Common Tools between Custom Config's

Question

Hi, any ideas on how to have a set of common tools / Widget Group/s to be loaded from a single XML so that this can be shared between a number of custom Config.xml's ?

We have a number of config.xmls for various divisions, and each time a new tool is added or tweaked, then have to manually change all the config files for the new tool.
Would like to call a common tools section from each config file so to lower the maintenance aspect...

Thanks

RhettZufelt · Answer

Have not done exactly this (yet), but it should be pretty simple to have a python script iterate through the list of 14 config files and find the block of text between <widgetcontainer layout="float"> tags and replace it with a the widgetcontainer block from your "template" config file.

Then, whenever you make changes, just run the script (or automate it) and the updates are made in one swoop.

R_

RobertScheitlin__GISP · Answer

Warwick,

OK, that makes sense. There is no such capability though. What you are wanting would require some serious reworking of the ConfigManager.

WarwickAttree · Answer

Robert, yes at a widget level that is true...
As I said, I have 14 different config files for various sections requiring various assortments of layers to be loaded...
If I need to update a Widget group
Eg <widgetgroup label="Tools" icon="assets/images/GeoprocessingTool32.png">       
           <widget�?�..1�?�
 <widget�?�..2�?�
 <widget�?�..3�?� etc

I then need to copy this change to the 14 different config files�?�
I am looking for an Include type statement that can pull in a xml file of the widget group, on the fly.
This would then place the group in the config file and then I would only need to update the widget group in one place�?�

Make sense ?

Thanks