Jason,
Have you considered using one of the DOS-Based SDTS to MIF conversion
utilities and writing a batch file to process all of them? For instace, the
late-great Sol Katz wrote a SDTS to MIF conversion utility called
SDTS2MIF.EXE. You could, for example write a batch file to process each
SDTS file sequentially:
1) Write a batch file that calls another...
[SDTS.BAT]
call trans C:\SDTS\AR\ 1234 01
call trans C:\SDTS\AL\ 1235 01
and so on...
2) Write the second batch file to receive parameters from the first...
[TRANS.BAT]
cd %1 'Where %1 is the path to the actual data
call sdts2mif %2 %2 %3 'Where %2 is the 4 digit id and %3 is the file id
for the LE file...
cd ..
I know that this will seem absolutely archaic to the "Windows Generation"
but it does get the job done!
Ian Erickson
http://www.analygis.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Jason McMahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Catherine Lessard, KOREM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: MapInfo-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: RE: MI-L Batch Universal Translator
> Sorry- I should have been more specific about my problem:
>
> These SDTS files are located in several different directories. Because
many
> of them have the same names, I cannot put them all in the same place, and
> therefore cannot "shift-click" and select more than one in the open file
> dialog box.
>
> Of course, I could theoretically re-name each of the SDTS files (or more
> precisely, each of the 18 .ddf files), but I think that would be, well,
> stupid.
>
> I'm open to any suggestions anyone may have!
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Catherine
> Lessard, KOREM
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:21 PM
> To: Jason McMahan
> Cc: MapInfo-L
> Subject: Re: MI-L Batch Universal Translator
>
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> Here's a small input: It is possible, using Universal Translator, to
select
> numerous files at once. I haven't done it with SDTS files, but it works
fine
> with Esri's SHP files. Although it is not any faster, you can just let the
> computer do its job.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Catherine Lessard
> Géographe - Cartographe
> KOREM inc.
> www.korem.com
>
> Jason McMahan wrote:
>
> > Hello List-
> >
> > I've got several hundred SDTS files I need to convert to .tab (or even
> .mif)
> > files using the Universal Translator.
> >
> > Do I need to do them one-at-a-time or is there a way to process en
masse?
> >
> > Thanks for any input you may have.
> >
> > Jason
> >
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