WED 1.3 Export to Gateway question

[w9nwrwi]

Did not have any luck at the .org to my question so will try here.

I want to correct some signage errors which have been showing up in Log.txt, in this case at ESSV, Visby.
Wed 1.3 is open, I select apt.dat (within Custom Scenery/Global airports) and then select ESSV within WED.
All is good, signs, runway, etc (no hangers, aircraft) go to the hierarchy panel on the right.  
I make the changes to the signs, run a Validation, and get the all ok.
Since we are reminded from the Gateway instructions to also include the DSF for the airport, I select the DSF for ESSV and it is inserted into the WED Hierarchy panel. so far so good.

Now I run another Validation and get the "You cannot export airport overlays to the X-plane Gateway if overlay elements are outside airports in the hierarchy" alert.
Looking at the Hierarchy panel that makes sense since I now have two major  items in the panel, Visby and the next one way below the runways, signs, etc. sits the Earth nav data\ file that I was supposed to send also to the Scenery Gateway.

Of course since I have the hierarchy alert it is not going to go.

I am doing something wrong, but I sure can not figure it out.

Without the DSF I could send in the sign changes but not both (apt & dsf) at the same time.
I assume that Gateway needs both at the same time? With both APT data and DSF data in the hierarchy pane panel, how do those of you who have submitted proceed with your inputs?

Thanks for any help,

Chuck
 

[Litjan]

Copy and paste from my mail to you, as it may benefit other users:

 

Hi Chuck,

simply select all the items that are in the second entry (from the DSF) (use shift-click first to last one) and drag them up to where the items from the apt.dat are. Now you can just delete the old header from the DSF entry.
 

You should now have a structure on the right that is: world/airport/all items from both apt.dat and .dsf file.
 

The warning you get is when you try to export a wed setting where not all items are within the aiport folder. In this case the DSF stuff you imported sits in its own folder, but not in the airport folder.
 

Does this make sense?
 

When you "export" your file, WED figures out which stuff goes to the apt.dat and which goes to the .dsf.

Same for when you upload to the gateway - in this case you MUST select the airport file line, though (you can tell you did it right when ALL objects on the main screen light up with those little crosses). Only then can you upload to the gateway (and you must select the "export target" correctly. first).

Let me know if this works, Jan

[w9nwrwi]

Excellent Jan,

Worked as you described, and I thank you AGAIN...

Will copy and paste to the .org so others may, like you say, benefit.

 

Chuck