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Edit Templates File

The edit templates file (edittemplates.xml) is an XML file defines what rules can be applied when using the special edit tools to adjust annotations features used with dynamic cartography.

The default location of the file is C:\Program Files\CARIS\HPD\<version>\system\PCEConfig\xslconfig.

The edit templates files is referenced through the <CartoEditTemplate/> element in the INT1 section of the portrayal control file. See below.

<CartoEditTemplate File="%PCEConfig%\xslconfig\edittemplates.xml"/>

Rules can be connected to cartographic features through

the <UseTemplate> element in the XSLT template files.

the UT(feature) instruction in lookup tables

XSLT template files

The following tag in the XSLT template file, DCBCNSPP.xsl references the beaconedit rule.

<UseTemplate name="beaconedit" />

Lookup tables

The following instruction in prymrefs_VDM.dic references the sounding rule.

“SOUNDG”,””,”CS(SOUNDG02,,SGSL1);UT(sounding)”,”205”,”O”,”OTHER”,”33010”,”Soundings_ContoursandCoastline”