Hi Phil,
Thanks for your reply. This morning I updated my QGIS from version
3.16.3 to version 3.22.7 . With complete optimism, I reloaded several
layers from zipped shapefiles, but alas the problem remains: polygons
appear in random colors and without labels and point layers have dots
instead of the svg icons they have when I load the same layers from the
un-zipped six shapefile files. When I examine the zip files with
Windows File Explorer, I see the .qml files are there and uncorrupted.
I'm using a five-year-old plain vanilla Dell desktop running 64-bit
Windows 10.
I did the zipping with Thunderbird's Archive. Then, separately,
zipped one layer with Windows File Explorer zipper. Same result.
Am I doing something wrong? Shall I try updating to QGIS 3.24 ?
Is it "stable"? What does it mean that version 3.22 is "stable"?
Steve
On 5/29/2022 12:03 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote:
Hi Stephen,
You might let us know your operating system and which version of QGIS
you are using because it works as you desire in the latest development
(3.24.3) and Long Term Release versions (3.22.7). It may just be a
matter of updating QGIS.
Cheers - Phil
*From:*Qgis-user <qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of
*Stephen Sacks via Qgis-user
*Sent:* Sunday, 29 May 2022 5:29 AM
*To:* qgis forum <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org>
*Subject:* [Qgis-user] adding a layer from a zipped file
When I write a layer as a shape file, it appears on my C: drive as six
files, all with the same name but different extensions. Then I zip
those six into a single file (xxx.zip). When I reload that layer from
the zip file (Layer > AddLayer > VectorLayer > File > Dataset >
xxx.zip), QGIS is almost smart enough to restore the layer correctly.
The polygon features are in the right place and their attribute table
is correct. *My problem* is that it ignores one of the six files, the
"style" file (xxx .qml) which specifies color, labeling, and
symbol). Do I have to unzip before restoring layer xxx ? I know I
could open the layer's properties and use Style > Load Style from
file xxx.qml . But when I'm restoring several layers that's a lot of
key strokes (and may require that I unzip). It seems to me that this
shouldn't be necessary. [I encounter the same problem with point
layers and polygon layers.]
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