open or view shapefile .shp labview

[theno1dj]

Hello,

Does anyone know how to open or at least view the contents of a shapefile .shp in labview.

I have found converters that open the file then process it to a text file but i would like to be able

to do this in labview.

Any ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Daniel

[parthabe]

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theno1dj wrote:

I have found converters that open the file then process it to a text file but i would like to be able to do this in labview.

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If you can do upto this level, then can you just keep the part of reading this text file & processing its Str data alone in LV?

I m just trying to get clarified, if it would be easy for you, instead of doing the whole thing in LV.

Also, did you manage to find any cnverters that can process these text files & again form the .shp file for you?

One more option, is to export the .shp file to .xml & then do the total processing in LV, since LV can support XML also very well.

Message Edited by parthabe on 06-30-2009 06:10 AM

[smercurio_fc]

You can do it in LabVIEW without using a converter ... IF you know the format of the file. The same can be said for any file.

If you have the converters then the easiest thing to do is to simply use System Exec to call them, assuming they have a command-line interface. One other suggestion is to see if there are any converters that have an ActiveX interface, as you can also do this from LabVIEW.

[theno1dj]

Thanks for the advice, the only reason i want to do it in labview is so the end user does not have to run several programs and mess about before it gets to my program.

I now have the ESRI shapefile technical description, so i am working my way through that to convert the file.

Cheers

[GovBob]

If you could please let us know how it turns out. ArcView GIS applications are becoming very popular.

[parthabe]

Pl see the attachment. I got this from Google search.

I think this is what he mentioned...

[Jarad]

Did you ever figure out how to open a shapefile in labview?  I have access to ArcGIS engine but would prefer to just open shapefiles in Labview.