[Shapelib] .dbf files

[Mateusz Loskot]

Kemp Kernstine wrote:
> How does one write records to a .dbf file for shapefiles. I am able
> to create the .dbf file and write a field to the file using
> DBFcreate() and DBFaddField() from the Shapelib, however there is no
> write record function. Is this a function build into C? Do I need to
> have a field for every record?

Just use one of DBFWrite* function with shape index pointing to
new/next record position, and it will be created automatically
(if it does not exists):


// Calculate index of next (new) record
iRecord = DBFGetRecordCount( hDBF );

// Write value to 1st field and (implicitly) create new record
DBFWriteStringAttribute(hDBF, iRecord, 0, "My data" );

Cheers
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Mateusz Loskot
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