Smaller VSA 1.0.2

Here's a tool that puts a little extra squeeze on your VSAs. It actually creates an archive file (.vsa) for a specified layer that is potentially smaller than one created through a normal SVS export.

Use cases:

1. If you have a layer containing files in the USER_TEMPLATE, a copy of all these files will be contained in the User Specific section of the writable sub-layer for each user. Even resetting before export the layer leaves an extra copy of these files in the writable sub-layer for the currently logged in user. This tool exports the layer with a blank writable-sub layer containing none of the files from the USER_TEMPLATE. Of course, if the layer does not have anything in the USER_TEMPLATE the archive created by this tool will not be much smaller than one created by an SVS export.
2. This tool exports the layer with a blank writable sub-layer but leaves the writable sub-layer intact on the source. This gives the user the ability to export and share a layer without either resetting or distributing their own personal settings.

Syntax:

SmallerVSA.exe "Layer Name" "Archive Path"

Layer Name - Valid layer name for existing SVS layer.
Archive Path - The complete path to the archive file including the .vsa extension.

Example:

SmallerVSA.exe "Sample Layer" "C:\VSA\Sample Layer.vsa"