[Qgis-developer] Adding a project as a reference

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Denis

 >a box appears with std::bad_alloc and qgis crashes a few times (both 
1.8 and master).

Could you open a ticket in the bugtracker and add a small sample project?

Regards,
Marco

On 27.11.2012 09:52, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
> Hi Andreas,
>
> Thanks for the reply.
> I did not know this feature, which is basically what I asked ;) Great!
>
> I am just facing a few problems. When adding a group, a box appears 
> with std::bad_alloc and qgis crashes a few times (both 1.8 and master).
> Also, not all the layers I select are loaded.
>
> Any ideas on something wrong?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Denis
>
>
>
> On 11/27/2012 08:40 AM, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>> Hi Denis,
>>
>> We have the embedded layers and groups. You can select another QGIS 
>> project and pick the groups and layers you want. It is a live link. I 
>> use this feature to integrate the cadastral data in pretty much any 
>> of my other projects.
>>
>> It does not allow to change any settings on the layers (e.g. 
>> different min/max scales) - but other than that it works great.
>>
>> Did you have a look at this feature?
>>
>> Andreas
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:34:54 +0100, Denis Rouzaud wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I don't know if this idea has been raised or not, a quick google
>>> search did not lead to anything.
>>>
>>> I wonder if it would be feasible to introduce the option of adding a
>>> project as a reference, as you can do in autocad.
>>> Basically, this would be a new type of layer, where you could specify
>>> the scale visibility for example. Layers do not need to be editable
>>> and they shouldn't.
>>>
>>> The advantage is that you can insert a "base" project into many
>>> children project. The base layers will be regrouped into one.
>>>
>>> Anybody ever thought about this?
>>> Do you have any idea of the amount of work?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot
>>>
>>> Denis
>>>
>>>
>>>
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