To continue the original question because I've often wondered the same thing...
MapInfo seems to create a tab file when you open a shapefile so as far as I understand it the program is not trying to edit a shapefile but a tab file it has just created. So back to the original question, why can't you do anything to that tab file until you save again with "save copy as"? So what is read-only, the newly created tab file? Jennifer Minnick Senior Manager, National GIS Services STUDLEY 300 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 326-8663 Fax: (212) 326-1034 -----Original Message----- From: Uffe Kousgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:48 AM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: Re: MI-L MI-ArcView Shape Files (.shp) This is because they are read-only: MapInfo Corp. hasn't implemented editing capabilities of SHP files. Regards Uffe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:43 AM Subject: Re: MI-L MI-ArcView Shape Files (.shp) List, I have found that either using the Universal Translator or even opening the Shape files into 7.0, that I have to "save a copy as" for the tables to be editable. They appear after the translation, but you can't do anything with them. Anyone know why? Alan --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15635 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15636 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 15648
