Mike, Yes, you have the winning answer. I never needed, so never noticed, this function before.
thanks, Keith > -----Original Message----- > From: Hankins, Mike [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 11:36 AM > To: 'Eckhardt, Keith'; MapInfo-L (E-mail) > Subject: RE: MI-L Combining polygons > > To combine objects, they must be in the same table. You can append other > layer to one table or copy and paste the polygons. Once all in same > table, > make the table editable, then just "combine objects using column" in the > Table menu. > Hope this is what you were looking for. > > Mike Hankins > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eckhardt, Keith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 1:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MI-L Combining polygons > > > I have a flood map that is the combination of three layers and I want to > take it apart into three layers again. > > I was not able to figure out how to use the MapInfo Objects-Combine > function > to do this. > > I want to specify a field and have all polygons with a common value > combined/merged into a single polygon. I looked in the MapBasic tools and > I > don't recognize anything there that applies. Think of this as undoing the > OVERLAY.MBX results. > > Keith Eckhardt > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 12926 > << File: ATT02853.txt >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12930
