Does anyone know how and why MapInfo TAB files (v300) which have fieldnames longer than 10 characters (when examined in MapInfo, with Table > Maintenance > Table Structure) have the fieldname truncated to 10 characters when saved out of MapInfo?
I'm aware the old DBF specification limited fieldnames to 10 characters, but as far as I can determine v100 and v300 TAB files allow longer fieldnames. This was reported by another user - I haven't seen these files, but do know that they do NOT have !Windows Latin in the TAB, but DO have !version 300 there. And I am assured that the fieldname truncation situation is exactly as described above. Ian Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13092
