public static void exportSDFtoShapeFile(string inputsdfFile, string outputShapefile) { using (TextReader reader = new StreamReader(inputsdfFile)) { string line; while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) { if (line.Trim() == "BEGIN BOUNDS:") { FeatureSet fs = new FeatureSet(FeatureType.Polygon); fs.DataTable.Columns.AddRange(new DataColumn[] { new DataColumn("ProfileName", typeof(string)), new DataColumn("ProfileDate", typeof(string)), }); fs.AddFid(); while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) { if (line.Trim() == "END BOUNDS:") { fs.SaveAs(outputShapefile, true); break; } else if (line.Trim() == "PROFILE LIMITS:") { string profileName = ""; bool isDate = false; DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now; IList <Coordinate> coordinates = new List <Coordinate>(); while ((line = reader.ReadLine()) != null) { string[] cols; double x, y, z; if (line.Trim() == "END:") { Polygon p = new Polygon(coordinates); IFeature f = fs.AddFeature(p); f.DataRow.BeginEdit(); f.DataRow["ProfileName"] = profileName; if (isDate) { f.DataRow["ProfileDate"] = dateTime.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"); } f.DataRow.EndEdit(); break; } else if (line.Trim() == "POLYGON:") { } else if ((cols = line.Trim().Split(new string[] { ":", "," }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)).Length > 1) { if (cols[0].Trim() == "PROFILE ID") { profileName = cols[1].Trim(); cols = profileName.Split(new string[] { " " }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); int day, year; if (cols.Length == 2 && int.TryParse(cols[0].Substring(0, 2), out day) && int.TryParse(cols[0].Substring(5, 4), out year) && months.ContainsKey(cols[0].Substring(2, 3))) { isDate = true; dateTime = new DateTime(year, months[cols[0].Substring(2, 3)], day); dateTime = dateTime.AddHours(double.Parse(cols[1].Substring(0, 2))); dateTime = dateTime.AddMinutes(double.Parse(cols[1].Substring(2, 2))); } } else if ( double.TryParse(cols[0], out x) && double.TryParse(cols[1], out y) && double.TryParse(cols[2], out z) ) { coordinates.Add(new Coordinate(x, y, z) { Z = z }); } } } } } } } } }