To get relative paths, I'm used to place the workspace in a directory which
is at the same level or before the data and/or data directory.
Exemple1
directory1
-workspace
-data
Exemple2
directory1
-workspace
-directory2
-data
If your workspace is placed after your data, MapInfo will automatically put
absolute paths.
It may look as a simplistic solution, but it works.
Simon Roy
GIS Specialist
Carto-M�dia, Environnement Illimit�
Montreal
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Simmonds, Ashley (PTB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mapinfo List (E-mail)'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 11:53 PM
Subject: MI-L Absolute Workspace Paths
> heya,
>
> whenever i create a workspace i edit it in notepad to get rid of the
> absolute path naming conventions so that the path is relative to the
> location of the workspace. then when i edit it in mapinfo again, it saves
> over what i did before.
>
> is there any way to get mapinfo to save relative paths rather than
absolute?
> even saving full network addresses rather than drive and directory names
> would be a start.
>
> eg.
>
> my computer has saved the table in the workspace as:
> "Z:\Maps\Map.tab"
>
> someone from a different dept with different drive mapping has it located
> at:
> \\Users\ash\GPS\Stuff\Maps\Map.tab
> <file://\\Users\ash\GPS\Stuff\Maps\Map.tab>
> so it gives an error on opening the workspace because the file is on Z
> drive, which is something different for them.
>
> rather than absolute paths, i tend to have the paths named relative to the
> location of the workspace, so that even if the entire contents are copied
> across to another drive, it still works. but then when someone else
edit's
> something it doesn't werk for anyone else, so i have to go and fix the dam
> thing.
>
> gramercy
>
> ash
>
>
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