[gdal-dev] Trying to use ogr2ogr conversion in Visual Studio Project... Quick question

Chaitanya kumar CH chaitanya.ch at gmail.com
Mon Jul 19 12:18:40 EDT 2010


Nathan,

OGRSFDriver::CopyDataSource() may help you. You won't have all the fancy
options ogr2ogr provides but you will be able to create a copy of the
shapefile.

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:16 PM, nlraley <nathan.raley at stcelectronics.com>wrote:

>
> I hope I'm posting in the right group.
>
> I am trying to use the conversion capabilities of ogr2ogr to convert a
> shapefile to kml format so I can basically have a user select a shp file
> and
> automatically convert it without having them go to the command prompt and
> type out the commands or any of that.
>
> I was handling this by passing commands to the command line to
> automatically
> generate the necessary commands to do this conversion.
>
> My question is, what all do I need to include to be able to use the
> ogr2ogr.exe fully?  Or is there a way to include the dll's do handle it
> without the use of the command line?
>
> The reason I was asking was I wanted to give them the bare minimum
> necessary
> to perform the conversions and not have to worry about them having to do a
> full blown install and then worry about what directory they placed the
> files
> in and everything of that nature.
>
> I would like to either:
> a) Include the ogr2ogr.exe and the dll's it needs to run and then just pass
> the commands like I am doing now
> or
> b) Include the dll's in the project so I can use the conversion without
> having to run ogr2ogr.exe through the command prompt.
>
> Any ideas?
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