David I recall earlier versions of MapX had a bug whereby using seamless tables over a LAN (ie off another file server) didn't work properly at all. This caused problems on more than one project - I ended up writing code to open/close rasters as they entered/left the screen directly, mimicking the operation of the seamless table. This was with version 4 and (I think) 4.5. You could try copying the rasters to your hard drive and trying again but this probably isn't a realistic deployment option.
However I was told that more recent MapX (version 5?) had fixed this bug - I haven't worked with it so I can't tell you if it has. -----Original Message----- From: David Booth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 October 2003 08:31 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L MapX raster drawing Hi everyone, Hope a mapX question isn't too off-topic for MI-L... Does anyone have any tips for speeding up map redraws in mapX (I'm using V5). I'm developing a mapX application which uses a large seamless raster table as background mapping (20 or so TIFF images - Ordnance Survey Internet Street Mapping, for anyone in the UK who knows what that is). Unfortunately, map redraws are quite slow (5-7 seconds, as opposed to fractions of a second with the rasters switched off), even when zoomed in to 500m or so - well within one tile. A similar application using MapInfo 7 and integrated mapping doesn't have this problem at all - I guess the map draw processes are different. I've tried setting the layer that's being edited to the animation layer, which works beautifully until you have to pan the map. There's another problem with this, as the application also modifies a second layer during edits, and, as far as I'm aware, you can only have one animation layer. I've also experimented with setting map.autoredraw to false too, but without much success. Any help gratefully received! Many thanks in advance, Dave. File Ref: /DGS/DJB/Project Number/Filename --------------------------------------------- Dr. David Booth Principal GIS Officer Mott MacDonald Merseyside Information Service 325 Royal Liver Building Pier Head, Liverpool L3 1JH Tel (0151) 236 4343 (Reception) Tel 0151 243 1369 (Direct Line) Fax (0151) 236 2521 <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/DavidB/Application%20Data/Microsoft/S ignatures/www.merseyinfoserv.com> www.merseyinfoserv.com This document has been prepared for the titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of Mott MacDonald being obtained. Mott MacDonald accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequence of this document being used for a purpose other than the purposes for which it was commissioned. Any person using or relying on the document for such other purpose agrees, and will by such use or reliance be taken to confirm his agreement to indemnify Mott MacDonald for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Mott MacDonald accepts no responsibility or liability for this document to any party other than the person by whom it was commissioned. ******************************************************************** This email may contain information which is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please notify the sender immediately and delete it without reading, copying, storing, forwarding or disclosing its contents to any other person Thank you Check us out at http://www.syntegra.com ********************************************************************
