I'd be in favor of trying to consolidate the "save your data" functionality into a single dialog box or other UI Component and eliminating the old or redundant GUI components.
I'm pretty sure everyone else will agree. Is there something that I can do to help you with this Michael? (That is, if you decide to move forward.) The Sunburned Surveyor On 6/25/07, Michaël Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Uwe, > > Thanks for answering, > > >the Save Dataset As File ... saves the files and build > >automaticly the suffix! > >With Save dataset as ... you can save PostGIS tables with > >the PostGIS plugin. > > > >I think if Save dadaset as ... could build automatcly the > >suffix for files it would be a wondeful story. > > > >But I think today we do not have a "Save" plugin > >that can save PostGIS tables with the PostGIS-plugin > >and building automaticly suffices for files :-( > > > > > I think that adding suffices automatically in the "Save dataset as" menu > item > may not be a big challenge (I'm not why a new menu item has been added > for this feature). > I suspect that there are other reasons to keep save dataset as file > (may be to keep a simpler interface) > I'll wait a bit more to get feed back about this point. > Otherwise, I'll try to mix both menu items into one... > > Michaël > > >Regards > > > >Uwe > > > > > > > > > >>Subject: [JPP-Devel] Load/Save dataset design > >> > >>Hi, > >> > >>It seems that the load/save dataset design has been revisited in the > >>early stage of OpenJUMP and is now a little bit confused. > >> > >>There is 3 PlugIn available for loading file datasets and 3 others to > >>save them > >>ex. > >>.../workbench/datasource/SaveDatsetAsFilePlugIn > >>.../workbench/datasource/SaveDatsetAsPlugIn > >>.../workbench/ui/plugin/SaveDatasetAsPlugIn > >> > >>The last one, directly derived from ThreadedBasePlugIn seems no more > >>used (I deactivated it in my source repositiry and noticed no > >>difference). Probably needs to be removed after some more tests. > >> > >>SaveDatasetAs opens a dialogbox to choose a format in a combobox, then a > >>file extension and eventually a config file. The second is more simple > >>with just a combobox for the file extension. > >>I thing that the first one (SaveDatasetAs) can also be used for non-file > >>datasources (the first postgis plugin used it, may be also Larry's SDE > >>driver), but now, there is also a separate menu for datastore connexions. > >> > >>I recently wrote a driver for a file format using the datasource api. My > >>driver works with LoadDataset and SaveDatasetAs, but is buggy with > >>LoadDatasetFromFile and SaveDatasetAsFile (I get an NPE). > >>Before I spend time to debug my driver, I'd like to know if any of you > >>has a clear vision about the data source UI. I feel like there are too > >>many ways to do things. > >> > >>Micha?l > >> > >> > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > >_______________________________________________ > >Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > >Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
