why do we have several file dialogues anyway? shouldn't we strive to merge them into one only?
..ede On 15.10.2011 21:15, Sunburned Surveyor wrote: > The last suggestion by Martin Davis makes sense to me. > > Landon > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Martin Davis <mtncl...@telus.net> wrote: >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
