when gvSIG code changed, and the APIs where much
> harder to use. This format is used in other persistence files used in
> gvSIG 2.0: symbols, thematic maps, ...
>
> 2) It's in the TODO list, but don't know when. It won't be an easy task,
> at least to be able to restore all info of all gvSIG plugins in a
> project, but at least the most important things (layers, symbology, ...)
> I think could be loaded.
>
> 3) In reality its a zip file, just unzip it and will see a state.xml
> file, which is the real project file. The .gvproj file also contains the
> XML Schemas, and maybe other resources needed in the future, like the
> Open/LibreOffice file formats. I think the internal XML is easier to
> read/write/use, but I hope users won't need to edit it very often.
>
> Regards.
>

Hi Cèsar,
many thanks for your exhaustive answers. gvproj format becomes more
clear now!

Cheers,
Antonio

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