Hi A clent sent us is a file in both format (.e00 and .shp). It's the same file. To convert the file, i used ARCLINK for the e00 format and UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR for the .shp. Both trys failed. The messages in the log file were the followings: For e00: section EXP - ignore section ARC found - processing ..... WARNING: ENULLS: NULL character(s) found in export file. Transforming NULLS to spaces. Results of translation may not be correct. WARNING: EBADEXP: Bad Export file. Arc/Info Export file is not in expected format. WARNING: EEOF: Unexpected EOF found in export file WARNING: EBLKRED: Error reading export file block ARC, block #128 Error converting of Arc/Info export file h:\... and the following for the shp file: Read operation failed while reading shape record content.Failed reading record number 879757410 ShapeType found is '1219853656'. ShapeType expected is '5' Read operation failed while reading shape record content.Failed reading record number 879757410 ShapeType found is '1219853656'. ShapeType expected is '5' Rejected 1 feature(s) destined for MapInfo file H:\Base_geographique\Affectation\foret\PQ2000\pq2000.tab Converted 6 feature(s) with no geometry into MapInfo `NONE' features in MapInfo file H:\Base_geographique\Affectation\foret\PQ2000\pq2000.tab Read operation failed while reading shape record content.Failed reading record number 879757410 ShapeType found is '1219853656'. ShapeType expected is '5' FME Session Duration: 2.5 seconds Read operation failed while reading shape record content.Failed reading record number 879757410 ShapeType found is '1219853656'. ShapeType expected is '5' Program Terminating Translation FAILED. My question is: Could somebody tell me exactly what does it mean. Is it the client file that is not good or is the problemm on my side. Thanks ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]