I heard that the incoming version of mapinfo will support more then 256 characters fields. That may resolve this problem in the futur.
Anyone out there knows if that would fix it? GH -----Original Message----- From: Mach Nife [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 1, 2004 09:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L Shapefile to MI TAB conversion : Error if more than 16 fields 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13172
