That's awesome Larry. Is the plug-in included in the nightly build, or
do we need to download it from the ISA web site?

SS

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As promised, I have finished the Combine Selected Layers PlugIn.  It merges
> the attributes of the selected layers and does automatic colour theming on
> the created Layer attribute.  You can now combine layers, do operations on
> them and then extract them back into the original layers, or vice versa.
>
> Larry
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I'm thinking of creating two new plugins for Layers that are similar to
>> the "Combine Selected Features" and its inverse "Explode Selected
>> Features".  However, the new plugins would be "Combine Selected Layers" and
>> "Explode Layer".  Explode Layer would include the existing "Edit->Extract
>> Layers by Geometry Type" functionality, and add the capability to explode a
>> layer by attribute value.  That is, it would create a new layer for each
>> unique value of a given attribute. One possible use for this would be to
>> break up a DXF import layer by original layer name.  You could also break up
>> a layer that you are colour theming, do some operations, and then recombine
>> it.
>>
>> Combine Selected Layers would allow you to combine LineString, Point, and
>> Polygon shapefile layers into a single layer to save as GML or other
>> multi-geometry tolerant format.  Attributes would, of course, be preserved.
>> Preservation of BasicStyle information is also possible with a kind of
>> auto-theming.  All changes would be done by replicating features to new
>> layers, leaving the original layers undisturbed.
>>
>> "Step right up ladies and gentlemen, it's the OJ-matic!  Slices one layer
>> so thin, it will last all winter."  :-)
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> regards,
>> Larry
>> --
>> http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/
>
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