[UW-GIS-L] Can't export xy data to shapefile

[Jim Lutz]

I have an Excel file (.xls) of 13443 records with 37 fields per record.  I can read this file into ArcMap V9.3.  However, when I try to export the xy data to a shapefile, Arc crashes.  The crash occurs after the shapefile files have been created, but before data is written to them (they are all 1 KB in size).

There are no formulae in the file (only numeric and text fields).

I successfully did this export with a two-month old version of the same data file, but I cannot figure out what is different now (except some updated data items).

Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted.

James A Lutz, PhD
University of Washington 
College of the Environment 
http://faculty.washington.edu/jlutz Ph:(206)616-3827