Hi Laurence, You should definitely log this errornous behaviour as a bug with MapInfo, if you haven't already done so.
Imagine if MI Pro tried to be just as "smart" by resetting the projection/coordsys (to lat/long) if the table was (accidentially) emptied !!! Best regards / Med venlig hilsen Lars Nielsen ********************************************************** Lars Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Developer, MapBasic & MapXtreme Specialist Kampsax/MapInfo, Odense http://www.mapinfo.dk Authorized MapInfo Distributor in Denmark & Norway Address: Rugaardsvej 55, DK-5000 Odense C Telephone: +45 6313-5000 Facsimile +45 6313-5090 ********************************************************** "Klik ind p� http://www.kortal.dk og se det hele lidt fra oven!" "Visit http://www.kortal.dk and see Denmark from above!" "Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd." Til: "Laurence Seeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "MI-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sendt af: cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vedr.: RE: MI-L Charset change on empty table onsmag.com 10-01-02 02:22 Besvar venligst til "Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd." Hello Laurence, I guess MapInfo is trying to be clever in switching to a native character set. You could try the following manual save in the MapBasic window: Commit Table YourTable as "MyFile" Type DBF Charset "CodePage437" Even on a blank table, it should honour this character set choice. Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Laurence Seeff Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:44 AM To: MI-List Subject: MI-L Charset change on empty table Hi, I would appreciate any ideas on an frustrating bug regarding character = sets. I have a tab file with the following character sets definition: Type DBF Charset "CodePage437" In the Mapbasic code I open this table delete all the records (under = certain circumstances), save and pack it. MapInfo automatically changes = the charset to another character set: Type DBF Charset "WindowsHebrew" I can get around it by renaming, saving as, dropping etc - basically = dirty code cluttering up things. Any suggestions? Thanks and will sum, Laurence Seeff Points Business Mapping Ltd. 22 Tuval St., Ramat Gan, 52522, Israel =20 Tel: +972-3-6126216 Fax: +972-3-6126323 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.points.co.il _______________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
