The packaging process converts these files to binary EVS Field Files (.efb files) and requires replacing the original modules with a new read evs field module. In this simple application:
The shapefile actually consists of a set of 5 files which total 749 KB.
The import vector gis module, now has a “Convert to Packaged” button, which when we click on it does the following:
- Automatically replaces import vector gis with a read evs field module which is named based on the data file being read.
- Creates the efb file for you and adds it to your packaged data files
- It is half as big as the total shapefiles, and will load in less than 1/10th of the time
