ImportNTF()

Imports features from one or more Ordnance Survey NTF volumes into a geographic file.

ImportNTF(array filenames, string data_product, string level, string new_db_name, string layer_type, string table_name, array options)

Argument	Contents
filenames	An array of path and file names of the file (volumes) to import, starting with volume 1 and listed in increasing volume order
data_product	The data product to import; one of the following: "ADDRESS-POINT", "BaseData.GB", "Boundary-Line", "Land-Line", "Land-Form PANORAMA Contours", "Land-Form PANORAMA DTM", "Land-Form PROFILE Contours", "Land-Form PROFILE DTM", "OSCAR Asset-Manager", "OSCAR Network-Manager", "OSCAR Route-Manager", "Strategi", "Urban-Areas"
level	level or feature type name, as returned in the levels array from GetNTFInfo (this may be null for some products)
new_db_name	The path and file name of the new geographic file
layer_type	The type of features to import: "Point", "Line", or "Area"
table_name	The path and file name of the new table file

Option	Type	Contents
Label	String	A descriptive label for the geographic file
Layer Name	String	The name of the layer in the geographic file
Median Split	Boolean	If "True" special handling insures that entities which cross the 180 degree longitude line are imported properly; if "False" (the default), no special handling is invoked
Node Layer Name	String	The desired name for the endpoint layer (only when importing a line layer)
Node Table	String	The path and file name of a table to store node attributes (only if layer_type is Line)
Optimize	Boolean	Whether to optimize the geographic file automatically after the import; defaults to "True"

ImportNTF({"c:\\ntf\\2112_1.ntf, "c:\\ntf\\2112_2.ntf"}, "Boundary-Line",

"Civil Parish","parish.dbd", "Area", "parish.dbf", {

{"Label", "Ordnance Survey Data"},

{"Layer Name", "Parishes"}})

Error Type	Meaning
NotFound	There is no file by this name; or there are no entities in the files of the desired type
Error	The file is not a valid NTF file; the files are out of sequence; or the files are not from the same data series

Function	Summary
GetNTFInfo()	Provides information on a dataset of Ordnance Survey NTF volumes
GetNTFVolume()	Returns information on an Ordnance Survey NTF file (volume)