[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1729: MapInfo: OGR layer converter doesn't work

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#1729: MapInfo: OGR layer converter doesn't work
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        Reporter:  1969              |         Owner:               
            Type:  enhancement       |        Status:  reopened     
        Priority:  minor: annoyance  |     Milestone:  Version 1.5.0
       Component:  C++ Plugins       |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                    |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                    |      Platform:  Linux        
        Must_fix:  No                |   Status_info:  0            
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Comment (by sowelu):

 QGIS trunk
  Kubuntu 9.10 AMD64
  GDAL 1.8dev

  When I choose a ESRI Shapefile and supply an input filename name then
  choose target format of "MapInfo File" and press Browse nothing happens
 at
  all. If you then just press OK it tells you that the target dataset is
  missing. I had a look at the code and it looks to me like the line

    add( Format( "MapInfo", "MapInfo File", Format::eFile ) );

  in format.cpp has the "MapInfo" and "MapInfo File" around the wrong way.
  If you reverse these and re-compile, QGIS then allows you to choose the
  output target file, but then crashes when you press OK. Looking in the
  target directory, OGR Converter writes out the dat, id and map files, but
  there is no tab file. If you just enter a name (ie. without '.tab') as
 the
  target filename, it creates a directory and writes the dat, id and map
  files, again without the tab.

  My GDAL appears to be working as I can do the conversion using ogr2ogr.

 Roland

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1729#comment:10>
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