Hi Darrin, Universal Translator (UT) is really FME and it is possible to use it with batch conversions, but it is complicated stuff, which I would only do, if there are no other possibility left.
UT can however do all files in a directory in one go (just select them all), so if your SHP files has different names, move them all to one directory, convert them to TAB and then move them back again to the original directories. If the same filename is used for every state, you could do same batch copying, where the filenames are updated at the same time to include the statename. The reverse is also possible with the generated TAB files: That is putting them back into directories with the state name. Kind regards Uffe Kousgaard www.routeware.dk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darrin Clement" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mapinfo-L@lists. directionsmag. com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 3:49 PM Subject: MI-L Batch Use of Universal Translator > Hello, > > I have a CD with shape files in each directory for every US > state. I need to convert all the files into TAB format. > I'm sure there must be a way to batch process them with the > Universal Translator, but the documentation doesn't seem to > explain how, and my search of the MI-L archives didn't help > (I am not a programmer so calling it from anything other > than the MapBasic Window will be beyond my ability). > > Any ideas? > > > ******* > Darrin P. Clement _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
