Import Foreign Text Files
The Import Foreign Format File dialog is displayed when you select the File/Import menu item in the Project/Assistant tab. For more information on import plugin modules, see File Import Plug-Ins.
This dialog is used to import foreign-format text files into GeoLab. Using the selected import plugin and selected format name, the foreign-format file is converted to the GeoLab IOB-format, and all successfully imported data is written into a new text tab. If errors are encountered (i.e. if the import plugin reports errors when the import is attempted), the list of errors is displayed in the Import Messages Box.
This dialog contains the following controls:
Import Plugins List: This list contains the names of all import plugin modules loaded by GeoLab. The names are simply an abbreviated form of the import plugin DLL file name.
Plugin Information Button: When an import plugin file is selected in the Import Plugins List, this button will be enabled if the supplier of the plugin provided an information file for the plugin. When you click this button, the information, if any, for the plugin is displayed.
Format Names List: This list contains the names of all the formats contained in the selected (in the Import Plugins List) import plugin.
Import Messages Box: This control will display any error messages generated by attempting to import a foreign-format text file when you click the Import Text File button.
Import Text File Button: This button is enabled whenever an format name is selected in the Format Names List. When you click this button, a File Open dialog is displayed allowing you to select the text file you wish to import. If the attempt to import the selected text file fails, any error messages will be displayed in the Import Messages Box. If the import succeeds, the imported GeoLab records (text lines) are loaded into a new text tab.
Help Button: Clicking this button displays this information.
Close Button: Clicking this button closes the dialog.
This dialog is used to import foreign-format text files into GeoLab. Using the selected import plugin and selected format name, the foreign-format file is converted to the GeoLab IOB-format, and all successfully imported data is written into a new text tab. If errors are encountered (i.e. if the import plugin reports errors when the import is attempted), the list of errors is displayed in the Import Messages Box.
This dialog contains the following controls:
Import Plugins List: This list contains the names of all import plugin modules loaded by GeoLab. The names are simply an abbreviated form of the import plugin DLL file name.
Plugin Information Button: When an import plugin file is selected in the Import Plugins List, this button will be enabled if the supplier of the plugin provided an information file for the plugin. When you click this button, the information, if any, for the plugin is displayed.
Format Names List: This list contains the names of all the formats contained in the selected (in the Import Plugins List) import plugin.
Import Messages Box: This control will display any error messages generated by attempting to import a foreign-format text file when you click the Import Text File button.
Import Text File Button: This button is enabled whenever an format name is selected in the Format Names List. When you click this button, a File Open dialog is displayed allowing you to select the text file you wish to import. If the attempt to import the selected text file fails, any error messages will be displayed in the Import Messages Box. If the import succeeds, the imported GeoLab records (text lines) are loaded into a new text tab.
Help Button: Clicking this button displays this information.
Close Button: Clicking this button closes the dialog.
