Define a .DES INFO file for ARCDFAD input coverages

ITEM NAME        WIDTH OUTPUT  TYPE
-----------------------------------
IDENTIFIER          20    20     C
VALUE               30    30     C

Record  IDENTIFIER           VALUE
     1  LEVEL                5
     2  WAGNUMBER            405
     3  WAG200CELL           22
     4  WAG50CELL            14
     5  SECURITY             U
     6  SECCONTROL           DS
     7  SECDESC              LIMITED DISTRIBUTION
     8  SERIES               DFADB
     9  DATASETREF           G18 013
    10  EDITION              01
    11  MATCHMERGE           A
    12  MAINTDATE
    13  MATCHMERGEDATE
    14  MAINTDESC
    15  PRODUCER
    16  PRODSPECSN
    17  PRODSPECAMEND
    18  PRODSPECDATE
    19  HDATUMCODE           WGS84
    20  DIGCOLLECT
    21  COMPDATE
    22  HDATUMSOURCE
    23  OLDESTSOURCE
    24  NEWESTSOURCE
    25  ABSHACC              0
    26  RELHACC              0
    27  VHEIGHTACC           0

/* NAME: DES.AML
/*
/* USAGE: &RUN DES.AML
/*
/* NOTES:
/*
/* The output value for the VALUE item of the .DES must be
/* edited to contain the correct values for the user's input
/* data area.
/*
/* Run this AML from the Arc prompt.
/* Run this AML from a directory that is NOT the workspace
/* directory that will be converted with ARCDFAD
/*
/* This is not an ESRI supported AML. Please use at your own risk.
/* Also, please make a backup of your data before running this AML
/* and carefully check the output. This is just a skeleton AML with
/* no real error checking. It is meant only as a guide to developing an
/* AML specific to your data inputs and desired outputs.

&args worksp incov
&sv orig_work = [show &workspace]
&workspace %worksp%
&if ^ [exist %incov% -cover] &then
&type Coverage %incov% not found.
&else
&do
tables
define %incov%.des
identifier,20,20,c
value,30,30,c
~
select %incov%.des
add
'LEVEL'
'5'
'WAGNUMBER'
'405'
'WAG200CELL'
'22'
'WAG50CELL'
'14'
'SECURITY'
'U'
'SECCONTROL'
'DS'
'SECDESC'
'LIMITED DISTRIBUTION'
'SERIES'
'DFADB'
'DATASETREF'
'G18 013'
'EDITION'
'01'
'MATCHMERGE'
'A'
'MAINTDATE'
~
'MATCHMERGEDATE'
~
'MAINTDESC'
~
'PRODUCER'
~
'PRODSPECSN'
~
'PRODSPECAMEND'
~
'PRODSPECDATE'
~
'HDATUMCODE'
'WGS84'
'DIGCOLLECT'
~
'COMPDATE'
~
'HDATUMSOURCE'
~
'OLDESTSOURCE'
~
'NEWESTSOURCE'
~
'ABSHACC'
~
'RELHACC'
~
'VHEIGHTACC'
~
~
~
~
quit
&end
&workspace %orig_work%
&return

Note:
The ArcInfo DFAD translator supports DFAD levels 1, 2, 1-C, and 3-C only. Check with your data provider to determine what DFAD level you have.