Favorites / Bookmarks plugin

[Dugrhill]

Favorites Plugin: v1.0.2

This plugin adds a Favorites menu to your WorldWind main menu bar and allows you to create bookmarkable favorite spots.
Favorites will not work in WW1.3.1 and was created for the new version of WW with plugin support.

Just navigate to the desired location, Zoom, Altitude, Heading, Tilt, etc. Click Favorites -> Add This Spot, and then select a name for it.

When you click on saved favorites from this list you will be taken to the exact location, Zoom, Altitude, Heading, Tilt, etc. that you saved.

WorldWind 1.3.2 is still in alpha, as of this writting, so the favorites plugin may not work at some point and require an update.

Also, I am NOT a C# programmer. This code may not be pretty but it works. I will be adding functionality to it soon. if you would like a feature added to it let me know.

Also, if you find any bugs please let me know.

Download here:
http://www.powertise.com/TheHills/WW/ in the Plugins/Favorites directory. Save the favorites.cs file and install.

Enjoy!

Doug

PS - The Bookmarks plugin ShockFire and I were working on should be out soon. I'm having a hard time getting that version to save layers and camera tilt as my Favorites version does. In the mean time, this version works just fine.

v1.0.1 -
Fixed nested plugin directory structure bug.

v1.0.2-
Cleaned up the code a bit.
Plugin now creates a favorites.ini in the working directory if the file is not found.

{Edited 6/16/05}

[canosso]

Hello Doug,
I had a problem with the directory, the code was "\Plugins\Favorites\" which means the directory of Favorites.ini would be "World Wind\Plugins\Plugins\Favorites\". I changed it to only "\Favorites\" which works better to me.
The Plugin works fine.

canosso

[TomServo]

Works nice once I did this:

Took out /plugins from the path
and
moved the CS file outside of the Favorites folder.

Well, guess I won't do a plugin like this then B)

[TomServo]

I Can see some stuff that will have to be added later.. like a folder structure... I can see people bookmarking EVERYTHING and then not finding stuff anymore

Want to help me work out the last bits of my plugin? Damn interactivity/filtering is killing me at my poor level of skill

[5of0]

I'd enjoy working on it. But I guess I wouldn't add much skill, I've no clue of C# and a very small one in C. I'm a VB man. But I can try anyway, I've done plenty in VB. But I'm really bogged down tonight.

[Mashiharu]

I love it Dugrhill!

[Dugrhill]

Mashi:

It gets better! ShockFire pretty much re-wrote the entire plugin today using URI and XML. I think it's MUCH better.

Should be up soon.

Doug

Originally posted by Mashiharu@Jun 15 2005, 07:50 PM
I love it Dugrhill!

Quoted post

[aussiemac]

Tom Servo,
I stuffed up trying to put the plug-in in the right directories
Now I've got favourites listed 5 time but still not working.
How do I erase four of them and get the plug-in working!
please.
I'll have to stop experimenting - and get a life!

[TomServo]

Your asking me? Blah!

[5of0]

Hm. Do you have any scripts running at startup?\
I'm not a C#'er, just trying to adapt my VB ideas to C# code. But in your script, try changing this:

 public override void Unload()
 {
 	// Clean up, remove menu item
 	ParentApplication.MainMenu.MenuItems.Remove(menuItem);

 	base.Unload ();
 }

to this:

 public override void Unload()
 {
 	// Clean up, remove *all favorites* menu items
 	foreach(MenuItem mnuThing in ParentApplication.MainMenu.MenuItems) {
  if(mnuThing.Text=="Favorites"){	
  	ParentApplication.MainMenu.MenuItems.Remove(mnuThing);
  }
 	} 
 	base.Unload ();
 }

Like I said, not 100% sure 'cause I can't test it right now, but it shouldn't break too much, the worst it could do is clear off your toolbar... :P
What favorites scripts do you have running? On startup? Does this happen only when the script runs (I hope so, otherwise there's something strange happening)? Maybe you could paste your scipt(s), something about them is cancerous.