Thanks!
Never thought of the wildcards - it might work... anyone?
Actually, for my specific project (with LOTS of .TAB and .TIF files), I
started by using
dir *.tab > copy.bat
dir *.tab > add.bat
and then used Search & Replace to build the .BAT files
Regards
Peter
Peter Ketting, GIS consultant
Ministry for Environment and Energy
Denmark
> ----------
> Fra: Thake, Peter[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sendt: 17. august 1999 15:00
> Til: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Cc: 'Mapinfo-L'
> Emne: RE: MI colour/greyscale raster
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Nice solution! What a pity you can't use wildcards to add the text to all
> tab files in a directory! (Or can you?)
>
> Pete
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 August 1999 10:52
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: MI colour/greyscale raster
>
>
> Hi Steve, Pete and others!
>
> As somebody might have mentioned, you can have several .TAB files using
> the
> same .TIF file. This means you can have a number of different raster
> setups
> with almost no additional load on your precious hard drives.
>
> So in this case I think you would want to go with two .TAB files for each
> .TIF - one for viewing, one for printing.
>
> Then, if you are fortunate enough to still have the original .TAB files
> WITHOUT any Rasterstyle clause, you can quickly add the appropriate clause
> in a DOS prompt using the statement
>
> echo Rasterstyle 1 52 >> myfile.tab
>
> This will add the text "Rasterstyle 1 52" (without quotes) to the end of
> the
> file.
>
> *note: In the above statement, insert the correct rasterstyle (you should
> be
> able to read it in an "adjusted" .TAB) instead of 1 52, and insert the
> correct filename instead of myfile.tab.
>
> To show an example:
>
> Let's assume, that you have raster images consisting of pairs like this:
>
> image1.tif image1.tab
> image2.tif image2.tab
> image3.tif image3.tab
>
> When viewed in Mapinfo they display in (unadjusted) colours. When the .TAB
> files are viewed in a text editor, they do NOT contain a Rasterstyle
> clause.
>
> Make a file named copy.bat containing the text
>
> copy image1.tab bwimage1.tab
> copy image2.tab bwimage2.tab
> copy image3.tab bwimage3.tab
>
> and place it in the same directory as the .TAB files.
>
> Run copy.bat
>
> Open the file bwimage1.tab in Mapinfo, and adjust it to the grayscale
> display you need for printing. Close the file.
> Open the file bwimage1.tab in a text editor, and note the Rasterstyle
> clause
> at the end. For this example we'll asume it's 1 52.
>
> Make a file named add.bat containing the text
>
> echo Rasterstyle 1 52 >> bwimage2.tab
> echo Rasterstyle 1 52 >> bwimage3.tab
>
> and place it in the same directory as the .TAB files.
>
> *note: Leave out bwimage1.tab, you already adjusted it manually.
>
> Run add.bat
>
> ....and that _should_ be it! I'm writing this from memory, so I might have
> slipped somewhere, but I _have_ used this approach, and it works!
>
> HTH.
>
> Peter
>
>
> Peter Ketting, GIS consultant
> Ministry for Environment and Energy
> Denmark
>
> > ----------
> > Fra: Thake, Peter[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sendt: 16. august 1999 16:23
> > Til: 'Steve Halsall'
> > Cc: 'Mapinfo-L'
> > Emne: RE: MI colour/greyscale raster
> >
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > Firstly apologies for my delayed response - I have been on holiday!
> >
> > I have had the same problem here with a load of raster maps and in my
> case
> > found the easiest solution was for the user to have access to the image
> > styles tool to lighten the images as required. However, this may not
> apply
> > to your situation.
> >
> > The mapinfo .tab file DOES seem to record the image style - open the
> .tab
> > up
> > in a text editor and look for this:
> > RasterStyle 1 52
> > RasterStyle 2 51
> > RasterStyle 3 1
> >
> > These values vary according to the style setting you chose -
> surprisingly,
> > this seems to be saved to the .tab without you being prompted.
> > Unfortunately
> > I think you are right though, I can not think of any 'quick fix' to edit
> > this value - other than to write some mapbasic to open each table in
> turn
> > and change the image style and save the table with a different name, or
> > some
> > Visual Basic to manually edit the .tab file and save it with a different
> > name.
> >
> > You could do a find and replace on the .tab file in a text editor, but
> > this
> > still means doing this 84 times...
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Pete, Ordnance Survey, UK
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Halsall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 10 August 1999 13:48
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: MI colour/greyscale raster
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I am using the UK Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 raster mapping (tif format)
> > with
> > their Boundary Line product. The tif map tiles are in colour which is
> > great
> > for when I want to view an area. However I am mainly interested in the
> > boundaries (from Boundary Line) and just need the raster mapping for
> > reference. For printing purposes I change the raster image to greyscale
> > and
> > change the contrast and brightness to about 70% using the Adjust Image
> > Style
> > option in Mapinfo. This produces the output that I want but unfo
> > unately it appears to make this change to the raster map rather than in
> > the
> > MapInfo table or the Workspace. This causes problems as the next time I
> > open
> > the raster map it may not be in the format that I require.
> >
> > The only solution I have come up with is to copy the raster tiles (84 of
> > them!) and rename them, then I will have to rename the relevant MapInfo
> > registration tables (and edit them to point to the correct raster file).
> I
> > can then use both sets of raster maps within MapInfo switching them off
> > and
> > on as required.
> >
> > Before I go ahead I would like to ask list members if they have found an
> > easier way?
> >
> > Steve Halsall
> > LGBCW
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