Index: /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/mesh/meshband.m
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--- /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/mesh/meshband.m	(revision 22033)
+++ /issm/branches/trunk-larour-NatGeoScience2016/src/m/mesh/meshband.m	(revision 22034)
@@ -30,5 +30,11 @@
 		end
 	end
-	outer=expread(outerdomain);
+
+	[path,name,ext]=fileparts(outerdomain);
+	if strcmpi(ext,'.shp'),
+		outer=shpread(outerdomain);
+	else
+		outer=expread(outerdomain);
+	end
 	if outer.closed==0,
 		outer.nods=outer.nods+1;
@@ -38,7 +44,18 @@
 	end
 
-	domain(1)=outer;
-	domain(2)=inner;
+	domain(1).x=outer.x; 
+	domain(1).y=outer.y; 
+	domain(1).density=outer.density; 
+	domain(1).nods=outer.nods; 
+	domain(1).closed=outer.closed;
 	
+	
+	domain(2).x=inner.x; 
+	domain(2).y=inner.y; 
+	domain(2).density=inner.density; 
+	domain(2).nods=inner.nods; 
+	domain(2).closed=inner.closed;
+
+
 	expwrite(domain,[temproot '/Band.exp']);