Andrea Aime wrote
That would not be a DBF file anymore, the length of a field can be specified using a byte, so it can be 255 at most: http://www.dbase.com/knowledgebase/int/db7_file_fmt.htm Cheers Andrea Hi, thanks again for your really fast response. An obvious workaround for me is to split the field into several fields (Field01 to Field14), and the reading application hast to merge them. But I don't like the solution for 2 reasons: - The Shapefile becomes very confusion by the additional fields, and in most cases the additional fields will be empty as there maximum auf 3500 chars is used very rarly - The application that reads my shapefile has also to be modified So I wonder if it is possible to use another format than DBF? If yes, where can I define it and can it be read by another application without modification? /Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
