Well thanks to Warren and Jacques. They pointed out that the new version of 6.5 custsymb exists under a different directory structure for windows compliance. See the path below for where the new directory is located under Windows NT sp6a.
C:\WINNT\Profiles\USERSNAME\Application Data\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\650\CustSymb\ Where USERSNAME is your login name usually on the workstation. Cheers, Jeffrey Van Etten -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:34 PM To: Jeffrey Van Etten; MapInfo List Serve (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L MapInfo 6.5 & Custom Symbols Hello Jeffrey, Assuming that your BMP's are healthy, I think the problem you have is that the CUSTSYMB folder has moved in v6.5. This was done for Windows compliance. The new folder should be under the labyrinth of your Windows\Application Data folder. It might be easier to search for a known custom symbol like "ambu1-32.bmp". I should say that this information is second hand as I did not bother upgrading to v6.5. Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeffrey Van Etten Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:18 PM To: MapInfo List Serve (E-mail) Subject: MI-L MapInfo 6.5 & Custom Symbols Well here is a baffling one for the creative... I have created a couple of custom symbols and followed everything to the "T" on how to make them and they show up wonderfully well in MI 6.0, but when I try to use them in 6.5, guess what...they are not there. I have tried reload. I have tried rebooting. I have tried copying the custsymb directory to where MI 6.5 is installed and now I have run out of ideas! Has MI 6.5 changed the specs on what bitmaps it likes? Is there a maximum amount of custom symbols you can have in 6.5? The bitmaps are as follows: 32x32 ; 8Bit ; 256 colours ; 2kb size ; 150 dpi Thanks for your help! Cheers, Jeffrey Van Etten ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ LBI - Street Management GIS Specialist MWB Business Exchange 10 Greycoat Place Westminster SW1P 1SB Tel: 0207 654 3331 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________ 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.
