Thanks for your help. Using QgsVectorLayer worked straight away to give the handle from the source files. I assume OgsRasterLayer will work the same way. I can use the file name extension to determine if the file is raster or vector but was wondering if Qgis has a library for that too?
Cheers and thanks Ole On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Alexander Bruy <alexander.b...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Ole, > > 2011/12/9 Ole Nielsen <ole.moller.niel...@gmail.com>: > > With that loaded layer names show up in the combo and after selection the > > fully qualified filename is returned by layer.source() > > > > However, if I want a handle to an active layer, like I got > > with self.iface.mapCanvas().currentLayer() is there any way that could be > > obtained from the layer object? > > as I see you use code from Giuseppe. If you want to get > layer object use my function or modify your existing code. > You need to create a QgsVectorLayer object from layer's > source. > > -- > Alexander Bruy > NextGIS >
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