Hi,
I have seen some post complaining on the impossibility to sort the material database by name.
As I'm learning the c# I've make a little code to sort the database that I want to share with you.
It seems to work correctly but the process is kind of wanky. (you have to rename files extensions )
Be sure to make a BACKUP before testing as I'm a noob developer. And to leave a feedback on what could I improve.
Tanks
Ps the code :
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
namespace SortXlm
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Open the xml doc
XDocument doc = XDocument.Load("C:\\NAME OF THE BASE.XML");
//you have to change the extention of the material batabase from .sldmat to .xml (MAKE BACKUP!)
//sort the stuff
SortByName(doc.Root);
//save xml in another file
doc.Save("C:\\NEW SORTED XML.xml");
//you have to change the extention of the material batabase from .xml to .sldmat and put the file in the library directory
}
static void SortByName(XContainer container)
{
container.ReplaceNodes(
from childEl in container.Elements()
orderby childEl.Attributes("name").Select(a => a.Value).FirstOrDefault()
select childEl
);
foreach (XElement childEl in container.Elements().Where(e => e.HasElements))
{
if (childEl.Name == "classification" || childEl.Name == "material")
{
SortByName(childEl);
}
}
}
}
}
I'm interested in this. File extension naming is easy.
But I need the "rest of the story". What do I do with this code? (I have never written a macro or done API ~ whatever that is). Do I copy this text you wrote, put it in notepad and save it as a file with a macro extension? Then run the macro inside of SW?
Thank you,
Dan