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Re: Importing DBF files? [message #40808]

Fri, 03 September 2004 07:51

jnettle1
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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:
>
> "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.

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