Thanks, I must have confused not being able to edit non-native tables to include not being able to create maps.... well now I know, isn't this list useful!
-----Original Message----- From: Uffe Kousgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 7 February 2002 09:10 To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Fw: MI-L Creating and attaching Object in a table From: "Colin Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:54 AM Subject: RE: MI-L Creating and attaching Object in a table > Your problem here is that you are using a tab file created from an Excel > file. In order to do these kinds of operations you need to attach a map to > your tab, and this can only be done using a native MapInfo file (or so I > believe!). You are wrong. All tables can be made mappable like this in mapbasic: create map <tablename> coordysys <clause> This works for Excel, text etc. I guess this is also what Khurram was told in private e-mail. But you can't add new fields, pack table etc on non-native (or DBF) files. Regards Uffe _______________________________________________________________________ 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. *************************************************************** This email/attachment(s) has been virus checked upon receipt at the OS and is free of all known viruses. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** For more information on Ordnance Survey products and services, visit our web site at http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk *************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
