### Tabular File

The Tabular file screen enbles the creation of a layer based on a tabular file, such as a .csv or a .dbf file. Once a file has been opened it is possible to preview it's data in order to configure it, thus enabling the user to configure the data to it's appropriate type or even configuring a new geometry.
It can be accessed through the following menu:
Project > Add Layer > Tabular File...
Once the menu item has been clicked, the following screen will be shown:
Interface description:
1 - Input data - This component is used to open up the file that will be used to generate the new layer.
2 - Preview table - Displays a few rows of the data contained in the file. Used in order to make it easier to configure the data types.
3- Properties table - Used to configure the data types.
4 - Geometry check box - Used to decide weather or not to create a new geometry.
5 - X spin box - displays all the data available that can be used to generate the X axis of a new point.
6 - X spin box - displays all the data available that can be used to generate the X axis of a new point.
8 - Help button - Opens the help window.
9 - Ok button - Creates the layer based on the file provided and the chosen configuration.
10 - Cancel button - Closes the dialog without generating a new layer.
Once the file has been selected the screen's components will display the information contained by the file, for example:
Each of the combo boxes listed beside a property name holds a list of possible data types. One common usage for this is to change the types so that a point can be created based. In this case the properties Lat and Lon and string, but as seen on the data preview table they can be converted to double, once that is done, a point can be created based on them. It is also possible to select weather or not to import any of the properties, save for the primary key or a geometry, if there is one.
The resulting layer works in the same way as the other layers, and it's configured geometry appears as shown on the following screen:
In cases where the file may already have a geometry the geometry section will allow only the SRID to be edited. It will appear as folllows: