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] <
ml-node+s1560n5096521...@n6.nabble.com> 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. Any advice, or thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>> -MK
>>>
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