Yes, try use other shapefile set to confirm. Best regards,
Alexandre Neto On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Matt_Klick <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you both Frank and Alexandre, > > It is appreciated. > > I'm afraid I am using both the add vector layer, and have the complete set > of files downloaded, and still no luck -- and now on several computers and > having reinstalled QGIS, and having re-downloaded files, a half dozen times > at least. > > I have only been using files downloaded from DIVA-GIS though, so perhaps I > will try getting fields from somewhere else. > > Best, M > > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:26 AM, Sr. Neto [via OSGeo.org] <[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096580&i=0> > > wrote: > >> Also, confirm that you have the complete set of files of shapefile. >> >> You must have (at least) a .SHP, a .SHX and a .DBF with the same name. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Alexandre Neto >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Frank Sokolic <[hidden >> email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096521&i=0> >> > wrote: >> >>> Hi Matt, >>> >>> Are you using the "Add Vector Layer" command to open the shapefiles? If >>> not, go to the "Layer" menu and select the "Add Vector Layer" command. You >>> can then choose "Browse" to look for the shapefile you want to load. >>> >>> Regards, Frank. >>> >>> >>> On 06/01/2014 06:57, Matt_Klick wrote: >>> >>>> No luck on this yet, but thank you for your suggestion. On another >>>> computer, I still cannot upload shp files - instead changing them to >>>> nursoft (??) files. In any event, I cannot yet open a shp file using >>>> QGIS. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Akinyemi Bojerenu [via OSGeo.org] >>>> <[hidden email] </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096495&i=0>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Please extract the contents of the zip file first into a destination >>>> folder of choice. >>>> When opening a shapefile, navigate to your folder to select the >>>> shapefile(s). >>>> Hope this helps.. >>>> Yemi >>>> >>>> On Jan 4, 2014 9:13 AM, "Matt_Klick" <[hidden email] >>>> <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5096323&i=0>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm very new to any GIS type platforms, so please forgive the >>>> ignorance on >>>> display here (and I did search for answers to this elsewhere). >>>> I've >>>> downloaded QGIS 2.0.1. I separately downloaded Tunisia >>>> administrative data >>>> from DIVA-GIS. When I open QGIS, it does not find the .zip file, >>>> nor any of >>>> the shp files. In my efforts to correct, I managed to convert >>>> shp files into >>>> pdfs. Even though I've re-installed QGIS, and deleted and >>>> re-downloaded >>>> Tunisia files, shp files are once again pdfs, and QGIS cannot >>>> "see" any shp >>>> files. 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