well i'm no master, but it seems to me that if you know both your language and mapbasic well enough, it's possible to do whatever you want in mapinfo through integration, including a lot of stuff that you probably just can't do directly within mapinfo.
i use VB in MS Access for all my stuff. i don't even have mapbasic, so everything i know about IM comes from either this subscriber list or by messing around with code until it stops destroying stuff. i don't use it extensively, but for tasks which we do repeatedly and require a lot of manual clickiness it saves a whole bunch of time. for instance to do a relatively simple task here where we import GPS data and make a display map to go on a report (sometimes dozens a day) takes at least 10 minutes to do for someone who's good with mapinfo, but on average around 15 to 20 minutes all up, all the grunt werk is now done within Access in about 20 seconds, and all the user has to do is verify the data and format it so there's no labels and stuff getting too friendly. my point is once it's done and tested, VB does it all pretty well. the other thing to take into account is popularity, whereby VB has a lot of people around (especially on this list) who can provide info to speed things up. the other languages also may have this, but i just haven't noticed so it may have been filtered out of my reality. ash -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 22 July 2002 6:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Integrated Mapping Hi all Just a quick one, can antbody tell me (through their experience) what is the best language to implement integrated mapping - C++, Delphi, Visual Basic or Java. I am about to embark on a rather large project and have no hands on experience in OLE. All replies much appreciated. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
