Hello, List
Although fairly new to MI I only usually ask a question of the group
once I've read Help till I'm blue in the face. Well . I'm blue in the
face.
I have a Startup.wor, in the "C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional"
folder, that brings up all my maps and settings fine. I invoke
Mapinfo.exe, with the "Run" command, from my VFP 7 system (it's like the
visual mapping sub-system of my overall application).
The trouble is: The customer also uses MI extensively for his own
purposes, independent of this application and, understandably, doesn't
want MY maps etc. springing up on these occasions, preferring his own
start up settings.
So, on the user's system, how can I have MY startup.wor invoked (or,
indeed, a custom .WOR), when MI is started from MY system, but have his
own when it's started independently?
All I can find from Help is:
* If there is a STARTUP.WOR in the MapInfo Professional program
directory, it is run.
* Then, if there is a STARTUP.WOR in your home directory it is
run. (When there is a STARTUP.WOR in both the MapInfo Professional
program directory and your home directory, both will= run.)
Help, in the same text, had already stated:
4. Name your workspace "Startup" and save the workspace into your "home"
directory. By "home" directory we mean your private Windows directory.
This is the bit that's flummoxing me. What is meant by "home directory"
and "private Windows directory"? I can find no further reference to
these at all. Indeed, the words "Home", "Directory", "Folder", etc. do
not even feature in the Index. Is there the concept of "Home" and
"Working" directories in MI, with some functions to establish these?
Your help would be much appreciated. TIA
Terry McDonnell
