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#16
Excellent, can't ask for better response and support!

#17
Oh that is fantastic! I can think of Javascript uses :-) this is amazing, really.
#18
Again I am sorry for not using helpdesk... but this is not "basic" I think:

(1) You must convert your "sharing URL" from GDrive into a "direct download" URL. This is typical Google, they go 90% and then stop leaving some key bit of info for the user to "discover". So for example (the link to the XML file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ykixwFeOisZFhaaXh2QzhfWXc/edit?usp=sharing

must be changed to

https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5ykixwFeOisZFhaaXh2QzhfWXc

I tested both "download" links in a browser and they work. The files are in my Public folder on GDrive.

(2) Now I made up this HTML which you can find at http://solo.dc3.com/locustest.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Test of Locus Actions</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello test!</p>
<p><a href="locus-actions://https/dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8209159/test.xml">Download Locus Settings (Dropbox)</a></p>
<p><a href="locus-actions://https/docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5ykixwFeOisZFhaaXh2QzhfWXc">Download Locus Settings (GDrive)</a></p>
</body>
</html>


(3) And here is the XML file for the final part
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<locusActions>
  <download>
    <source size="11749">
      <![CDATA[https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5ykixwFeOisalpwZGtVODNwWWs]]>
    </source>
    <dest><![CDATA[/backup/ActionsTest.zip]]></dest>
  </download>
</locusActions>


Now clicking on the Download Locus Settings (GDrive) (<= this might work right here!) does trigger the intent and start LocusPro, however, immediately is shows an error with the XML file (more below this image):

<-click

Note that the URL in the error message is all lower case! Perhaps that is just the error message display, but if the URL is truly being converted to lower case before using it, then that would cause a problem because the GDrive ID is case-sensitive. This is just a guess... but I cannot get to the XML file (the URL in the error message is for the XML file not the final file to download to Locus).

I hope I have given you enough info this time, and again I am sorry for the stupid post before.
#19
I will run tests today. I am not 100% sure on this and really I should have done a controlled test before writing, I am sorry...
#20
Ah, this is great news... So basically it is an embedded browser, this is great! I have some ideas.
#21
My mistake, I guess I pasted the wrong link into my message here, was trying to point to a file in the GDrive Public folder. Let me research this and set up a test for you... I had moved things to DropBox Public where it works OK. I am on the iPad now, will be in my office in a couple of hours...
#22
What HTML is allowed in KML <description>?  For example <iframe>? HTML canvas? What will display when point info box is opened in Locus?
#23
Wishlist / Locus Actions - Visual feedback
March 25, 2014, 04:56:24
There should be some visual feedback for large Locus Action downloads... The user just doesn't know if anything is happening until it is completed. If downloading and installing large map set (1Gb) then he is worrying if it is actually happening.
#24
It would be amazing if Locus Action could download a Backup Manager file and restore things. Maybe <action> could be restore|settings, restore|points-tracks, restore|icons, restore|all.
#25
Maybe this is a wish list. Locus Actions will save my soul. I have 15 tablets to set up with maps, points, and settings. Now I realize I can set things up so the newbie users can do this with Locus Actions, fantastic!

I have the files (some over a gigabyte) to download on Google Drive. However, it appears that a Google Drive URL won't work?If the link is of the form locus-actions://https/drive.google.com/file/d/0B5ykixwFeOisY1RhZnpvV0czTUk/edit?usp=sharing it seems that Locus says "problem with file xxxxxx". If I move everything over to DropBox it is OK (both the locus-actions://.../xxx.xml link and the <source> link in the XML itself both DropBox.

I can move things to DropBox, but it is 12 Gb (lots of map tile sqlite DB files). Am I making a mistake with Google Drive or are the URLs that they use not working with Locus Actions?
#26
I always run with Settings, Sensors, Orientation, Use true bearing set to OFF (unchecked), for magnetic bearings etc, as we are using this for aviation. I think that the course on the Course Bearing Line is still in true and not in magnetic.

By the way, the course bearing line is the single most useful tool in Locus, at least for us! I will find a location, center it, then tell my pilot the course and distance ("turn right heading 230, we are 12 miles from xxxxx"). I have been subtracting the 12 degree variation to get it right.
#27
OK, tested and verified... the altitude is now being exported to KML/KMZ as the 3rd value in <coordinates>. This is perfect. Now I do not need the "insert formatted description", and better, I can put other things there.

THANK YOU!
#28
Thank you Gynta!!
#29
The icon tap in the Points folder list is simply brilliant!!!
#30
OK I installed Free and transferred settings from Pro to Free... what else is "separate" and what is "shared"? I hope that only the settings need be copied from one to the other and that they share everything else in the Locus folder tree?