st: Error using shp2dta

[Taavi Lai <taavi.lai@ut.ee>]

Dear statalist,

After downloading a number of Europe shape files I tried to convert all 
these to suite -tmap- using -shp2dta- but got an error message (output 
below).
That raised two questions:

1) do you have suggestions how to improve the code (or were to look for 
solution) so that the do file wouldn't abort in case of errors
2) I guess that shapefile causing the error is not of a type suitable 
for -shp2dta- and therefore - is there a way to make these suitable for 
-shp2dta-

Best regards,
Taavi

. fs  *.shp
bndnetarcs.shp    hydronetpols.shp  miscpolypols.shp  translnkarcs.shp  
transnetpols.shp
bndnetpols.shp    misclinkarcs.shp  poppointpnts.shp  translnknods.shp  
vegpolyarcs.shp
hydronetarcs.shp  misclinkpnts.shp  poppolyarcs.shp   translnkpnts.shp  
vegpolypols.shp
hydronetnods.shp  miscpolyarcs.shp  poppolypols.shp   transnetarcs.shp

.
. foreach f in `r(files)' {
 2.         local pos=strpos("`f'",".")
 3.         local f = substr("`f'",1,`pos'-1)
 4.         quiet: shp2dta using `f', database("`f'_database") 
coordinates("`f'_coordinates") replace
 5. }
bndnetarcs.shp: polygon shapefile required
r(610);

end of do-file
r(610);

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