ADE Import XML file INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR

[blaunarwal]

Hi,

I recently wanted to import a flatten polygon, which I first extracted with the tool CVX Extractor, available in this forum.
CVX extractor
The reason is stupid. I made a flatten for a terrain spike near an airport i modified and deleted the poly afterwards, renamed the CVX.bgl and no longer had the source code, when I later wanted to put all terrain fixing flattens into one bgl.

The extracted file looks like this:

Spoiler: XML from CVX Extractor

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Vectors>
<VectorType name="AirportBounds">
<Vector TextureGuid="{47D48287-3ADE-4FC5-8BEC-B6B36901E612}" TextureName="Airport_Backgrounds_Flatten" FileOffsetHex="A4">
<QMID u="426" v="524" l="11" />
<Shapes>
<Shape Index="0" DrawType="Polygon" FileOffsetHex="B6">
<Points>
<Point Longitude="-80.0180912017822" Latitude="-2.21888959407806" Altitude="1.75381922721863" />
<Point Longitude="-80.018355846405" Latitude="-2.21391141414642" Altitude="0.08595360070467" />
<Point Longitude="-80.0238704681396" Latitude="-2.21432447433472" Altitude="6.91012096405029" />
<Point Longitude="-80.0240850448608" Latitude="-2.21801519393921" Altitude="4.82041215896606" />
<Point Longitude="-80.0180912017822" Latitude="-2.21888959407806" Altitude="1.75381922721863" />
</Points>
</Shape>
</Shapes>
</Vector>
</VectorType>
</Vectors>

It produces following error

Spoiler: Compiler Error

ScruffyDuck Scenery Design Engine Compiling
Using BglComp....


Parsing document: E:\MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor 179 Test\P35\work\loadFrom.xml

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 2, 9, Das Element 'Vectors' wird verwendet, aber es ist im DTD/Schema nicht deklariert .

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2309: Vectors is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2016: Invalid element found <Vectors>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2032: XML Parse Error! Element tree follows:

ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 3, 35, Das Element 'VectorType' wird verwendet, aber es ist im DTD/Schema nicht deklariert .

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2309: VectorType is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2016: Invalid element found <VectorType>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2032: XML Parse Error! Element tree follows:

ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 4, 126, Das Element 'Vector' wird verwendet, aber es ist im DTD/Schema nicht deklariert .

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2309: Vector is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2016: Invalid element found <Vector>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2032: XML Parse Error! Element tree follows:

ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2033: XML Parse Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 5, 37, Das Element 'QMID' wird verwendet, aber es ist im DTD/Schema nicht deklariert .

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2309: QMID is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2016: Invalid element found <QMID>, skipping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2032: XML Parse Error! Element tree follows:

ERROR:
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2309: QMID is NOT a valid token!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2023: Improper ending element <QMID>. Stopping!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2034: XML Parse Fatal Error (line, column, error)

ERROR: 5, 37, Unbekannter Fehler

INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2430: Unrecoverable error parsing XML!
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2006: Parse failed (0x80004005)
INTERNAL COMPILER ERROR: #C2003: Failed to process file: E:\MSFS\FS Design Tools\Airport Design Editor 179 Test\P35\work\loadFrom.xml

I changed the XML file to look like ADE is showing the ShapePoly in Raw mode

Spoiler: Raw Mode View

<airportBounds>
<guid>
{47d48287-3ade-4fc5-8bec-b6b36901e612}
</guid>
<coordinates>
-80.0180912017822,-2.21888959407806,5.684
-80.018355846405,-2.21391141414642,5.684
-80.0238704681396,-2.21432447433472,5.684
-80.0240850448608,-2.21801519393921,5.684
-80.0180912017822,-2.21888959407806,5.684
-80.0180912017822,-2.21888959407806,5.684
</coordinates>
</airportBounds>

But also this file was not loadable.
I typed all five points manualy into another 5 edged poly and got my result. But what if I have 100 points?

How does the format of the XML file has to be to be imported by ADE?

Thanks

Dan

 

[scruffyduck]

ADE cannot read CVX.bgl files at all

 

[blaunarwal]

ADE cannot read CVX.bgl files at all

Jon, that´s not you. Did you only read my first sentence? I try to read an .xml file. I need to know, how ADE needs an .xml file to be, that it can be read. See my initial post again please.

Dan

 

[scruffyduck]

Sorry for answering the wrong question.

I assume you mean the XML format for polygons. The 'XML' for CVX elements is generated in ADE separately from the airport source because it uses a separate compiler. xml2shp.exe created by Winfried Orthmann. If you right click a shape poly in ADE then you can select Show XML and you will get something like this

ADE accumulates all the code of this type and sends it through xml2shp. There is no way to import this into ADE - it is separate from the XML generated for the airport. I can't think of any way to inject and external file of this into the ADE compiler function

Maybe you could create such a file and run xml2shp externally to ADE to get a a shape file for shp2Vec.exe. This is a download source for it. https://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/1654/fsx-xml2shp-utility/ The list of the guids to use with it and they represent different poly types is included in the package


Still not sure I answered your question

 

[blaunarwal]

Ok, I understand. ADE´s "Import XML" only imports XML scenery placement files. So a landclass or flatten polygon can not be imported, right?

I tried to import it in exactly the form, you have shown above. What is a pity, I can create a poligon and enter all values by hand in the raw editor mode of ADE. So if I dumb human can do it, why not the software?

Regards

Dan

 

[scruffyduck]

Ok, I understand. ADE´s "Import XML" only imports XML scenery placement files. So a landclass or flatten polygon can not be imported, right?

You are correct