[gdal-dev] Add and register a driver to OGR - How to ?

[Mateusz Loskot]

Gregor Fikoczek wrote:
> Hallo @ all, 
> 
> i am a newbie and trying to add and register a driver to OGR, but it fails. 
> Can anyone post me a short how to?
> 
> What i've done:
> 
> 1. I copied the directory with sources (called 'nas'), 
> to 'gdal-1.5.1/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/'
> 
> Now I don't konow how I can register the driver, I tried the following:
> 
> 2.  Eding the line 'void CPL_DLL RegisterOGRNAS();' to the 
> file 'gdal-1.5.1/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/ogrsf_frmts.h'
> (Maybe I have to register the driver anywhere else???)
> 
> In the end i tested the formats 
> with: 'gdal-1.5.1/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/apps/ogrinfo --formats' but there was no 
> supported format called 'nas'

Greg,

AFAIK, the NAS driver depends on Xerces. Check the ./configure output if 
Xerces is detected properly.

The NAS driver is automatically enabled when GDAL is built with Xerces.

Greetings
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Mateusz Loskot
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