allow DBF input, not just TXT

[nvkelso]

If I have a SHP, it has a DBF. I want be able to point Dymo at that DBF and have it run, without intermediate steps that get out of synch.

[migurski]

DBF's do not have spatial information in them, IIRC.

[nvkelso]

DBFs that have an explicate latitude and longitude column, do. Requiring
the user add those columns in the GIS is easier than requiring the user
maintain a separate CSV of their SHP file grouping.

[migurski]

Can you provide an example?

[nvkelso]

From Natural Earth:
http://www.naturalearthdata.com/http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/50m/cultural/50m-populated-places-simple.zip

[migurski]

Is this a case where you've chosen to go in and add these columns yourself, or is it something that shapefiles do normally? If there is a discrepancy between the .dbf and the .shp, who wins?

[nvkelso]

I've added them, it's not normal for the DBF part of SHPs to have these.

the SHP always wins in terms of long/lat coordinates. But it's relatively
trivial to update these columns in the DBF in ArcMap and QGIS.