The LEADTOOLS Vector Imaging Pro toolkit includes everything you need to create powerful 2-D and 3-D viewers, editors, and converters that support SHP along with other vector and raster image formats. This eliminates the need to install or license the original application that created the SHP-formatted vector objects, and allows you to include only the functionality for your specific needs.
Using Vector Imaging Pro, you can:
The ESRI Shape format is a vector format created by the Environmental System Research Institute. The SHP file can support point, multi-point, polygon, polyline and multi-patches. This file format has a much faster drawing speed and more editing capabilities than other data sources. It is supported by the ARC Explorer 2.0 and ARCView.
This file format contains three files:
Main file: *.shp
Index file: *.shx
DBase file: *.dbf
This file format is not supported in the non-vector toolkits.
The default extension used by this format is: SHP.
This file format does not support layers, grouping objects or embedded raster objects.
File constants associated with this file format are:
Constant | Read Support | Write Support | Description |
Shp | Yes | Yes | ESRI Shape (Environmental System Research Institute). |
When SHP files are rasterized, they are 24 BPP.
The following table indicates which objects LEAD can load and which objects it can save:
Object: | Load: | Save: |
PolyDraw | Supported | Not Supported |
Polyline | Supported | Supported |
Vertex | Supported | Not Supported |
Required DLL: Leadtools.Vector.dll and Leadtools.Codecs.Shp.dll. For a listing of the exact DLLs needed, based on the toolkit version, refer to Files To Be Included With Your Application .
Related Formats: CGM - Computer Graphics Metafile, CMX - Corel Presentation Exchange Format, DGN - Intergraph Format, DRW - Micrografx Designer DRaWing, DWF - DWF Format, DWG - DWG Format, DXF - Drawing Interchange Format, EMF - Windows Metafile Formats, GBR - Gerber Format, PCL - Printer Command Language Format, PCT - Macintosh Pict Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PLT - PLT / HPGL Format, PS - PostScript Document Format, RTF - Rich Text Format, SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics Format, WPG - WordPerfect Vector Format, WMF - Windows Metafile Formats, WMZ - Compressed Windows Metafile Format, E00 - ArcInfo Interchange File Format, MIF - MapInfo Interchange File Format.
Platforms: .NET 2/3, .NET 4