I have created a new site http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm that is dedicated to the results of my latest explorations (many will find traces of their contributions) and on-going research. Two main areas are presented. The MLC project is an attempt to make MB applications open to multiple languages in order to increase their portability and their attractiveness to non-English speaking users. One solution is fully developed, MLC_INI, with at kit destined to developers or translators. Several MLC_INI compliant tools are fully described and can be downloaded free of charge. The ABC project deals with the Application Backwards Compatibility, that is the possibility for a MBX to run on a MI installation with a version older than that of the MB with which it was written. It includes a knowledge base on the evolution of MapBasic and a solution, even if partial, to that question. I have imagined all sorts of developments for this site but they all depend upon the kind of support I will get from the MI community, i.e. mainly you. Visit the site, tell me what you think, what to improve, what to fix (sorry, I am afraid there will be some bugs, I am no expert at designing and maintaining sites), in which directions to go. I will also need your help to provide me with information (i.e. completing documentation sets), with offer of testing grounds in different environments, with your own contributions that could find their place on the site, with "translations"... I would like to be able to move this site to a "commercial" server that would provide more tools than this simple "e-mail" server. I would like particularly to add a discussion facility in order to make some exchanges more public while not overloading mapinfo-l with over-specialized topics. But I will have to see what will be coming. And for the very practical among you not particularly interested in speculations, discussions, explorations... there is a direct download page on which you will find new utilities (they are also listed under "MLC_INI applications" of the MLC project). explolin and exploreg that "explode" multi-segment or multi-region objects in single-segment or single-region ones clearque that kills all open queries prefer that creates a toolbar for direct access to Preferences items mbxver reads a MBX version stamp, finds which might be the earliest MI version compatible, and can reset the version stamp. And more will follow soon, new ones and old revamped in the MLC_INI style. I hope you will find something on this site that will interest you and that I will find among you some partners for developing such a venture. Jacques PARIS e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm _______________________________________________________________________ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MapInfo-L" in the message body.
