--- Start of Idrisi List message Idrisians, based upon my own experiences and responses from Mark Cederholm and Peter Schlesinger I conclude that the current version of SHAPEIDR does not offer full functionality in macro modus. (See below for details). It would be nice to receive some confirming words to the list from the Clark Labs that this will be resolved in IfW3.0. Regards Sindre Langaas ---------------------- I initially wrote: ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Sindre Langaas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: KTH, Civilengineering To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:21:18 +0100 (MET D Subject: SHAPEIDR in macro modus Priority: normal --- Start of Idrisi List message Idrisians, I have got 24 vector point files (with between 4,000 - 15,000 points) in Idrisi format (without any attribute data) that I would like to export to SHP format using SHAPEIDR in macro modus. However, when doing this I am unable to get SHAPEIDR to automatically start creating the necessary dBase file, which is required by ArcView to work. (Citation the SHAPEIDR HELP file: "3. If a corresponding database file does not exist when exporting from IDRISI for Windows format to Shapefile, then SHAPEIDR creates a .DBF file listing a sequential identifier field. ArcView requires the dBase file for the use of Shapefiles.") When doing this manually, it works, but the establishment of the dBase file is painfully slow, in particular the 'Verifying table' step of that process. It seems like it has a verifying speed of around 100 points / min!! Given up to 15,000 points, the conversion may take up to 2.5 hours/file which 'effectively blocks' my PC during day time. I look forward to hear whether others have had the same problems and found solutions that either enables the automatic creation of the dBase files in macro modus (at night-time), or if this is currently not feasible, speeds up the process in the manual modus. I use a WinNT4.0/PII 300MHz & IfW2.0. My SHAPEIDR.exe file is dated 27 feb 1997. Regards Sindre Langaas ---- Mark Cederholm wrote: ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Mark Cederholm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sindre Langaas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SHAPEIDR in macro modus Date sent: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:19:39 -0700 I have also encountered this bug, and at my website warn people not to use the macro version of SHAPEIDR. I also notified Clark Labs some months ago, so hopefully the next version should be OK. Mark Peter Schlesinger wrote: ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:12:42 -0500 From: Peter Schlesinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Woods Hole Research Center To: Sindre Langaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SHAPEIDR in macro modus Sindre, I notified IDRISI tech support about this a little more than a year ago. To my knowledge there has not been a fix. It caused me to change software for an entire project, because I couldn't efficiently move data between IDRISI and ArcView. It can be done using ArcInfo, building, and arcshaping, but that too is a pain. Peter Schlesinger GIS & Remote Sensing Laboratory Woods Hole Research Center PO Box 296, 13 Church Street Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508)540-9900, ext 118 (508)540-9700, fax email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.whrc.org ---- Assistant Professor Sindre Langaas Div. of Land and Water Resources Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +46-8-7908612 Telefax: +46-8-4110775 --- End of Idrisi List message IDRISI-L is an unmoderated list. As a service to list users, please post a summary of useful responses to your questions. To post a message to IDRISI-L, send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list, send an email from the address to be subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe" (without quotes) as the first line of the message body. To unsubscribe, do the same, only with "unsubscribe" as the first line of the message body.
