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Import Shapefile To Access DB (VBA)

This VBA code imports a shapefile into an Access table. It opens the shapefile and associated DBF file, reads the geometry and attribute fields, and inserts rows into a new Access table. Field types are determined by the DBF file and geometry is stored as a serialized string. The user is prompted to name the new table and any existing table will be replaced.

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Import Shapefile To Access DB (VBA)

This VBA code imports a shapefile into an Access table. It opens the shapefile and associated DBF file, reads the geometry and attribute fields, and inserts rows into a new Access table. Field types are determined by the DBF file and geometry is stored as a serialized string. The user is prompted to name the new table and any existing table will be replaced.

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this code (VBA, Access XP, should run on Access 2003 too) imports a shapefile to

an Access-table, using 'serializetostring' for the geometry.


It also imports all fields.
It was a bit tricky because the 'field.type' only recognizes 'string', 'integer'
and 'double' (as mentioned in the documentation). It also recognizes 'boolean'.
...
So maybe someone has use for this....
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
Private Sub cmd_Load_Click()
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sf As New MapWinGIS.Shapefile
tb As New MapWinGIS.Table
NewTable As TableDef
i As Long, x As Long
rs As DAO.Recordset
success As Boolean
delTable As Boolean
tblfields As Object
fldType As FieldType
NewTableName As String
f
fs As Object
oFileDialog As FileDialog
shpFileName As String
dbfFileName

'Selecting a File
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oFileDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
oFileDialog.Filters.Add "All files", "*.*" 'adding a filter for all-files
oFileDialog.Filters.Add "Shapefile", "*.shp", 1 'adding a filter for *.shp
oFileDialog.InitialFileName = Application.CurrentProject.Path 'start in the
actual folder
With oFileDialog
.Title = "Select Shapefile to load"
.ButtonName = "Select"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show = True Then
Dim vItem As Variant
For Each vItem In .SelectedItems
shpFileName = vItem 'this is the complete paht of the selected s
hapefile
Set f = fs.GetFile(vItem)
If Left(f.Type, 3) <> "SHP" Then 'checking filetype to assure it
s a shapefile (just very basic)
MsgBox "This seems to be no Shapefile!", vbExclamation, "Exi
ting!"
Exit Sub
End If

dbfFileName = Left(shpFileName, (Len(shpFileName) - 4)) & ".dbf"


'setting the name of corresponding *.dbf
Next
End If
End With
If LenB(shpFileName) = 0 Then 'if nothing is selected exit
MsgBox "No File selected", vbExclamation, "Exiting!"
Exit Sub
End If
NewTableName = InputBox("Please enter a table name:", "New Tablenname", Left
(f.Name, (Len(f.Name) - 4))) ' enter the name of the new table
delTable = False 'setting the tag for deletion of existing table
For i = 0 To CurrentDb.TableDefs.Count - 1
If CurrentDb.TableDefs(i).Name = NewTableName Then 'check if the table a
lready exist and ask user what to do
Select Case MsgBox("A table with the given name (" & NewTableName &
") already exists in this database!" _
& vbCrLf & "Replace?" _
, vbYesNo Or vbExclamation Or vbDefaultButton1, "
Table exists!")
Case vbYes
delTable = True 'if the table is to be replace set the tag c
orrespondingly
Case vbNo
Exit Sub 'stop if table isn't to be replaced
End Select
End If
Next i
If delTable Then 'if tag is set to replace, delete table
DoCmd.DeleteObject acTable, NewTableName
End If
DoCmd.Hourglass True 'set the hourglass-cursor to show busy-mode...
success = tb.Open(dbfFileName) 'open the dbf
If Not success Then
MsgBox "*.dbf can't be read! Maybe missing or disrupted!", vbCritical, "
Exiting!"
Exit Sub
End If
CurrentDb.CreateTableDef (NewTableName) 'create the new table
Set NewTable = CurrentDb.CreateTableDef(NewTableName)
sf.Open (shpFileName) 'open the shapefile
For i = 0 To tb.NumFields - 1 'add a field to the new tabel for every field
in the dbf
Select Case tb.Field(i).Type 'specify the field-type by the fieldtypes i
n the dbf
Case 0
If tb.Field(i).Width > 255 Then 'if its a string and size is ove

r 255 make a memo-field


fldType = dbMemo
Else
fldType = dbText
End If
Case 2
If tb.Field(i).Precision > 0 Then 'if its a number-field use pre
sision to decide between double and integer
fldType = dbDouble
Else
fldType = dbLong
End If
Case 3
fldType = dbBoolean
Case Else
MsgBox "Unknown field-type!", vbCritical, "Exiting!" 'oops
Exit Sub
End Select
AppendDeleteField NewTable, "APPEND", _
tb.Field(i).Name, fldType, tb.Field(i).Width 'append the fields using su
b appendeletefield
Next i
AppendDeleteField NewTable, "APPEND", _
"mem_GEOMETRIE", dbMemo, 0 'append the field for string-geometrie, use m
emo-field because of length
CurrentDb.TableDefs.Append NewTable 'now really add the new table
Set rs = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(NewTableName, dbopendynaset) 'open the new tabl
e for adding data
For i = 0 To sf.NumShapes - 1 'for every shape in the shapefile add a record
to the new table
rs.AddNew
For x = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
If LenB(tb.CellValue(x, i)) > 0 Then 'if the field in the dbf contai
ns data, add it, else don't bother
rs.Fields(x) = tb.CellValue(x, i)
End If
Next x
rs.Fields("mem_GEOMETRIE") = sf.Shape(i).SerializeToString 'add the geom
etry to the geometry-field
rs.Update
Next
DoCmd.Hourglass False 'so were done, remove the hourglass-cursor
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
tb.Close
sf.Close
MsgBox "Done!", vbInformation

End Sub
Sub AppendDeleteField(tdfTemp As TableDef, _
strCommand As String, strName As String, _
Optional varType, Optional varSize)
'This code is taken out of the Microsoft Visual Basic Help!
With tdfTemp
' Check first to see if the TableDef object is
' updatable. If it isn't, control is passed back to
' the calling procedure.
If .Updatable = False Then
MsgBox "TableDef not Updatable! " & _
"Unable to complete task."
Exit Sub
End If
' Depending on the passed data, append or delete a
' field to the Fields collection of the specified
' TableDef object.
If strCommand = "APPEND" Then
.Fields.Append .CreateField(strName, _
varType, varSize)
Else
If strCommand = "DELETE" Then .Fields.Delete _
strName
End If
End With
End Sub

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