Adding minor improvements

 - Fixed a bug where importedFrom attribute is not an actual path
 - Added sorting to certain lists so that repeated conversions do not result in unnecessarry differences
 - Improved readme

BmprArchiveModel/Model/BmprArchiveReader.cs

@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ public static MockupProject LoadProject(String sourceFile, bool createHashes)
                 // Load thumbnails
                 InternalLoadThumbnails(db, project, createHashes);
             }
+
+            // Sort members so that serialization always produces similar results
+            project.Mockups = project.Mockups.OrderBy(n => n.Attributes.Name).ToList();
+            project.SymbolLibraries = project.SymbolLibraries.OrderBy(n => n.Attributes.Name).ToList();
+            project.Assets = project.Assets.OrderBy(i => i.Attributes.Name).ToList();
+            project.Branches = project.Branches.OrderBy(i => i.Id).ToList();
 
             return project;
         }
@@ -141,8 +147,6 @@ private static ProjectInfo InternalLoadProjectInfo(DatabaseAccess db)
 
         private static void InternalLoadResources(DatabaseAccess db, MockupProject project, bool createHashes)
         {
-            List<Mockup> mockups = new List<Mockup>();
-
             String[][] data = db.GetTableContent(BarTable.RESOURCES.ToString());
             foreach (String[] row in data)
             {
@@ -194,9 +198,9 @@ private static void InternalLoadResources(DatabaseAccess db, MockupProject proje
                                 if (control != null)
                                 {
                                     if (attributes.Kind == ResourceKind.Mockup)
-                                        (container as Mockup).Controls = control.ToObject<MockupControl[]>();
+                                        (container as Mockup).Controls = control.ToObject<MockupControl[]>().OrderBy(i => i.ID).ToArray();
                                     else
-                                        (container as SymbolLibrary).Symbols = control.ToObject<MockupSymbol[]>();
+                                        (container as SymbolLibrary).Symbols = control.ToObject<MockupSymbol[]>().OrderBy(i => i.ID).ToArray();
                                 }
                                 else if (!attributes.Trashed)
                                 {

BmprArchiveModel/Model/MockupProject.cs

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ public class MockupProject
         #region Properties
 
         public ProjectInfo Info { get; set; }
-        public List<Mockup> Mockups { get; } = new List<Mockup>();
-        public List<SymbolLibrary> SymbolLibraries { get; } = new List<SymbolLibrary>();
-        public List<ProjectAsset> Assets { get; } = new List<ProjectAsset>();
-        public List<BranchInfo> Branches { get; } = new List<BranchInfo>();
-        public List<ResourceThumbnail> Thumbnails { get; } = new List<ResourceThumbnail>();
+        public List<Mockup> Mockups { get; set; } = new List<Mockup>();
+        public List<SymbolLibrary> SymbolLibraries { get; set; } = new List<SymbolLibrary>();
+        public List<ProjectAsset> Assets { get; set;  } = new List<ProjectAsset>();
+        public List<BranchInfo> Branches { get; set; } = new List<BranchInfo>();
+        public List<ResourceThumbnail> Thumbnails { get; set; } = new List<ResourceThumbnail>();
         #endregion
     }
 }

BmprArchiveModel/Model/Properties/ResourceAttributes.cs

@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ protected override void initializeAttributes(JObject attributes)
             // Mime type of the resource
             MimeType = (String)attributes[MIME_ATTRIB];
 
-            String path = (String)attributes[IMPORTED_ATTRIB];
-            if (path != null && path.Length > 0)
-                ImportedFrom = new Uri(path);
-
+            ImportedFrom = (String)attributes[IMPORTED_ATTRIB];
+
             // Remove all known attributes
             attributes.Remove(KIND_ATTRIB);
             attributes.Remove(TRASHED_ATTRIB);
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ protected override void initializeAttributes(JObject attributes)
         public String MimeType { get; set; }
 
         [JsonProperty(Order = 13)]
-        public Uri ImportedFrom { get; set; }
+        public String ImportedFrom { get; set; }
 
         #endregion
     }

JsonConverterBmpr/Program.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Program
 
         static void Main(string[] args)
         {
+            int errorCode = 0;
+
             // Parameters 
             String source = null;
             String target = null;
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
                         {
                             forceOverwrite = true;
                         }
-                        else if (a.Equals("-nh"))
+                        else if (a.Equals("-n"))
                         {
                             createHashes = false;
                         }
@@ -66,13 +68,15 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
                 if (source == null)
                 {
                     PrintHelp();
-                    Environment.Exit(ErrorBadArguments);
+                    errorCode = ErrorBadArguments;
+                    return;
                 }
 
                 if (!File.Exists(source))
                 {
                     PrintError("Input file '" + source + "' does not exist");
-                    Environment.Exit(ErrorFileDoesntExists);
+                    errorCode = ErrorFileDoesntExists;
+                    return;
                 }
 
                 // Load project file
@@ -121,6 +125,8 @@ static void Main(string[] args)
                 Console.In.Read();
 #endif
             }
+
+            Environment.Exit(errorCode);
         }
 
         static void PrintHeader()
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ SOURCE    A *.bmpr file to convert
     TARGET    The destination file to save the JSON output. If not give, the
               JSON is emitted on standard output
     -f        Force overwrite if TARGET exists
-    -nh       Do not replace binary data with hashes. By default a data hash
+    -n        Do not replace binary data with hashes. By default a data hash
               is calculated and emitted for binary data like images
     -h        Prints this description");
         }

README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ In this regard the main objectives are:
 * Focus exclusively on readability
   * Try to match UI concepts and workflow while structuring the JSON, as compared to representing the underlying RDBMS organization
   * Try to order properties to increase readability, like having ID, name, type kind of properties at the top under an object
-* Friendly to diff tools, don't rely on a lot of command line options
+* Friendly to diff tools, don't rely on a lot of command line options. And don't ask for user inputs
 
 # Usage
 ```
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ Usage:
     TARGET    The destination file to save the JSON output. If not give, the
               JSON is emitted on standard output
     -f        Force overwrite if TARGET exists
-    -nh       Do not replace binary data with hashes. By default a data hash
+    -n        Do not replace binary data with hashes. By default a data hash
               is calculated and emitted for binary data like images
     -h        Prints this description
 ```
+Note: Requires .NET Framework 4.5
 
 # TODO
 * Simplify the awkward mockup.controls.control.children.controls.control hierarchy