>> > One thing I'd really like to do is add the capability to output other >> > formats besides shapefiles (I'm not a big shapefile fan these days, >> > field name limitations are a hassle). I might try move over the >> > geometry and geoprocessing tools first, as they seem to be the most >> > frequently used tools. >> >> Maybe it is better to create in-memory layer and let user to save it in >> some desired format using Save As... option from layer context menu? > > Hmmmm implementing other file formats to the QgsVectorFileWriter is quite > easy, while AFAIK writing to the memory layer requires another approach. Maybe > we should encapsulate the QgsVectorFileWriter to provide an universal class > for the 1.7 API? Just a thought - it's late and my brain is busy with a few > other threads ;) My preference would be to add the capability to write to other formats. Writing to a memory layer can become unwieldy when working with large layers (which is common with geoprocessing operations).
Carson -- Carson J. Q. Farmer ISSP Doctoral Fellow National Centre for Geocomputation National University of Ireland, Maynooth, http://www.carsonfarmer.com/ _______________________________________________ Qgis-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer
