Ungenerate

Exports a feature class to ArcInfo generate format text file. The user can specify optionally to export the attributes. In this case the format of the result text file will be in an extended version of ArcInfo generate forma - described below

Inputs:

A feature layer
- Point, PointZ, PointM
- Polyline, PolylineZ, PolylineM
- Polygon, PolygonZ, PolygonM
Spatial reference. The coordinates of the features can be exported in the original projection of the dataset or in the spatial reference assigned to the Data Frame

Outputs:

New text file

Notes:

If the "Export attributes" option is selected the output text file might not be readable from the ArcInfo Generate command
If the "Export bounding rectangles only" is selected (available for Polyline and Polygon layers), the resulting text file will contain the coordinates of the extents for each shape.
All the field names longer than 10 characters will be converted to 10 character strings

File formats: The shapes that have Z or M values will have an additional coordinate

Shape Type	Standard Format	Example	Extended Format	Example
Point PointZ PointM	id,x,y id,x,y id,x,y END	1,34.5,-14.3 2,12.8,-19.6 3,13.4,-25.6 END	ID,X,Y,FIELD,FIELD id,x,y,value,value id,x,y,value,value id,x,y,value,value END	ID,X,Y,Town,Population 1,34.5,-14.3,London,44 2,12.8,-19.6,Paris,34 3,13.4,-25.6,Madrid,56 END
Polyline PolylineZ PolylineM	id x,y x,y END id x,y x,y x,y END END	1 34.5,-14.3 12.8,-19.6 END 2 13.4,-25.6 16.4,-27.6 13.8,-22.1 END END	ID,FIELD,FIELD id,value,value x,y x,y END id,value,value x,y x,y x,y END END	ID,Street,Streettype 1,Church,Street 34.5,-14.3 12.8,-19.6 END 2,Second,Avenue 13.4,-25.6 16.4,-27.6 13.8,-22.1 END END
Polygon PolygonZ PolygonM	id,xLabel,yLabel x,y x,y x,y END id x,y x,y x,y END END	1, 12.5,-18,6 34.5,-14.3 12.8,-19.6 12.43,-19.88 END 2,14.3,24.5 13.4,-25.6 16.4,-27.6 13.8,-22.1 END END	ID,FIELD,FIELD id,value,value x,y x,y x,y END id,value,value x,y x,y x,y END END	ID,X,Y, Dam,Volume 1,12.5,-18,6,Vaal,5346 34.5,-14.3 12.8,-19.6 12.43,-19.88 END 2,14.3,24.5,Gariep,6578 13.4,-25.6 16.4,-27.6 13.8,-22.1 END END
Box	id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax END	1,34.5,-14.3,34.8,-14.1 2,12.8,-19.6,12.9,-19.2 3,13.4,-25.6,13.6,-25.4 END	ID,XMIN,YMIN,XMAX,YMAX,FIELD id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax,value id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax,value id,xmin,ymin,xmax,ymax,value END

ToolBox implementation
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Command line syntax

ET_GPUngenerate <input_dataset> <out_file> <delimiter> {export_attributes}

Parameters

Expression	Explanation
<input_dataset>	A feature class or feature layer
<out_file>	A String - the full name of the output text file
<delimiter>	A String indicating what separator to be used. Valid strings: "Comma" "Space" "Tab"
{export_attributes}	A Boolean indicating whether to export the attributes.

Scripting syntax

ET_GPUngenerate (input_dataset out_file delimiter export_attributes)

See the explanations above:
<> - required parameter
{} - optional parameter