[Shapelib] DBFAddField

[David.Gancarz at ci.orlando.fl.us]

Hanne: 

Unfortunately, the 10-character limit for field names is unavoidable:  it 
is a limitation imposed by the dbf format (used by shapefiles to store 
attribute data).

David Gancarz




"Hanne Ribergaard" <hanne.ribergaard at breakoutimage.dk> 
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Hello,
 
 
 
I just started using shapelib to creating shape files.
I having a problem whit my fields name because they are more the 11 
character long. The DBFAddField only take up till 11 characters, is this 
because shape only support fieldname under 11 characters? Or is there a 
way of using longer field names in the shape format
 
Thanks
 
Hanne
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