Issue with XML editing

[george7378]

So, I need to accomplish a simple task. I've drawn my shorelines the wrong way around (clockwise rather than anticlockwise) and I need to reverse the order of the coordinates. It's a simple enough task to grab reverse the coordinates, and if I could just edit the XML code of my vector object it would be simple to copy them in. It says here:

http://www.airportdesigneditor.co.uk/ade_005.htm

...that with a prokey I should be able to edit the XML code. How do I do this?

I also tried exporting the existing shoreline as an XML, copying the reversed coordinates in using notepad and saving it as an XML, which seemed to work until I tried to import the XML. Here's the list of errors I got:

ScruffyDuck Scenery Design Engine Compiling
Using BglComp....


Parsing document: C:\MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor\FSX\work\loadFrom.xml

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 1, 11, The element 'shoreline' is used but not declared in the DTD/Schema.

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2309: shoreline is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2016: Invalid element found <shoreline>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2032: XML Parse Error!  Element tree follows:

ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 2, 9, The element 'guid' is used but not declared in the DTD/Schema.

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2309: guid is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2016: Invalid element found <guid>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2032: XML Parse Error!  Element tree follows:

ERROR:

ERROR: Unexpected data Line:3 Column:45 Count:44INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2309: guid is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2023: Improper ending element <guid>.  Stopping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2034: XML Parse Fatal Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 4, 10, Unspecified error

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2430: Unrecoverable error parsing XML!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2006: Parse failed  (0x80004005)
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR:  #C2003: Failed to process file: C:\MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor\FSX\work\loadFrom.xml

So, how do I proceed? How do I use the function to edit XML in ADE?

Thanks.

 

[scruffyduck]

The edit XML refers to XML for airport features. I am sorry that there is not editable XML for Terrain elements. Importing XML imports source XML for airport features and not for terrain. The Edit XML feature in the ProKey is called the Raw Data View and actually allows you to directly edit properties of objects in ADE. You can access the vertex coordinates for terrain polys and lines there but there is no simple way to reverse the order. The ProKey has a 15 day trial period so you can try it out and see if any of those features would be useful to you.

 

[jvile]

Jon

All Shorelines have a front and back just like wire fences and blast fences. You coded a reverse direction option for those type vertex.

Is it possible to have an option to do the same inside the .ad3 project file for the shoreline vertex since those type vertex are compiled with shp2vec.

 

[george7378]

Thanks for the replies, it only took a few minutes to redraw the shorelines manually in the end. Of course, as jvile said, a 'reverse direction' option would be good but I could also fix this problem by not making the mistake in the first place!

 

[scruffyduck]

I will add that to my list Jim