idea Export shapefile and dBASE files encoded in various code pages in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/export-shapefile-and-dbase-files-encoded-in/idi-p/936484 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>In ArcGIS 10.2.1,&nbsp;<SPAN style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the default sets the code page to UTF-8 (UNICODE) in the shapefile (.DBF).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Prior to ArcGIS 10.2.1, we can set the&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'dbfDefault'&nbsp;</STRONG>setting in windows registry to support&nbsp;various code pages.<BR /><A href="http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/21106">http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/21106</A><BR /><BR />Still, users would like shapefiles (dbf) to support their original code (such as big5).<BR />While exporting ArcMap layers to shapefile, can I ask an option to choose encode?<BR /><BR />Or at leaset....<BR />Give back the ability to change registry, although it is dangerous and inconvinient. <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005AL1 --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:02:11 GMT XienChen 2014-03-13T06:02:11Z Export shapefile and dBASE files encoded in various code pages https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/export-shapefile-and-dbase-files-encoded-in/idi-p/936484 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>In ArcGIS 10.2.1,&nbsp;<SPAN style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">the default sets the code page to UTF-8 (UNICODE) in the shapefile (.DBF).</SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Prior to ArcGIS 10.2.1, we can set the&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'dbfDefault'&nbsp;</STRONG>setting in windows registry to support&nbsp;various code pages.<BR /><A href="http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/21106">http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/techarticles/detail/21106</A><BR /><BR />Still, users would like shapefiles (dbf) to support their original code (such as big5).<BR />While exporting ArcMap layers to shapefile, can I ask an option to choose encode?<BR /><BR />Or at leaset....<BR />Give back the ability to change registry, although it is dangerous and inconvinient. <!-- content transformation source ID: 087E00000005AL1 --> </BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Mar 2014 06:02:11 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/export-shapefile-and-dbase-files-encoded-in/idi-p/936484 XienChen 2014-03-13T06:02:11Z