Hi MI-Listers, Several months ago Jason Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q: I want to label points in a table, but I don't want to label the > ones that have a value of zero. > Is there a way to specify a conditional expression for your labels? > A: #1. Query the positive values and add the query to the layout; > label that with N for a symbol style. > #2. Make a character column, update it with the values from > orig. column, then update the Zeros with blanks; > label objects from that column. Here is a neat solution to the problem of suppressing labels for values of zero: In layer control, go to the label dialog and choose Expression... Type in Format$(xyz,"#") where xyz is the name of the column containing the values you wish to see (zeros and non-zeros) Choose a font, color, etc and check the result! Regards, George -------------------------------------------- George de Greef, ComputaMaps PO Box 13190, Mowbray 7705, South Africa tel: 27-21-794 0799, fax: 27-21-794 4671 cell: 083-3250762 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The premier source of African geospatial data http://www.computamaps.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
