So is the behaviour: - if Filter By Extension is unchecked, then the user can select any file and any format - if Filter By Extension is checked, then the user selects a file and the format is determined from the extension
? Would an even simpler alternative be to determine the format from the extension, where this is unabiguous, and if it is ambiguous or undetermined then let the user choose the desired format? So examples are: - if a .SHP file is chosen, the format is set to Shapefile automatically. - if a .ZIP or .XML file is chosen, the user must choose the appropriate format So there is only one dropdown for Format, and then the checkbox On 10/14/2011 12:59 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: > >> On 10/13/2011 2:24 AM, edgar.sol...@web.de wrote: >>> On 13.10.2011 01:02, Martin Davis wrote: >>>> One reason for having the double choice of both format and file name is >>>> that there are formats (such as GML) which don't have a standard file >>>> extension that can be used to drive the choice of format. >>>> >>>> Also, in JUMP originally we supported a zipped shapefile concept. It >>>> had the extension .zip, but was read by the Shapefile driver. >>>> >>>> One thing that could be do would be to use the file extension to drive >>>> the initial format setting, but allow it to be overridden for files with >>>> non-specific extensions. >>>> >>> How about a checkbox 'filter by extension', which can be disabled allowing >>> to select any file with any selection in the format dropdown? >>> >> Ok, but I'm not sure how this solves the problem of determining the >> format of a file with an unknown extension? >> > there is no determination. but, it allows users to assign a format of their > choice to a file of their choice and try to open it. > > seen? ede > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1410 / Virus Database: 1522/3949 - Release Date: 10/13/11 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2d-oct _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
