[sextante] fixed problem when exporting non-file based data to be use…

…d by 3rd party apps
qgis · Apr 17, 2013 · 06d2045 · 06d2045
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commit 06d2045
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/python/plugins/sextante/core/LayerExporter.py b/python/plugins/sextante/core/LayerExporter.py
@@ -49,12 +49,18 @@ def exportVectorLayer(layer):
         It also export to a new file if the original one contains non-ascii characters'''
         settings = QSettings()
         systemEncoding = settings.value( "/UI/encoding", "System" ).toString()
+
         filename = os.path.basename(unicode(layer.source()))
         idx = filename.rfind(".")
         if idx != -1:
             filename = filename[:idx]
-        output = SextanteUtils.getTempFilenameInTempFolder(filename + ".shp")
-        #output = SextanteUtils.getTempFilename("shp")
+
+        filename = str(layer.name())
+        validChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789:"
+        filename = ''.join(c for c in filename if c in validChars)
+        if len(filename) == 0:
+             filename = "layer"                   
+        output = SextanteUtils.getTempFilenameInTempFolder(filename + ".shp")        
         provider = layer.dataProvider()
         useSelection = SextanteConfig.getSetting(SextanteConfig.USE_SELECTED)
         if useSelection and layer.selectedFeatureCount() != 0: