Newly installed QGIS and trying to open a .TAB file created with MapInfo Pro but fails to create shapefile receiving message ".TAB file not supported".
I Followed instructions > layers > add vector layer >.
Any suggestions please?
[GIS] Cannot open MapInfo created .TAB files in QGIS
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You can also do this with QGIS. Basically, QGIS acts as a GUI for ogr2ogr.
Just load the Mapinfo file, right-click the layer in TOC and go to "Save as ..." where you can chose from many output formats.
(Above answer is given by @underdark for the similar question .Please check this @ here )
One thing to check is whether the table you try to open is a classic tab file (NATIVE) or the new Extended tab file (NATIVEX).
However, the Extended tab file can only be created with MapInfo Pro 15.2 64 bit.
The Extented Native table format has a number of benefits compared to the classic native table format: it supports file sizes larger than 2 GB and it does support Unicode (UTF-8 as well as UTF-16)
There is a preference where you can specify your preferred tab format that will be used when you create a new table (PRO > Options > System Settings):
Best Answer
Maybe the table is an Extended MapInfo Table build with a 64 bit version of MapInfo Pro?
Open the tab file in a text editor and see if it says "Type NATIVE" or "Type NATIVEX"
NATIVEX is the new Extended MapInfo Table format which isn't supported by the MITAB driver and so not supported by QGIS.
You can try to save it into a "standard" MapInfo Table using MapInfo Pro.