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<font size="4">Hi Richard,<br>
Your "wild guess" is exactly right. I tested it. I copied
file "GardenA.qml" into the same folder where "GardenA.zip" is
located. Then told QGIS to add vector layer "GardenA.zip". It
added layer "GardenA" using the correct color and labels. A
similar test added layer "GardenAtrees.zip" with the correct svg
symbol. <br>
You've solved the mystery. THANK YOU.<br>
I'm not happy with the resulting layer name ("GardenA -
GardenA.shp" instead of just "GardenA") so I'll have to change all
the layer names. But I can write a Python script to do that.)<br>
I've never used </font><font size="4">geopackages. Something
new for me to learn.<br>
Cheers,<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/30/2022 3:44 AM, Richard
Duivenvoorde wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:4104b139-8031-47a5-45a4-250063310d10@duif.net">Hi
Stephen,
<br>
<br>
Wild guessing here (not tested).
<br>
<br>
I think: GDAL is responsible for loading the data from shape OR
zipped shape
<br>
QGIS is responsible for loading of a corresponding qml file.
<br>
<br>
Normally, when QGIS (using GDAL) loads foo.shp, it will check if
there is a foo.sld or foo.qml NEXT to it, and if so, uses it to
STYLE the data.
<br>
<br>
Now if you zipped foo.shp+files into foo.zip...
<br>
Maybe QGIS is clever enough to ALSO look INTO the zip (and if not,
this would be a nice Feature Request...)
<br>
But else: try to put foo.qml next to the foo.zip
<br>
<br>
But if you zipped the files into bar.zip...
<br>
Then I would try to put a 'bar.qml' next to it (and hoping that
QGIS decides that it has the same 'base name'.
<br>
<br>
If all that fails: I would create a Feature Request for it (or
start using Geopackages ...)
<br>
<br>
Note that using geopackages, you also have 1 file, and you can
save style INTO the geopackage (and even put more layers+styles
into it etc etc).
<br>
<br>
Regards,
<br>
<br>
Richard Duivenvoorde
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 5/29/22 19:02, Stephen Sacks via Qgis-user wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Phil,
<br>
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.
<br>
I'm using a five-year-old plain vanilla Dell desktop running
64-bit Windows 10.
<br>
I did the zipping with Thunderbird's Archive. Then,
separately, zipped one layer with Windows File Explorer zipper.
Same result.
<br>
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"?
<br>
<br>
Steve
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 5/29/2022 12:03 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
Hi Stephen,
<br>
<br>
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.
<br>
<br>
Cheers - Phil
<br>
<br>
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Behalf Of *Stephen Sacks via Qgis-user
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*Sent:* Sunday, 29 May 2022 5:29 AM
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*Subject:* [Qgis-user] adding a layer from a zipped file
<br>
<br>
<br>
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.]
<br>
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