Newly installed QGIS and trying to open a .TAB file created with MapInfo Pro but fails to create shapefile receiving message ".TAB file not supported".
I Followed instructions > layers > add vector layer >.
Any suggestions please?
1 Answer
Maybe the table is an Extended MapInfo Table build with a 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro?
Open the tab file in a text editor and see if it says "Type NATIVE" or "Type NATIVEX"
NATIVEX is the new Extended MapInfo Table format which isn't supported by the MITAB driver and so not supported by QGIS.
You can try to save it into a "standard" MapInfo Table using MapInfo Pro.
- There seems to have been a solution to this on the MapInfo side of things: support.pitneybowes.com/… However, the vital piece of info to fix it is missing. Anyone have any ideas on how to adjust the preferences.xml MapInfo file to the QGIS friendly version? Or how to edit associated files with the tab file?Ian– Ian2017-11-09 09:48:36 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2017 at 9:48
- 1@Ian, check the article again. I have asked for missing piece to get added to the articlePeter Horsbøll Møller– Peter Horsbøll Møller2017-11-13 11:50:13 +00:00Commented Nov 13, 2017 at 11:50
- 2the article is now updated, thanks for getting this sorted.Ian– Ian2017-11-20 09:30:07 +00:00Commented Nov 20, 2017 at 9:30
- 1This is the answer. But it looks like MapInfo files are no longer compatible with QGIS...2019-08-13 08:38:53 +00:00Commented Aug 13, 2019 at 8:38
- For now, it's only the "new" Extended MapInfo tables, also known as NativeX, that aren't supported in QGIS. If you create the older Native Tab Files you should be able to use this in QGISPeter Horsbøll Møller– Peter Horsbøll Møller2019-08-15 12:21:25 +00:00Commented Aug 15, 2019 at 12:21
.TABfile onto the map window. If the map appears, right-click on the layer list andSave Asas ESRI shapefile (.shp).