Mike,
The linkage of database records to map objects is integral to the GIS
functions in MapInfo [or any other GIS software]. The way in which
MapInfo implements the linkage - enabling creation, modifying, and
deleting of object attributes, as well as maintaining logical database
links to graphic objects which can be created, modified, or deleted as
well - is a proprietary expansion of the published .dbf file format.
David Bruce
Pflum, Klausmeier & Gehrum Consultants, Inc.
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"Perry, Mike" wrote:
>
> If a .DAT is just a slightly modified .DBF that happens to be larger in file
> size, why does MI use it? What is different about the native files that
> makes them superior for MapInfo's use?
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