| Re: Importing DBF files? [message #40808] |
Fri, 03 September 2004 07:51 |
jnettle1
Messages: 27
Registered: January 2001
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I've never used it myself, but shouldn't the DataMiner read these files too?
Jeff
Mark Hadfield <m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz> wrote in message news:<ch7vqf$7ud$1@newsreader.mailgate.org>...
> Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
>> Is there any way to import DBF files generated from either Arc or some DBF
>> program?
>
> Initial response:
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> "What's a DBF file?"
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> After a little more digging:
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> IDL does read and write shapefiles, and there's a mention of DBF files
> there. I don't know if this is relevant, but perhaps you do?
>
> The following is from documentation for IDLffShape::Open...
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> DBF_ONLY
> If this keyword is set to a positive value, only the
> underlying dBASE table (.dbf) component of the shapefile
> is opened. All entity related files are left closed. Two
> values to this keyword are accepted: 1 - Open an existing
> .dbf file, > 1 - Create a new .dbf file
>
> The UPDATE keyword is required to open the .dbf file for
> updating.
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| Re: Importing DBF files? [message #40819 is a reply to message #40808] |
Thu, 02 September 2004 13:29  |
Mark Hadfield
Messages: 783
Registered: May 1995
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Jonathan Greenberg wrote:
> Is there any way to import DBF files generated from either Arc or some DBF
> program?
Initial response:
"What's a DBF file?"
After a little more digging:
IDL does read and write shapefiles, and there's a mention of DBF files
there. I don't know if this is relevant, but perhaps you do?
The following is from documentation for IDLffShape::Open...
DBF_ONLY
If this keyword is set to a positive value, only the
underlying dBASE table (.dbf) component of the shapefile
is opened. All entity related files are left closed. Two
values to this keyword are accepted: 1 - Open an existing
.dbf file, > 1 - Create a new .dbf file
The UPDATE keyword is required to open the .dbf file for
updating.
--
Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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