Use the Transfer Points utility to transfer point data from a source file to a destination file. Either file can be an ASCII (text) file or a Microsoft® Access database file.
You must create two point file formats. The first file format describes the layout of the data in the source file, which is the file the data is read from. The second file format describes the layout of the data in the destination file, the file the data is written to.
For example, your source file point file format could indicate that the source point data file contains the following point properties in this order: point number, level, northing, easting, and description. Your destination file point file format could indicate that the destination file should contain the following point properties in this order: northing, easting, level. In this example, when you transfer the data from the source file to the destination file, the point number and description are not transferred, and the position of the level value is changed.
When you transfer data between two files, the points that are transferred are not deleted from the source file.
The point file format type must match the source or destination file type. For example, to transfer points from a Microsoft Access database file to an ASCII (text) file, specify a user point database format that describes the layout of the data in the Microsoft Access database (the source file) and a point file format that describes the layout of data in the ASCII file (the destination file).