SVSGlobalEx

I've recently had a few people message me about Global Excludes in SVS. The specific problem they seem to be having is if they exported a layer, the Global Excludes don't export. To help people that want to be able to do this I've written a quick tool that will help in the process.

SVSGlobalEx is a command line tool that will either export or import a Global Exclude list. This list is an XML file that the tool generates on use (or you could make your own if you wished). Used in conjuction with SVS OnEvents and the OnEvent Meta Directory you can set something to save global excludes into the VSA on Export and to import them when a layer is imported.

Update: SVSGlobalEx now calles FSL2ReloadExcludeList so the computer doesn't need to be restarted or SVScmd used for the changes to come into effect.

Usage

This tool requires .NET 3.5 to run

SVSGlobalEx takes a path or one of two switches and uses a file named SVSGlobalEx.xml

• [/E]xport will save SVSGlobalEx.xml to the path entered.
• [/I]mport will import SVSGlobalEx.xml from the path entered, then deletes the XML file.

So a sample use would be: SVSGlobalEx "C:\\" /E

OnEvent Use

There are two articles you need to read before using SVSGlobalEx with OnEvents; These are:

1. How to use OnEvent
2. Using the Meta Folder

I would use the export function with OnPreExport and save it to the Meta directory of the layer you're exporting. This will require you to first find the proper read-only layer in the FSLRDR directory and second create said Meta directory. I'd also place a copy of SVSGlobalEx into that meta folder for use on Import.

With import I'd use it with OnPostImport.

If you don't use the meta folder with Import then the Global Excludes will get saved into the layer itself and never get loaded.