Open via Source Plugin

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Access external sources of data. Plugins let you display data without it being loaded automatically. A plugin sends a query to an external data source and displays the results of the query. A layer is added to the Layer window.

There can be a maximum of ten plugins.

Plugins are defined by control IDs which are set in C:\Program Files\CARIS\Caris\<version>\system\SourcePlugins.xml.

Procedure

1. Select the Open via Source Plugin command.

2. Select a plugin from the list.

If data is already open, a single plugin layer is added.

3. Right-click on the layer and select SourceQuery from the pop-up menu.

The query in the plugin is run and the appropriate data is opened. A child layer is created for the query.

Refresh the screen or zoom to the query layer to see the data.

If no data is open, the query is run automatically:

You can retrieve the sources of the data displayed by the plugin as follows:

1. Select one or more features from the query layer.

The selected features are listed in the Selection window.

2. Right-click the layer and choose Retrieve Source(s) from the pop-up menu.

The data is listed in the Layers window.