MI General checkbox problem? CTL3D32.dll

Seems like MapInfo has a general checkbox/escape-button problem. Try the following checkboxes (there may be more): - Table - Maintenance - Modify Table Structure - Buttons in the Tool Manager - Options - Toolbar Options May this problem be related to the CTL3D32.DLL error I get everytime I

RE: MI trouble combining complex polygons

My previous comment about being impressed with the overlay of 2 polygon files related purely to the fact that it didn't crash. I was not impressed at all with the speed. The fact that an earlier corrspondent found it faster to export to another package, do it there, and import back to MI is

RE: MI Area overlap

Hi Peter, One way to do your query would be using the following SQL example: I'm assuming the following naming conventions (so just replace them for your situation): A Management Unit and a Land Use Table called Manage and Land with a column in each called Name (ie the description of the

MI Workspace descriptions

Is there any way that I can append comments and descriptions to my workspaces so that I / other users can see what they are all about? You can do this with ER Mapper algorithms and something similar for Mapinfo would be good. Cheers, Fraser Gardiner Navan, Bulgaria 87 James Boucher St, Sofia,

MI Programming

I use Mapinfo a lot but I'd like to expand my skills base and learn a bit of programming. Where do I start? Any recommendations / suggestions..? Also, any beginners courses on programming or databases in London during October? Cheers, Fraser Gardiner Navan, Bulgaria 87 James Boucher St,

Re: MI Linking tool

Sorry it is not available for free distribution, but if you are looking for an industrial stength linking program have a look at Images+ at www.geobasemap.com. We provide two way linking - Opening external applicaitons from MapInfo, or communicating with THE CURRENT MAPINFO SESSION from an

MI A printing problem

Hi, list, I have a wierd printing problem. I'm running NT40 MI 5.01. In my map I have a raster and a region over it. In layer control/display I set that the region is filled with a pattern and there is no background. When I look at my map in map and in layout windows everything is OK. I can

MI problems in adress matching

You wrote -- Having a heck of a time trying to address match in MI 4.5. Using the street file (d.tab) for the street, and using the City Boundary File (cb.tab) to refine the search. The

RE: MI trouble combining complex polygons

At 04:25 PM 08/20/1999 +1000, Peter Walsh wrote: Mapcheck.mbx is good, it tells you where the topological errors are... True, but I found out from MapInfo Corp when that MapCheck can give you FALSE error readings, which was loads of fun trying to fix topology that wasn't really broken.

MI Links

Here's something I want to do. The concept is simple - has anyone developed an application that lets me do it?.. I have a map of Bulgaria showing exploration licence blocks and project areas. I want to set the map up so that a user can select a project and be given a dialogue showing all

MI 5.5 ODBC - Live access to Foxpro Tables

Hello I am trying to connect to a Foxpro 2.6 DBF using the Open DBMS table option. I have tried each of the supplied ODBC drivers with very little success. The closest I have come so far is by using the Mapinfo Win32 Dbase driver3.10, but this comes up with an error message stating:-

MI MapExcite

Can you tell me what the minimum as well as the recomended hardware specs are to run MapExcite? -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact

RE: MI trouble combining complex polygons

or even better..., if you choose the 'create points' option and get handy little markers to tell you where the errors are, they are (invariably) in the wrong place. like an error in Scotland apperas to be in the middle of the atlantic. which was nice so shall we take up andy bailey's

MI: mapinfo and 4d

does anyone know if mapinfo can read coordinates from 4D database (macintosh version of 4D)? -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact

MI Air Photos

Hello Everyone: Any help or sugestions on this matter would greatly be appreciated. I have a series of aproximately 50, 1:12,500 colour airphotos flown by the New Brunswick in Eastern Canada. These photos are of a remote area so hence are comprised mostly of forest with lakes,swamp,

Re: MI Crashing MapInfo - why?

Mats Elfström wrote: What's the point of finding strange key combinations that crashes MapInfo? Because it's rare, and because it's there. - Bill Thoen -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MI Programming

The best resources for learning are looking at, and tweaking, code written by others. Take a look at the code in the Samples directory, and the KGM utilities (downloadable from the MapInfo-L file archives at http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/), as well as many other mapbasic sources there.

RE: MI Workspace descriptions

Fraser- I'm not sure how ER mapper appends comments, but at the very least if you wanted to append comments to your MI workspace you could open up the .WOR file in a text editor and use the apostrophe character ('), which is used in MapBasic to signify the beginning of a comment. Then you can

Re: MI Programming

Fraser, I can say I've started programming in MapBasic, but I'm far from done. I do it in fits and starts mostly. But, where to start seems simple enough: start witht the MapBasic window in MapInfo. Just open it up, do a few things, like run a query or open a file and see what text miraculously

MI Dr Watson

Am i correct in thinking that some component Dr Watson software is installed as part of the mapinfo installation? I can't find any trace of dr watson on my machine or network yet he is still kind enough to inform me that mapinfo has crashed again. (Am quite tempted to write my own GIS at

MI Range Townships - Need maps

I need maps in MapInfo format of the following ranges townships: Pennington County, SD Terrebonne Parish, LA I will pay! Dan Dan MunsonVice President of Sales MarketingCDS Business Mapping800-746-7797Mapping for the Next Millennium

MI TOO MANY FILES OPEN during areaoverlap()

Dear all, While performing a series of AreaOverlap calculations, I am getting the MapInfo error message "Too many files open". In reality there are only 3 tables open, so I presume the "files" are internal temp files. Is there anything I can do about this please ? Thanks, Rob Jones, Head

MI Friday Humor: Duck Laws . . .

The Laws of Ducks Duck Law No. 1 If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, looks like a duck and cooks like a duck, it's a duck. Restatement: All things are known by their attributes. Duck Law No. 2 Even under ideal circumstances, no duck, no matter

RE: Subject: MI Footprints

I get building footprints for my data-sets. But that is because I buy 1m resolution terrain data with buildings. Sometimes you can get it from the county's assessor's office. Problem is that sometimes it doesn't exist in gis form, and prices can vary from cheap to costly. Mike Lepage, B.Sc.

MI MB

Dear List members, Is it possible in MB to recognize the difference between Integer and String ? Actually in a edittext box I want integer value to be entered. But if somebody write any character by mistake, I want to stop it. Any idea !! Thanks in advance

MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn

13. Try to show your boss how MI works. Thank you, Sarah Myers Preventive Care Operations Blue Cross of California --( Forwarded letter 1 follows ) Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:50:48 + (GMT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL

RE: MI TOO MANY FILES OPEN during areaoverlap()

Robert, Does this have anything to do with a "FILES=X" statement on some Windows platforms? I know ArcView has the same limitation with themes/shapes. John Chioles US Standard Data Compusearch/PolkCA http://polk.ca Micromarketing Data Services Polk US http://www.polk.com Database Engineering

RE: Subject: MI Footprints

Maybe these guys can help you. http://www.u-data.com/ Cheers, John Chioles US Standard Data Compusearch/PolkCA http://polk.ca Micromarketing Data Services Polk US http://www.polk.com Database Engineering Marketing Technologies -Original Message- From: D W [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Re: MI MB

try first to put the value into a integer, and catch the possible error.. if error occur... put the value in a string.. and stop the user.. On Error.. GoTo... you know what i mean.. ? ___ ||//Antoine Gilbert || // [EMAIL

MI Frame objects in MapBasic

Hi all, I sent the below questions to MapInfo Tech recently. While waiting for a response, I thought I would post it here to see if anyone has any answeres. thanx in advance gary I have some questions about creating a layout frame into an object variable. According to the book this can be

MI Before the battle begins, re: 50 ways...

Fellow MapInfoers, The 50 ways humor was really ment to be a Friday series joke. Sorry in advance to those who would not perceive it this way. Have a good weekend. Peter I admit, this was kinda funny at first glance. I had even written something along similar lines to this earlier tonight,

RE: MI MB (confirm int, not char)

Aditya- This is snipped out of my scalebar program, it seems to work... Part of your Dialog will have something like this: Control EditText Value "0" Position 15,12 Width 10x ID 14 Into int_variable '.your other

MI TOO MANY FILES OPEN

I've had this happen, and recently have seen a few posts to the list with the same problem. There is a registry setting that can be tweaked to alleviate this condition somewhat. By default, Mapinfo sets MaxFiles to 60. You can pump it up to 100 here:

MI: Vector Data for Sri Lanka?

** High Priority ** Dear List members, I am looking for a GIS database (Vector files) covering Sri Lanka (Roads, Drainage, Rail, Elevation, places, Admin units, Protected areas...) Could anyone point me in the right direction ? Thanks.

MI List of five Internet resources for finding / posting jobs

Here's a list of five Internet resources for finding / posting jobs for your edification. Thanks to all who responded. GIS Job Clearinghouse Thanks to Dennis Waardenburg and Bill Hicks http://www.gjc.org An UK based list Thanks to Jonathon Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED] GISJobs.com Thanks to Robert

MI Printing problem

Reload MapInfo 4.5. I have the same problems and their is no good answer if you are using 5.5. Good Luck -- From: Marc Pelosse[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Printing problem Hi all, I'm

MI Street Sign Inventory

We are wondering if anyone has developed or knows about any applications for collecting Street Sign Inventory information. Mitchell J. Lepka 210 W 6th Ave P.O. Box 6108 Kennewick, WA 99336 Phone (509) 585-4344 Fax (509) 585-4451

Re: MI MB values in text input box

Parse each character entered and check to see if it is within the ASCII character code range for letters. Brad At 04:59 PM 8/20/99 +0530, you wrote: Dear List members, Is it possible in MB to recognize the difference between Integer and String ? Actually in a edittext box I want integer value

MI Ignore my plea for help!

Just as soon as I clicked on 'send' I had an idea - tried it and was able to save my table. I panicked. OK - no crank calls P U L L L E E E A A A S S S . Thank you, Sarah Myers Preventive Care Operations Blue Cross of California

Re: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn

14. Have a Client with in 50 yards of computer. 15. Sneeze! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 20, 1999 1:02 PM Subject: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn 13. Try to show your boss how MI

MI - Info tool - getting tired?

Dear list The info tool seems to get tired sometimes, it works as expected, then for no good reason it stops working, layers still selectable etc any ideas we are running 4.5 Windows 95. The workaround is select, then new Browser window - selection, it's not as convenient though

MI SQL question Obtaining counts

I have a question for the list. I have gone into the archives and users guide and have found one part of this question, but not the full solution. I have a table of students with a column of INOUTDIST, and in the column there is an "I" if they are varianced but from in district, and an "O" if

Subject: Re: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn

16. Use MapInfo after your free tech support period has timed out. Recipients: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn 14. Have a Client with in 50 yards of computer. 15. Sneeze! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL

Re: MI 50 ways to 'wanna crash MapIn

NOT RELATE TO MI but... 16.Thinking about installing a SP pack from MS 17. Installing the service pack 18. Trying to undo the damage from service pack 19. Trying one last thing to finish the project and going home (voodoo software comes into play here). 20. BUT LAST AND NOT LEAST, trying any

RE: MI Linking tool

Hi Fraser, We liked your idea so much we've put it in the latest version of Link Plus (Version 1.7.4). Link Plus now asks you whether you want to load the linked table, workspace or MapBasic application into your current MapInfo session. Download the latest free version from our website at