For default metric you should use the options>preferences menu, then in the 'Map Window' tab, set metric distance & area units.
You could also put the following command in your startup.wor to set km etc as the default measurement in SQL functions: set area units "sq km" set distance units "km" Caroline ----- Original Message ----- From: Holroyd Engineering Services <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mapinfo list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:59 PM Subject: MI-L How to set MapInfo map units to automatically be metric when opening tables. I'm sure this had been asked before, could anyone tell me please how to = set my mapinfo configuration so as it would default to metric system = when opening tables, ie reporting distances in metres and area in sq = metres many thanks _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
