I am currently working on a very complex project with multiple ALG files and multiple corridors with many point controls. The multiple ALG files complicates things immensely: As you work with point controls, the active ALG must contain the point control alignments to allow you to completely review or modify all aspects.
Also, I inherited these IRD files with all their idiosyncrasies, so I am having to familiarize myself with them in depth before making changes.
So I found it essential to create a variety of XML Reports of them in case my efforts "break" anything in the process. That being said, I found the existing XML reports for IRD files to be lacking in many areas and have taken to modifying and duplicating many of them to get details not contained in the reports. These reports are proving very helpful. Which brings me to my question:
The second question reveals the problem with no IRD file - I can open an IRD file in Notepad++ or XML Notepad and see the names of the XML Nodes and/or Attributes to use as a basis for my modifications. Without and IRD file, this becomes an issue.