[Tips] How to converting a Coverage to a Shapefile ?

converts a coverage feature class (region) into a new shapefile with the proper feature type. The "canada" coverage from the data folder of the developer's samples is converted.

Sub CovertoShape()
 ' use IFeatureDataConverter::Convertfeatureclass to go from
 ' a coverage to shapefile
 ' Setup the output dataset
  Dim pPropset As IPropertySet
  Dim pOUTshwsname As IWorkspaceName
  Dim pOutShFCName As IFeatureClassName
  Dim pOutshDSName As IDatasetName
  Dim pInCovWorkspaceName As IWorkspaceName
  Dim pInFCName As IFeatureClassName
  Dim pCovDatasetName As IDatasetName
  Dim pCovtoshape As IFeatureDataConverter


  Set pPropset = New PropertySet
  pPropset.SetProperty "DATABASE", "D:\data\canada"

  Set pOUTshwsname = New WorkspaceName
  pOUTshwsname.ConnectionProperties = pPropset
  pOUTshwsname.WorkspaceFactoryProgID = "esriCore.shapefileWorkspaceFactory.1"
    
  ' create a new feature datset name object for the output
  ' canshape is a new shapefile polyline
  Set pOutShFCName = New FeatureClassName
  Set pOutshDSName = pOutShFCName
  Set pOutshDSName.WorkspaceName = pOUTshwsname
  pOutshDSName.name = "canshape"
   
  ' now get the name object for the input coverage feature dataset name.
  Set pInCovWorkspaceName = New WorkspaceName
  pInCovWorkspaceName.pathname = "D:\data\canada"
  pInCovWorkspaceName.WorkspaceFactoryProgID = "esriCore.ArcInfoWorkspaceFactory.1"
  Set pInFCName = New FeatureClassName
  Set pCovDatasetName = pInFCName
  pCovDatasetName.name = "canada:region.prov"
  Set pCovDatasetName.WorkspaceName = pInCovWorkspaceName
  
  ' now use the conversion function convert the coverage to an Access feature dataset
  Set pCovtoshape = New FeatureDataConverter
  pCovtoshape.ConvertFeatureClass pInFCName, Nothing, Nothing, pOutShFCName, Nothing, Nothing, "", 1000, 0
  
  MsgBox "Coverage conversion complete!"
End Sub