Hi Stephen, This would be a great app. We have a lot of workspaces that have built up and were not very well organized. I have been trying to put things in directories that make a little more sense, but as a result, many of the TABs have been either moved, renamed, or deleted as they were unnecessary. Mapinfo can search for the TABs that were moved into new subdirectories, however the renamed or missing TABs create a problem. I agree with the suggestions so far, but more importantly I'd really like to see this app developed.
Don Mitchell, Infrastructure Management Systems Technician City of St. Thomas Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: S�ren Breddam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 4, 2004 8:32 AM To: 'Dan Bowles'; MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L App that Resolves Workspaces with Missing Tables Hi Dan, (...) >suggested improvement would be for the program to search for the same named >TAB within the mapinfo tables directory and subdirs If you goto your library settings in MI there is a possibility to enter search paths where MI should try to search for unfound tab-files >before offering the user >a replacement table selection box if the table had been renamed. This is already a feture in MI. At least if you didn't erase the "Interactive" keyword manually from the workspace. regards S�ren -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Dan Bowles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 4. november 2004 01:23 Til: Stephen Chan Cc: MapInfo-L Emne: RE: MI-L App that Resolves Workspaces with Missing Tables Hi Steve We have a setup with thousands of TAB files where base layers are sometimes moved, deleted or renamed. I would love to test out this tool and a suggested improvement would be for the program to search for the same named TAB within the mapinfo tables directory and subdirs before offering the user a replacement table selection box if the table had been renamed. Cheers Dan Bowles -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2004 11:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L App that Resolves Workspaces with Missing Tables Hey guys, I created an app while I was at Sydney for the Exponare training for partners. It resloves the issue of not being able to open workspaces where tables no longer exist. The app automatically removes all references to the missing table and reorders all layers including shade and create legend commands for thematic maps. A new workspace file is created, so the original one remains intact The user is given an option to replace the references by locating the missing table manually. The code itself could be tidied up and I believe that it should work for all workspace files generated by MapInfo however further testing is required. I am not sure if I should publish it yet however if anyone here is interested in trialling out this tool give me a buzz. It only looks for and removes references of missing TAB files. Any references to other file types are not supported (ie .3TF files) - Steve Chan --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13902 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13918 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13920
