Here's another example of the beauty of this list. I tried this tip "Set Progressbars Off" from just the mapbasic window and it works on isolated issues as well. That may not be news to some but it is to me. I get a customer database update daily and "re-geocode" this 40k record database every few days, daily if significant changes are made that day.
I wrote a geocoding app in Mapbasic whereby I could have used this tip but geocoding from mabasic is so slow, at least from my mbx, I never use it any more, and for the few functions I do perform, the progress bars just waterlog everything. I can be reading the MI-L in the time it takes to pull these functions in MI! :) So, this morning before doing my refresh and geocoding, I happened to think about this post, opened a Mapbasic window, typed in "Set Progressbars Off", did my various functions, turned the bars back on and viola... It worked nicely. Now to incorporate my new found knoggin knowhow into a new app. Thanks again MI-L, you come through again! And thanks to David for priming the pump :) David Reid -----Original Message----- From: David Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: SUM: MI-L Mapbasic code won't execute unless MI has focus Thanks to Peter, Warren, Uffe & others who replied by mail. The answer is below. And when I read it I vaguely remembered requiring progress bars to be turned off under certain circumstances. In this case I didn't get the connection because the commit was happening so fast that one didn't even see the progress bars appear on the screen anyway, so I wasn't getting all the symptoms. Thanks for the help - this is a great group. Dave (who has another question coming!) On 19 Oct 2004 at 11:26, Peter Horsb�ll M�ller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is caused by the fact that MapInfo needs to be in focus before a > Processbar can process. > Set Progressbars Off > Commit Table Vessels > Set Progressbars On --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13813 --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 10/08/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 10/08/2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13858
