Re: Order of Objects/Connections in XML file

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On 29 Aug 2003, Christopher Bahns wrote:
> Hello All,
> I am doing some post-processing on Dia XML files using Python and
> SAX. Is it safe to assume that each "Line / ZigZagLine" object (which
> has connections) always occurs in the file *after* the objects to
> which it is connected? If so, then I should be able to create my
> objects and establish all connections in one pass.

No.  The order is not determined by the connections (which could have
strange results if lines connect to each other), but by the ordering of one
object atop another.  Lower objects appear earlier in the file.  You can
select all zigzaglines with the Select Same Type menu entry then move them
all to front, but that's not something you'd want to do every time.  

-Lars

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