topic Re: Convert FeatureClass to Shapefile API 10 in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108796#M656 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>alias's aren't saved with a shapefile as far as I know. &nbsp;Try it in arcmap to see</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:57:34 GMT DanPatterson_Retired 2017-02-23T12:57:34Z Convert FeatureClass to Shapefile API 10 https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108795#M655 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am wanting to export a featureclass to a shapefile, similar to this:&nbsp;<A class="link-titled" href="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/net/91E3E8A0-D355-43D2-A201-0A8CEB719334.htm" title="http://edndoc.esri.com/arcobjects/9.2/net/91E3E8A0-D355-43D2-A201-0A8CEB719334.htm">How to convert feature classes to shapefiles</A>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR /><BR />My only other requirement is to have column aliasnames exported too. Is the something I am missing?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 10:20:56 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108795#M655 EsauSelomane 2017-02-23T10:20:56Z Re: Convert FeatureClass to Shapefile API 10 https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108796#M656 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>alias's aren't saved with a shapefile as far as I know. &nbsp;Try it in arcmap to see</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:57:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108796#M656 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-02-23T12:57:34Z Re: Convert FeatureClass to Shapefile API 10 https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108797#M657 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="https://community.esri.com/people/Dan_Patterson">Dan_Patterson</A>‌ is correct, shapefiles do not support alias names. However some folks have gotten around this issue namely in storing the alias within the host mxd file using the properties dialog or by incorporating "Metadata" which does have a field for alias and use programic means of reading meta files and returning the field's alias. &nbsp;Either method is not pretty!&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:53:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/convert-featureclass-to-shapefile-api-10/m-p/108797#M657 TedKowal 2017-02-23T16:53:15Z