[Qgis-user] shp*join*csv real2string problem
Jürgen E. Fischer
jef at norbit.de
Sat Dec 8 11:02:18 PST 2012
Hi Bernd,
On Sat, 08. Dec 2012 at 17:12:16 +0100, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
> Seems the excel import is version and/or platform dependent: In dev under
> linux mint, it doesn't work at all. Drag and drop produces "blabla.xls is
> not a valid or recognized data source" and through the normal vector
> adding dialog, there is no way to make the xls visible and selectable.
It's not platform, but OGR dependant. I suppose the GDAL/OGR on Linux mint
isn't built with FreeXL[1] support and therefore you can't use Excel files
directly.
Jürgen
[1] https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/
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