R x at 13:08, 24 April 2013

2013-04-24T13:08:42Z

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Starting external tools from within MOBAC

Create a new menu with items you must create a subdirectory from MOBAC Root .../tools and create a xml file for each new menu item
like this:

tool_1.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ExternalTool>
<name>Name shown in tools menu</name>
<command>cmd.exe /c start .\tools\mybatch.cmd</command>
<parameters>MIN_LON MIN_LAT MAX_LON MAX_LAT MIN_ZOOM MAX_ZOOM MAPSOURCE_NAME MAPSOURCE_DISPLAYNAME NAME_EDITBOX </parameters>
<debug>true</debug>
</ExternalTool>

* MAX_LAT, MIN_LAT, MAX_LON, MIN_LON, //Corners off the selected area
* MIN_ZOOM, MAX_ZOOM, // minimum and maximum of selected zoom levels check-boxes
* MAPSOURCE_NAME, MAPSOURCE_DISPLAYNAME, // Currently select map source internal or display name
* NAME_EDITBOX // content of the edit box "Name" in the side panel "Atlas Content"

tool_2xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<ExternalTool>
<name>Name shown in tools menu</name>
<command>[path]program.exe</command>
<parameters>MIN_LON MIN_LAT MAX_LON MAX_LAT MIN_ZOOM MAX_ZOOM MAPSOURCE_NAME MAPSOURCE_DISPLAYNAME NAME_EDITBOX </parameters>
<debug>true</debug>
</ExternalTool>

...and so on. It is possible to create your own maps with tools like OSMFILTER,OSMCONVERT,MAPERITIVE...etc

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R x at 13:08, 24 April 2013