[Qgis-user] adding a layer from a zipped file

[Stephen Sacks]

Hi Phil,
    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.
    I'm using a five-year-old plain vanilla Dell desktop running 64-bit 
Windows 10.
    I did the zipping with Thunderbird's Archive.  Then, separately, 
zipped one layer with Windows File Explorer zipper. Same result.
    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"?

    Steve


On 5/29/2022 12:03 AM, Phil Wyatt wrote:
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers - Phil
>
> *From:*Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *On Behalf Of 
> *Stephen Sacks via Qgis-user
> *Sent:* Sunday, 29 May 2022 5:29 AM
> *To:* qgis forum <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Subject:* [Qgis-user] adding a layer from a zipped file
>
>
> 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.]
>
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