Thank you Russel and Jason! I think this must be it cause all the text fields are 254 characters long. I'll go and try your suggestions right now.
--- "Adam, Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It could be a limitation of MapInfo, but I have seen > MI tables with lots more than 16 fields. More > likely than not it has to do with the length of the > row in the shapefiles DBF part. Check the column > widths - if they are all "text" type, and 254 > characters wide, you've probably exceeded the > maximum length permissible in the translation. > Make all the column widths as tight as possible and > try again, perhaps that will work. > > Regards, > > > �������������������������������� > Jason Adam > GIS Specialist > De Beers Canada Exploration Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.debeersgroup.com --- "Lawley, Russell S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > sounds to me like you are hitting the 4kilobyte > limit per row of data in mapinfo ... your 16 fields > would be fields with 254 characters in them would > they? > > r > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mach Nife [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 September 2004 13:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L Shapefile to MI TAB conversion : Error > if more than 16 > fields > > > Hi, > > When I use Universal Translator to convert a > shapefile > to a MapInfo TAB > I receive an error if there's more than 16 fields > (not > counting > the "shape" field). > > After removing superfluous fields (so we have 16 > fields or less) it > works perfectly. > > Here is the error returned in the log file: > "MapInfo file 'C:\GO\Polygons.tab' could not be > opened. Check that > file path name is valid. Also check for adequate > disk > space. > Program Terminating > Translation FAILED." > > Any Ideas? > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter > now. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 13168 > > > > ********************************************************************* > This e-mail message, and any files transmitted with > it, are > confidential and intended solely for the use of the > addressee. > However, the information contained in this e-mail > may subsequently > be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of > Information Act 2000 and, unless the information is > legally exempt from disclosure, the > confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot > be guaranteed. If > this message was not addressed to you, you have > received it in error > and any copying, distribution or other use of any > part of it is > strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions presented > are solely those > of the sender and do not necessarily represent those > of the British > Geological Survey. The security of e-mail > communication cannot be > guaranteed and the BGS accepts no liability for > claims arising as a > result of the use of this medium to transmit > messages from or to the > BGS. > http://www.bgs.ac.uk > ********************************************************************* > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13171
