Re: st: Re: Error using shp2dta

[Taavi Lai <taavi.lai@ut.ee>]

Thank you for the suggestions, rewriting the code according these solved 
my problem.
Updated code included below

Taavi Lai

shell copy C:\ado\maps\prog\SHP2MIF.EXE SHP2MIF.EXE
fs  *.shp
foreach f in `r(files)' {
   local pos=strpos("`f'",".")
   local f = substr("`f'",1,`pos'-1)
   shell SHP2MIF.EXE `f'
   capture: mif2dta `f', genid(ID) genc(coord)
}
shell erase SHP2MIF.EXE

Friedrich Huebler wrote:

> Taavi,
>
> Have you tried the combination of the DOS program SHP2MIF and the
> Stata command -mif2dta-? Details at this page:
>
> http://huebler.info/2005/20051106_tmap.html
>
> Stata can continue in spite of errors with the -capture- command.
>
> Friedrich Huebler
>
> --- Taavi Lai <taavi.lai@ut.ee> wrote:
>   
> > Dear statalist,
> >
> > After downloading a number of Europe shape files I tried to convert
> > all 
> > these to suite -tmap- using -shp2dta- but got an error message
> > (output below).
> > That raised two questions:
> >
> > 1) do you have suggestions how to improve the code (or were to look
> > for solution) so that the do file wouldn't abort in case of errors
> > 2) I guess that shapefile causing the error is not of a type
> > suitable 
> > for -shp2dta- and therefore - is there a way to make these suitable
> > for -shp2dta-
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Taavi
> >
> > . fs  *.shp
> > bndnetarcs.shp    hydronetpols.shp  miscpolypols.shp 
> > translnkarcs.shp  
> > transnetpols.shp
> > bndnetpols.shp    misclinkarcs.shp  poppointpnts.shp 
> > translnknods.shp  
> > vegpolyarcs.shp
> > hydronetarcs.shp  misclinkpnts.shp  poppolyarcs.shp  
> > translnkpnts.shp  
> > vegpolypols.shp
> > hydronetnods.shp  miscpolyarcs.shp  poppolypols.shp  
> > transnetarcs.shp
> >
> > .
> > . foreach f in `r(files)' {
> >   2.         local pos=strpos("`f'",".")
> >   3.         local f = substr("`f'",1,`pos'-1)
> >   4.         quiet: shp2dta using `f', database("`f'_database") 
> > coordinates("`f'_coordinates") replace
> >   5. }
> > bndnetarcs.shp: polygon shapefile required
> > r(610);
> >
> > end of do-file
> > r(610);
> >     
>
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