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[IDV #DHW-747712]: how to include favorites directories in Plugin creator?

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  • Subject: [IDV #DHW-747712]: how to include favorites directories in Plugin creator?
  • Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:00:44 -0700
> Thanks for the tip Yuan/ .
> 
> And can I assume category may be nested with >, like
> category="General>current>grids"
> ?
> 

Yes, ">" is used for this purpose.

Yuan
> 
> 
> On Dec 8, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> Is there a command line way to include a whole tree in the .jar?
> What is the plugin creator selector process doing exactly?
> 
> 
> 
> I think you can do it in the command line way. Here is an example of display 
> template bundle.xml:
> 
> <bundles>
> <bundle category="General" name="nam-t" type="display" 
> url="Generalnam-t.xidv"/>
> </bundles>
> 
> 
> It can be very tricky when there are a lot display template bundles included. 
> What you need is to generate a jar file including all display template xidv 
> files and a bundle.xml
> file like above
> 
> Yuan
> 
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 3:25 PM, Unidata IDV Support 
> <address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
> Hello IDVers.
> 
> I'm working on a new release of my plugin.
> I want to include datasources/ and displaytemplates/, but these are not .xml 
> files like the other parts, they are directories full of .xidv files.
> I can drill down and include these favorites .xidv files one by one, using 
> the Plugin Creator.
> But I want a way to include the whole folder tree.
> 
> 
> I tried this command line approach to include them:
> jar cvf plugin.jar *xml *rbi d*
> All the datasources and displaytemplates files went into the plugin.jar, I 
> verified.
> When I launch the IDV with that .jar as my plugin, it failed to show these 
> favorites in the Quicklinks menu.
> The colortables.xml and all the other plugin parts appeared normally, but not 
> the datasources or displaytemplates.
> 
> 
> Any help appreciated. Screen shot below of plugin creator session.
> No apparent way to include those folders.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> [cid:5877C4A1-E9D5-4286-94C7-9C3ADDBA9751@attlocal.net<mailto:address@hidden>]
> 
> 
> 
> Brian,
> At least the displaytemplates need to be selected one by one, otherwise, the 
> IDV doesn't know how to categorized these bundles.
> 
> Yuan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: DHW-747712
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: Normal
> Status: Open
> 
> 
> *********************************************
> Brian Mapes, Professor
> Department of Atmospheric Sciences
> Meteorology and Physical Oceanography Program
> RSMAS, University of Miami
> 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
> Miami, FL 33149-1098
> 
> phone: (305) 421-4275
> fax: (305) 421-4696
> email: address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> Web: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/users/bmapes/
> **********************************************
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ticket Details
> ===================
> Ticket ID: DHW-747712
> Department: Support IDV
> Priority: High
> Status: Closed
> 
> 
> Brian Mapes
> address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: DHW-747712
Department: Support IDV
Priority: High
Status: Closed