Hello, I think you should add double quotation mark at the beginning and the end of the file name. exp:
"M:\SPATIAL DATA\VECTOR DATA\PROPERTY INFORMATION\LTO Linen Plans & Instruments\Linen Plans\DPs\dp0000578p.tif" Perhaps could help. --- "Barltrop, Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My question is as follows. > I am currently experimenting with a bit of freeware > supplied by Spatial Plus > called LinkPlus.mbx. > This prog allows Mapinfo polygons to contain/link to > any number of extra > files e.g. images, internet sites etc. > The problem is that it works on"short" file path > names. > For example it works perfectly when the link field > reads > M:\SPATIA~1\VECTOR~1\PROPER~1\LTOLIN~1\LINENP~1\DPs\DP0000~1.TIF > or > \\WCCNTS3\data\SPATIA~1\VECTOR~1\PROPER~1\LTOLIN~1\LINENP~1\DPs\DP0000~1.TIF > > however will not work with > M:\SPATIAL DATA\VECTOR DATA\PROPERTY INFORMATION\LTO > Linen Plans & > Instruments\Linen Plans\DPs\dp0000578p.tif > or > \\WCCNTS3\data\SPATIAL DATA\VECTOR DATA\PROPERTY > INFORMATION\LTO Linen Plans > & Instruments\Linen Plans\DPs\dp0000578p.tif > > Unfortunately I am not in a position to be able to > re-name or move the > thousands of tif images which we have stored and > wish to link to. > > The MapInfo 7.0 Hotlink function is not a solution > either as the file paths > must reside as an attribute within a table rather > than as a linked field > within an Access database. > If you have any comments I would be delighted to > hear from you. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 4982 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 5154
