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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2012/08/31 08:36, Federico Nadela
wrote:<br>
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<div><small><small>I have reached as far as the Contour tab but
unable to specify an acceptable output <font
color="#cc0000">file path</font> in the <strong>Output
file for contour lines(vector</strong>). I tried to
input <u>C:/User/Fritz/Documents/Temp.shp</u> but got an
error message <font color="#cc0000">that says it is not a
directory</font>. <font color="#006600">I tried other
paths</font> but they were all unacceptable. Please
advise. Thanks!</small></small></div>
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font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><small><small>Federico
M. nadela </small></small></div>
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Yep, true - if your 'Temp.shp' is not a DIRECTORY within your
documents folder.<br>
<br>
What you and I call "shapefiles" is actually a group of 3 or more
files that are needed by ESRI and other GIS products that use
'shapefile format'<br>
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For this reason you must specify the name of an existing directory,
and not a filename that you want to create.<br>
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<font color="#006600">Are you sure the "other paths" you tried
existed and were actually directory names?<br>
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HTH,<br>
Zoltan<br>
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