* update before refactor

   ProgressChanged

src/AasxCsharpLibrary/AdminShellCollections.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ public void Add(K key, V value)
                 dict.Add(key, new List<V> { value });
         }
 
+        public void AddIfValueIsNew(K key, V value)
+        {
+            if (dict.TryGetValue(key, out var list))
+            {
+                if (!list.Contains(value))
+                    list.Add(value);
+            }
+            else
+                dict.Add(key, new List<V> { value });
+        }
         public void Remove(K key)
         {
             if (dict.ContainsKey(key))

src/AasxCsharpLibrary/Extensions/ExtendEnvironment.cs

@@ -1071,6 +1071,21 @@ public static IEnumerable<LocatedReference> FindAllSemanticIdsForAas(
             return refs;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Warning: very inefficient!
+        /// </summary>
+        public static IEnumerable<LocatedReference> FindAllReferencedSemanticIds(
+            this AasCore.Aas3_0.IEnvironment env)
+        {
+            // unique set of references
+            var refs = new List<LocatedReference>();
+
+            foreach (var aas in env.AllAssetAdministrationShells())
+                refs.AddRange(env.FindAllSemanticIdsForAas(aas));
+
+            return refs;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Warning: very inefficient!
         /// </summary>

src/AasxIntegrationBase/AasxPluginOptionsBase.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ This source code may use other Open Source software components (see LICENSE.txt)
 
 namespace AasxIntegrationBase
 {
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// With a lot of reluctance, this forms a global variable to be exchanged among all plugins.
+    /// Note: as not all plugins do have default options, this is the only way to make plugin
+    /// behaviour configurable by main application.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class AasxPluginsGlobal
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Only check the <c>value (id)</c> field of keys of semanticId for Submodels.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool SubmodelCheckOnlyId = false;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Base class for an options record. This is a piece of options information, which is
     /// associated with an id of a Submodel template.
@@ -249,13 +263,12 @@ public AasxPluginLookupOptionsBase(
         }
 #endif
 
-
         private string GenerateIndexKey(Aas.IKey key)
         {
             if (key == null)
                 return null;
             var k = new Aas.Key(key.Type, key.Value);
-            var ndx = k?.ToStringExtended();
+            var ndx = k?.ToStringExtended(format: AasxPluginsGlobal.SubmodelCheckOnlyId ? 2 : 0);
             return ndx;
         }
 

src/AasxPackageExplorer/App.xaml.cs

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public static OptionsInformation InferOptions(string exePath, string[] args)
             var loadedPlugins = Plugins.TryActivatePlugins(pluginDllInfos);
 
             Plugins.TrySetOptionsForPlugins(pluginDllInfos, loadedPlugins);
-
             return loadedPlugins;
         }
 

src/AasxPackageExplorer/MainWindow.CommandBindings.cs

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ This source code may use other Open Source software components (see LICENSE.txt)
 using Aas = AasCore.Aas3_0;
 
 namespace AasxPackageExplorer
-{
+{   
     /// <summary>
     /// This partial class contains all command bindings, such as for the main menu, in order to reduce the
     /// complexity of MainWindow.xaml.cs
     /// </summary>
-    public partial class MainWindow : Window, IFlyoutProvider
+    public partial class MainWindow : Window, IFlyoutProvider, IExecuteMainCommand
     {
         private string lastFnForInitialDirectory = null;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ public partial class MainWindow : Window, IFlyoutProvider
         //// <MenuItem Header="([^"]+)"\s+([^I]|InputGestureText="([^"]+)")(.*?)Command="{StaticResource (\w+)}"/>
         //// .AddWpf\(name: "\5", header: "\1", inputGesture: "\3", \4\)
 
-
         public void RememberForInitialDirectory(string fn)
         {
             this.lastFnForInitialDirectory = fn;
@@ -97,6 +96,82 @@ public void CommandExecution_RedrawAll()
         /// Set to <c>true</c>, if the application shall be shut down via script
         /// </summary>
         public bool ScriptModeShutdown = false;
+
+        public async Task<int> ExecuteMainMenuCommand(string menuItemName, params object[] args)
+        {
+            if (menuItemName?.HasContent() != true)
+            {
+                Log.Singleton.Error("MainWindow execute menu command: menu item name missing!");
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            // name of tool, find it
+            var foundMenu = this.GetMainMenu();
+            var mi = foundMenu.FindName(menuItemName);
+            if (mi == null)
+            {
+                foundMenu = this.GetDynamicMenu();
+                mi = foundMenu.FindName(menuItemName);
+            }
+            if (mi == null)
+            {
+                Log.Singleton.Error($"MainWindow execute menu command: menu item name invalid: {menuItemName}");
+                return -1;
+            }
+
+            // create a ticket
+            var ticket = new AasxMenuActionTicket()
+            {
+                MenuItem = mi,
+                ScriptMode = true,
+                ArgValue = new AasxMenuArgDictionary()
+            };
+
+            // go thru the remaining arguments and find arg names and values
+            var argi = 0;
+            while (args != null && argi < args.Length)
+            {
+                // get arg name
+                if (!(args[argi] is string argname))
+                {
+                    Log.Singleton.Error($"MainWindow execute menu command: Argument at index {argi} is " +
+                        $"not string type for argument name.");
+                    return -1;
+                }
+
+                // find argname?
+                var ad = mi.ArgDefs?.Find(argname);
+                if (ad == null)
+                {
+                    Log.Singleton.Error($"MainWindow execute menu command: Argument at index {argi} is " +
+                        $"not valid argument name.");
+                    return -1;
+                }
+
+                // create arg value (not available is okay)
+                object av = null;
+                if (argi + 1 < args.Length)
+                    av = args[argi + 1];
+
+                // into ticket
+                ticket.ArgValue.Add(ad, av);
+
+                // 2 forward!
+                argi += 2;
+            }
+
+            // invoke action
+            await foundMenu.ActivateAction(mi, ticket);
+
+            // perform UI updates if required
+            if (ticket.UiLambdaAction != null && !(ticket.UiLambdaAction is AnyUiLambdaActionNone))
+            {
+                // add to "normal" event quoue
+                this.AddWishForToplevelAction(ticket.UiLambdaAction);
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
 
         private async Task CommandBinding_GeneralDispatch(
             string cmd,

src/AasxPackageExplorer/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ public void UiLoadPackageWithNew(
                 if (info == null)
                     info = loadLocalFilename;
                 Log.Singleton.Info("Loading new AASX from: {0} as auxiliary {1} ..", info, onlyAuxiliary);
+
                 if (!packItem.Load(PackageCentral, loadLocalFilename, loadLocalFilename,
                     overrideLoadResident: true,
                     PackageContainerOptionsBase.CreateDefault(Options.Curr)))
@@ -965,6 +966,7 @@ private async void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
             RepoListControl.PackageCentral = PackageCentral;
             RepoListControl.FlyoutProvider = this;
             RepoListControl.ManageVisuElems = DisplayElements;
+            RepoListControl.ExecuteMainCommand = this;
             this.UiShowRepositories(visible: false);
 
             // event viewer
@@ -1011,26 +1013,63 @@ private async void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 
                 if (repo is PackageContainerListHttpRestRepository restRepo)
                 {
-                    var fetchContext = new PackageContainerHttpRepoSubsetFetchContext()
+                    // find a specific location
+                    if (PackageContainerHttpRepoSubset.IsValidUriAnyMatch(fi?.Location))
                     {
-                        Record = new ConnectExtendedRecord()
+                        // try load that specific location
+                        // check if load fresh or aggregate
+                        if (PackageCentral.Main is AdminShellPackageDynamicFetchEnv)
                         {
-                            BaseType = ConnectExtendedRecord.BaseTypeEnum.Repository,
-                            BaseAddress = restRepo.Endpoint?.ToString()
+                            // load aggregate
+                            Log.Singleton.Info("Aggregating location {0} ..", fi.Location);
+                            var res = await UiSearchRepoAndExtendEnvironmentAsync(
+                                PackageCentral.Main,
+                                fullItemLocation: fi.Location,
+                                trySelect: true);
+
+                            // error?
+                            if (res == null)
+                                Log.Singleton.Error("Not able to access location {0}", fi.Location);
+
+                            // in any case, stop here
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            // load
+                            Log.Singleton.Info("Switching to location {0} ..", fi.Location);
+                            UiLoadPackageWithNew(PackageCentral.MainItem, null, 
+                                fi.Location, onlyAuxiliary: false, preserveEditMode: true);
+
+                            // in any case, stop here
+                            return;
                         }
-                    };
-
-                    // refer to (static) function
-                    var res = await DispEditHelperEntities.ExecuteUiForFetchOfElements(
-                        PackageCentral, DisplayContext, 
-                        ticket : null, 
-                        mainWindow: this, 
-                        fetchContext: fetchContext,
-                        preserveEditMode: true,
-                        doEditNewRecord: true,
-                        doCheckTainted: true,
-                        doFetchGoNext: false,
-                        doFetchExec: true);
+                    }
+
+                    // if not a specific location is available, display general dialogue
+                    if (true)
+                    {
+                        var fetchContext = new PackageContainerHttpRepoSubsetFetchContext()
+                        {
+                            Record = new ConnectExtendedRecord()
+                            {
+                                BaseType = ConnectExtendedRecord.BaseTypeEnum.Repository,
+                                BaseAddress = restRepo.Endpoint?.ToString()
+                            }
+                        };
+
+                        // refer to (static) function
+                        var res = await DispEditHelperEntities.ExecuteUiForFetchOfElements(
+                            PackageCentral, DisplayContext,
+                            ticket: null,
+                            mainWindow: this,
+                            fetchContext: fetchContext,
+                            preserveEditMode: true,
+                            doEditNewRecord: true,
+                            doCheckTainted: true,
+                            doFetchGoNext: false,
+                            doFetchExec: true);
+                    }
                 }
 
                 //
@@ -1766,7 +1805,7 @@ private void UiHandleReRenderAnyUiInEntityPanel(
             AdminShellPackageEnvBase packEnv,
             Aas.IReference workRef = null,
             string fullItemLocation = null,
-            bool tryDisplay = false)
+            bool trySelect = false)
         {
             await Task.Yield();
 
@@ -1841,7 +1880,7 @@ private void UiHandleReRenderAnyUiInEntityPanel(
             var newIdf = newIdfs.FirstOrDefault();
 
             // display
-            if (tryDisplay)
+            if (trySelect)
             {
                 var veFound = this.DisplayElements.SearchVisualElementOnMainDataObject(newIdf, alsoDereferenceObjects: true);
                 if (veFound != null)

src/AasxPackageExplorer/debug.MIHO.script

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 // Tool("exportsmtasciidoc", "File", "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\new.zip", "AntoraStyle", "true");
 Tool("editkey");
 // Tool("createrepofromapi", "BaseAddress", "http://localhost:5001/api/v3.0/", "BaseType", "Repository");
+Tool("connectextended", "BaseAddress", "http://smt-repo.admin-shell-io.com/api/v3.0", "BaseType", "Repository", "AasId", "https://admin-shell.io/idta/aas/DigitalNameplate/3/0", "AutoLoadOnDemand", "false", "AutoLoadCds", "true");
 // Tool("connectextended", "BaseAddress", "http://localhost:5001/api/v3.0/", "BaseType", "Repository", "GetSingleAas", "false", "GetAllAas", "true", "PageLimit", "99", "AutoLoadOnDemand", "false");
 // Tool("connectextended", "BaseAddress", "http://localhost:5001/api/v3.0/", "BaseType", "Repository", "GetSingleAas", "true", "AasId", "http://smart.festo.com/id/demo-box/aas/instance/99920202206560529000071817", "AutoLoadOnDemand", "false");
 // Tool("connectextended", "BaseAddress", "https://eis-data.aas-voyager.com/", "BaseType", "Repository", "GetSingleAas", "true", "PageLimit", "2", "AutoLoadOnDemand", "false", "AasId", "https://new.abb.com/products/de/2CSF204101R1400/aas");

src/AasxPackageExplorer/options-debug.MIHO.json

@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\tmp\\Syn2tecMachine_P2518_AAS__V3_DL2.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\MIHO\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\Syn2tecMachine_P2518_AAS__V3_DL2.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\test-data\\MTP\\test-data-SMT_MTP.aasx",
+    "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\Micha\\Desktop\\Demo\\AASX\\8001203_SPAU-P10R-T-R18M-L-PNLK-PNVBA-M8D_060ff64f-9fd2-422d-81ce-b17e49f007c5_work.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\tmp\\00_FestoDemoBox-Module-2-Kopie.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\tmp\\8001203_SPAU-P10R-T-R18M-L-PNLK-PNVBA-M8D_060ff64f-9fd2-422d-81ce-b17e49f007c5_work_spiel.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\1449600_NEBM-SM12G8-E-1.5-Q5-LE6_511946fb-00c1-4aa8-9877-9ba23d86146e.aasx",
-    "AasxToLoad": "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\1449600_NEBM-SM12G8-E-1.5-Q5-LE6_511946fb-00c1-4aa8-9877-9ba23d86146e.aasx",
+    // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\1449600_NEBM-SM12G8-E-1.5-Q5-LE6_511946fb-00c1-4aa8-9877-9ba23d86146e.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\a33.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\MIHO\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\SMT_and_SAMM_Showcase_v02.aasx",
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\MIHO\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\SMT_and_SAMM_Showcase_v01.aasx",
@@ -72,7 +73,9 @@
     // "AasxToLoad": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\SMT_ProductChangeNotification\\SMT_ProductChangeNotification_Draft_play_02.aasx",
     "AasxRepositoryFns": [
         "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo_Festo_demo_case_V3\\Festo-DemoCase-repo-V3-local.json",
-        "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\local-5001.json"
+        "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\local-5001.json",
+        "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\eis-voyager.json",
+        "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\smt-repo.json"
     ],
     // "AasxRepositoryFn": "C:\\HOMI\\Develop\\Aasx\\repo\\local-5001.json",
     // "AasxRepositoryFn": "C:\\Users\\homi0002\\Desktop\\test3\\new-aasx-repo.json" ,
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@
     "VerboseConnect": true,
     "WorkDir": ".\\work",
     "CdSortOrder": "Structured",
+    "SubmodelCheckOnlyId": true,
     "ObserveEvents": true,
     "CompressEvents": true,
     "CheckSmtElements": false,

src/AasxPackageLogic/DispEditHelperModules.cs

@@ -1818,6 +1818,10 @@ public void DisplayOrEditEntityDataSpecificationIec61360(
                         return new AnyUiLambdaActionRedrawEntity();
                     }))
             {
+                // TODO (MIHO, 2024-12-09): check if to allow further Iec data types such as "File":
+                // comboBoxItems: (AdminShellUtil.GetEnumValues<Aas.DataTypeIec61360>()
+                //      .Select((dt) => dt.ToString())).ToArray(),
+
                 AddKeyValueExRef(
                     stack, "dataType", dsiec, Aas.Stringification.ToString(dsiec.DataType), null, repo,
                     v =>

src/AasxPackageLogic/DispEditHelperSammModules.cs

@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ public void ImportCreateCDandIds(
 			DispEditHelperSammModules.SammExtensionHelperUpdateJson(newSammExt, si.SammType, si.SammInst);
 
 			// save CD
-			env?.ConceptDescriptions?.Add(newCD);
+			env?.Add(newCD);
 		}		
 
 		public void ImportSammModelToConceptDescriptions(

src/AasxPackageLogic/ExplorerMenuFactory.cs

@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ public static AasxMenu CreateMainMenu()
                     .AddWpfBlazor(name: "ConnectExtended", header: "Connect (extended) …",
                         args: new AasxMenuListOfArgDefs()
                             .AddFromReflection(new PackageContainerHttpRepoSubset.ConnectExtendedRecord()))
-                    .AddWpfBlazor(name: "ApiUploadAssistant", header: "Upload assistant …")
+                    .AddWpfBlazor(name: "ApiUploadAssistant", header: "Upload assistant …",
+                        args: new AasxMenuListOfArgDefs()
+                            .AddFromReflection(new PackageContainerHttpRepoSubset.UploadAssistantJobRecord()))
                     .AddWpf(name: "CreateRepoFromApi", header: "Create (local) file repository from API base …",
                         args: new AasxMenuListOfArgDefs()
                             .AddFromReflection(new PackageContainerHttpRepoSubset.ConnectExtendedRecord()))

src/AasxPackageLogic/IExecuteMainCommand.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace AasxPackageLogic
+{
+    public interface IExecuteMainCommand
+    {
+        Task<int> ExecuteMainMenuCommand(string menuItemName, params object[] args);
+    }
+}