The file editor option definitely works. Error messages will be saved to
the same location as the MB is stored, and can be found by selecting 'Error
Files' from the 'Files of Type' drop-down in MapBasic.
I only found out that there was a size limit when I tried to open and edit
an existing file in the MapBasic app.
Matt.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacques Paris [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 09 November 2000 13:33
To: James Mazur (EDB); [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: MI-L MB File Size
64k is not much these days. But MB is what it is with all its
shortcomings.
The solution of using a text editor is certainly good to overcome this
limitation. As I have never used it myself, I would not be able to tell
if the compilation will work when the file is >64k. Fore sure, how will
the errors be displayed?
I have seen people chopping down the main file by putting sub in
separate mb files and adding in the main segment some "include
...xyz.mb". Here again, I am not sure that the 64k could be exceeded at
compilation time.
My favourite solution is to create semi autonomous segments that can be
debugged and compiled as mbo. The main segment must have the proper
"include ..xyz.def" statements and the whole is crowned by a project
file where the various mbo modules are added to the application. This
"structure" might appear a little complex at first, but it has the great
advantage to do all the writing and the compiling under MI, which is for
guys like me who compose applications by adding and adding... a more
efficient way to proceed. Note also that some of the mbo can be your own
library blocks, reusable at will.
But if you can find a MB compiler without the 64k limit, jump on it.
Jacques PARIS
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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
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Mazur
(EDB)
Sent: November 9, 2000 7:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MI-L MB File Size
Hi everyone,
I am rather new to the MB coding environment and I am a bit confused
about the issue of the max. MapBasic file size. Is it true that the max.
file size can only reach 64Kb within the MB editor? My MB script is
currently at 58Kb and rapidly growing. Should I be using a text editor
to write the code and then use the "Compile from File" option in MB?
TIA...your time is greatly appreciated.
James Mazur
Mobile Telecom. GIS
Ericsson, Brasil
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