Tim, It actually does this check some at least some extent. I just saved a workspace in MapInfo 8.0 and it was marked as 5.5. This mark is not (just) to convince you to upgrade, but simply to prevent MapInfo from trying to open a workspace containing MapBasic commands that it can't understand.
The problem with the versions is often connected to raster layers or printer settings. So if you turn of the preference for saving printer settings to your workspace and if you don't work with raster layers, you'll often see that your workspace are saved as version 5.5 Peter Horsbøll Møller GIS Developer, MTM Geographical Information & IT COWI A/S Odensevej 95 DK-5260 Odense S. Denmark Tel +45 6311 4900 Direct +45 6311 4908 Mob +45 5156 1045 Fax +45 6311 4949 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cowi.dk/gis COWI har fået ny hjemmeside. Ydelserne GIS og IT, kort, kortlægning, 3D visualisering og arealforvaltning ligger under SAMFUND. Se mere her : www.cowi.dk COWI has changed its homepage. Our services within cadastre and landadministration, geodataproducts, mapping and GIS can be seen under SOCIETY. See our services here: www.cowi.com -----Original Message----- From: Tim Rideout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 1:50 PM To: 'Martin A Spiers'; [email protected] Subject: RE: MI-L Workspace backwards compatibility 6.5 > 6.0> 5.5 MapInfo has an annoying habit of sticking the version number of the current product into Tables, Workspaces, MB programmes, etc. Thus you will find the in the first couple of lines of the .wor a statement of the version number, e.g. MapInfo Version 8.0. In most cases just changing the number to e.g. 6.0 instead will solve the problem. So far as I can see this is to encourage you to upgrade. It would be more helpful if it made the version the oldest that was compatible. Tim Dr Tim Rideout Director Visit XYZ at the Frankfurt Book Fair - Hall 3.1 Stand L673 - Party Night 5pm Thursday 20th for a Whisky Tasting. The XYZ Digital Map Company Unit 9 Phase 2 Hardengreen Business Park Dalhousie Road Dalkeith Scotland EH22 3NX Tel +44 131 454 0426 Fax +44 131 454 0443 Mobile + 44 7766 825937 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Martin A Spiers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 October 2005 10:15 To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L Workspace backwards compatibility 6.5 > 6.0> 5.5 I have 76 workspaces which have been edited in MapInfo v6.5. Some of these fail to open on my client's PC, which has either version 5.5 or 6.0 (I'm waiting for confirmation of which). The workspaces shouldn't contain any functionality which is not supported by the earlier versions of MapInfo. My questions are: a) What will need to be changed to get the workspaces to open in the earlier versions? (I know that printer settings will need to be removed) b) Is there an easy way to do this? eg is there a "save as earlier version" mbx out there? Yours hopefully Martin Spiers Senior Engineer MWH Kenburgh House, Manor Row, Bradford BD1 4QU Tel: 01274 718786 Fax: 01274 718799 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 18217 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 18219 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 18220
