Mapinfo tab to ESRI shapefile conveter

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Introduction

Mapinfo tab to ESRI shapefile conveter can convert MapInfo vector tables to the ESRI shape format. Implemented as a command line interface to IMUT.exe.

Using the code

This is a code sample and will only work with Universal Translator Imut files.

    char szExeFile[1024];
    sprintf(szExeFile, "\"%s\\imut.exe\" CFGenerate MAPINFO SHAPE \"%s/\" hggtemp1.dat LOG_STANDARDOUT YES", 
        (LPCTSTR)m_strImut,(LPCTSTR)strFilePath);
    
    STARTUPINFO si;
    GetStartupInfo( &si );
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
    si.dwFlags = STARTF_FORCEONFEEDBACK;
    si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
    
    if(CreateProcess(NULL,
        szExeFile,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        FALSE,
        CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
        NULL,
        (LPCTSTR)m_strImut,
        &si,
        &pi))
    {
        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
        WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
        //GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &dwExitCode);

        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
        
        FILE *fp;
        sprintf(szExeFile, "%s\\hggtemp2.dat",(LPCTSTR)m_strImut);
        if((fp = fopen(szExeFile, "wt")) != NULL)
        {
            fprintf( fp, "MACRO _EXTENSION TAB\n");
            fprintf( fp, "MACRO SourceDataset %s\n", (LPCTSTR)strFilePath);
            fprintf( fp, "MACRO DestDataset %s\n", strDstPath);
            fprintf( fp, "INCLUDE hggtemp1.dat\n");
            fclose(fp);
            
            sprintf(szExeFile, "\"%s\\imut.exe\" hggtemp2.dat", (LPCTSTR)m_strImut);
            if(CreateProcess(NULL,
                szExeFile,
                NULL,
                NULL,
                FALSE,
                CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
                NULL,
                (LPCTSTR)m_strImut,
                &si,
                &pi))
            {
                CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
                WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
                //GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &dwExitCode);

                CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
            }
        }
    }

Points of Interest

The tool can convert a lots of tab files(locate in different directory) to shapefile format. Manual operate is a tired trouble thing, may make an error.

History

First release.