Dear all,
I have several thousand files in dBaseIV format that I need to convert to
shapefiles for use in ArcGIS. I've written a script (see below) to automate
this process but thus far have been unable to get it to work. I suspect that
there's a simple reason for this, but I'm a complete novice with Python and
have been unable to find it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Regards,
Chris Bromley
##Script Name: dBase Table to Shapefile
##Description: Converts dBase files to shapefiles
##Created By: Chris Bromley.
##Date: 16/02/2005
# Import system modules
import sys, string, os, win32com.client
# Create the Geoprocessor object
gp = win32com.client.Dispatch("esriGeoprocessing.GpDispatch.1")
try:
# Load required toolboxes...
gp.AddToolbox("C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/ArcToolbox/Toolboxes/Conversion
Tools.tbx")
gp.AddToolbox("C:/Program Files/ArcGIS/ArcToolbox/Toolboxes/Data Management
Tools.tbx")
#Define & create variables to contain the source files and output file
location paths
gp.workspace =
"C:\PhD\ElwhaRiverProject\Physical_modelling\Model_Data_Corrected\Tester3\One"
out_workspace =
"C:\PhD\ElwhaRiverProject\Physical_modelling\Model_Data_Corrected\Tester3"
# Get a list of the dBase tables in the workspace
fcs = gp.ListTables("*","dBase")
# Loop through the list of feature classes
fcs.reset()
fc = fcs.next()
while fc:
# Set the output filename for each output to be the same as the input
filename
output = out_workspace + fc
# Process: Make XY Event Layer...
gp.MakeXYEventLayer_management(fc, "x", "y", output, "")
# Process: Feature Class To Shapefile (multiple)...
gp.FeatureClassToShapefile_conversion(output, out_workspace, )
fc = fcs.next()
except:
gp.AddMessage(gp.GetMessages(2))
print gp.GetMessages(2)
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