Hi
I am using MS visio to create a auto cad file from that im converting into shape file using dxf2shp converter. I want to add my own information to the shapes that are created how can i do that. lets say i have boiler i want to add name, id, capacity and etc... to that shape. how can i do this. actually i have tried by opening the dbf file in MS Excel and added some columns but while im saving the file it shows some compatibility issues. Is there any other way to do this. please any one help me in that. And i want some basic tutorial regarding creating maps using visio please suggest me some reading about this...
the shapefile dbf files are basically dBase files, for which there are a lot of different editors available. I believe, though, that you shouldn't try to use microsoft excel to edit them. http://www.google.com/search?q=shp+edit+dbf should point you in the right direction I think. For one, I'm relatively certain many people use the OpenOffice spreadsheet tool to successfully edit these files.
-Graham