I don't know if this would matter but file name length could be something to look at.<br><br>Some dbf files that open in Excel won't open in Access unless renamed to 8 (I think) characters or less.<br><br>Maybe if you rename it shorter and try it might work.<br>
<br>Definitely be careful with a live shapefile dbf though - you should probably rename the shapefile to a shorter name and then try to open the dbf again.<br><br>Nif<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:17 PM, Landon Blake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lblake@ksninc.com">lblake@ksninc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Silvia,<br>
<br>
I am surprised that Open Office couldn't open the DBF. Most open source<br>
desktop GIS programs like OpenJUMP can open and edit the attributes of<br>
Shapefile. Is that an option?<br>
<br>
If not, you could send me the file and I could see if I could open it in<br>
Microsoft Excel.<br>
<br>
Landon<br>
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Hi all,<br>
do some of you know how to edit a shapefile's dbf file?<br>
I tried with OpenOffice Calc but I have the following error:<br>
"Connection to file could not be established"<br>
I have to add some attribute that I have in an other file and they are a<br>
<br>
lot of data.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for help<br>
<br>
Silvia<br>
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