Hello,

 

> Does anyone know of a way to run a MapInfo TAB to Shapefile translation via

> MapBasic?

> Or is there a command line way to invoke the Universal Tanslator?

> This would save a fair bit of manual work using the Universal Translator.

 

The FME translator, of which the UT is a subset, can certainly do this with just a few clicks in its UI.  The FME Desktop Edition, which is relatively inexpensive, may be a way to go depending on how much time you want to save.  The UT itself does have a command line, and in the latest MapInfo release this has been documented as well (the command line functionality was not originally supported for use, but many enterprising folks found it and have used it).

 

To find out more about FME, check out our new overview movie at http://www.safe.com/products/fme/movie/, you’ll see the reference to batch translations in there as well.

 

Good luck.

 

 

Dale

 

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