Shape View Program

[wcl]

I am trying to find an easy shape view program that will work on a Windows 10 as I tried Route Riter and that didnt work, I have also tried SHAPE FILE MANAGER Version 2.4a and that dont work for a Windows 10, I just am trying to find something that is easy to use, to edit 3 files is all I need....

Thanks

[slipperman]

Hi wcl,
Shape File Manager DOES work under Windows 10, BUT, it needs the MSTS program FFEDITC_unicode.exe to provide the decompression/compression routines. If you don't have access to that program, try using the comp.exe/decomp.exe programs from file recmp119.zip, available from this site's file library. The big drawback with those programs is that they require an MSTS Registry entry, although they don't use any data from it. There is a work-around - use my program UKFS-Fix (ukfsfix2.zip). If there's no MSTS Registry entry, a report on the screen will indicate that a dummy MSTS Registry entry has been created. If there's no such report, an MSTS Registry entry is present. In either case, press <QUIT> to exit the program (unless you really do want to fix the UKFS shapes!).

Cheers,
Ged

[wcl]

Yeah, none of them seemed to work for me......Any other shape view program work by chance?? I don't have the MSTS installed just OR

[slipperman]

Hi wcl,
In your previous post, you mentioned Shape File Manager - in this one, you said "shape view program" - which are you looking for?

If it's Shape File Manager, as far as I know, there isn't any other program like it. Please read my last post again - you don't need MSTS to be installed!! When decomp.exe has decompressed your shape file, you can use any unicode editor (NotePad is OK) to display/edit the file, then use comp.exe to compress it.

Please note : You must use v2.2 of my UKFS-Fix 2 to create a dummy MSTS Registry entry - the previous version (2.1) won't do it!

Maybe I should create a replacement for SFM which doesn't need Internet Explorer or MSTS??!!

Cheers,
Ged

[wcl]

I will have to give it another go next time I am back on the PC, what I am looking for is just to edit a file like this:

6) Uncompress the copy of the shapefile using the program of your choice.
(I recomend Route Riter, available at trainsim.com. Just search for rr7129fu.zip )

7) Open the shapefile using notepad or another text editor

[slipperman]

Hi wcl,
I'm not absolutely sure, but I think Route_Riter uses FFEDITC_unicode.exe, which is a no-go if you don't have MSTS installed, or the UTILS folder available!

NOTE : There's no such file as rr7129fu.zip - the last version (from Mike Simpson) is rr7626fu.zip

It depends on what you want to edit in the shape file, but Archibald might do the job for you (tk_utils.zip).

Cheers,
Ged