private void InitializeForReading()
{
string currentdir = System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
_dbfPointer = ShapeLib.DBFOpen(_filename, "rb");
_data = new DataTable();
_columns = new Dictionary <string, DBFEntry>();
int NoOfColumns = ShapeLib.DBFGetFieldCount(_dbfPointer);
NoOfEntries = ShapeLib.DBFGetRecordCount(_dbfPointer);
for (int i = 0; i < NoOfColumns; i++)
{
DBFEntry E = new DBFEntry();
StringBuilder Name = new StringBuilder();
E._dbfType = ShapeLib.DBFGetFieldInfo(_dbfPointer, i, Name, ref E._width, ref E._decimals);
E.name = Name.ToString();
E._index = i;
//Find the corresponding .NET Type
switch (E._dbfType)
{
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTDate:
E._dotNetType = typeof(DateTime);
break;
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTDouble:
E._dotNetType = typeof(double);
break;
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTInteger:
E._dotNetType = typeof(int);
break;
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTLogical:
E._dotNetType = typeof(bool);
break;
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTString:
E._dotNetType = typeof(string);
break;
case ShapeLib.DBFFieldType.FTInvalid:
default:
E._dotNetType = typeof(object);
break;
}
_columns.Add(E.name, E);
_data.Columns.Add(E.name, E._dotNetType);
}
}