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I would like to open files from an old ArcView 3.x project with Quantum GIS to work with the data. But this project data is saved as an APR-file, which I can not open with Quantum GIS. Is there any possibility to convert the data (for example to QGS files) to work with it?

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APR = ArcView 3 project. That is older than ArcGIS. – Uffe Kousgaard Oct 4 '12 at 13:43
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The simple answer is no, but you can open .apr files in text file editor to find the datasources. – Mapperz♦ Oct 4 '12 at 13:55
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To follow up on Mapperz' comment: the data sources are quoted in records beginning with "(FN.". They will match the regular expression /^{ws}*'(FN.'[0-9]+{ws}+'Path:'{ws}*["][^"]+["]{ws}*')'$/ where "{ws}" stands for whitespace, including possible line breaks, and the path name is contained between the double quotes. This makes it easy to point a short AWK or PERL script at the apr file to extract all references to data sources. – whuber♦ Oct 4 '12 at 14:56
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Hi guys, why not write an answer ;) – underdark♦ Oct 4 '12 at 16:29
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it does not answer the QGIS apr question- just the knowledge of the apr format might be helpful to the user. – Mapperz♦ Oct 5 '12 at 1:58

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There isn't a direct way to open .apr files in QGIS - but there is an extension for ArcView 3.x which lets you export views from ArcView to QGIS project files:

http://gix.sourceforge.net/

I've not used it - and notice the last update is over 3 years ago - but hopefully even if it writes an older style of .qgs file it will still be compatible! The QGIS export is also listed as 'experimental', which doesn't look encouraging.

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It is currently not possible to convert or open ArcView 3.x project files from inside QGIS.

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You can also try the free Tatukgis Viewer to open ArcView 3.x projects. Write down the shapefile names and open them in Qgis.

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