The solution from Bill Wemple: >> Vertical Mapper uses an older version of MFAL (Map File Access Library) from the days of MI Pro 5.5. This library is used to read and write native Mapinfo tables by third party applications such as VM. The error 503 being thrown is an "Error Read Version", meaning the table you're using is versioned higher than the version of MFAL being used to read it. You can get this higher version by using tables in a projection or datum that was implemented in MI Pro after 5.5, or SHP files opened live as tab files, etc.
You can do something here which is a hack, but it works. Open the *.tab file in a text editor and edit the version line to use 300. Save the Tab file and run your operation in VM. Immediately afterwards, edit the version stamp in the tab file back to the original. Make sure you use MapInfo native tab files as well, not ones that reference XLS, MDB, or SHP files, etc., otherwise you'll get other MFAL related errors. In MI Pro 8.0, you can open these and check the box in the open dialog to create a native copy right off the bat which didn't exist in previous versions of MI Pro. << 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 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Gagnon Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:06 PM To: Mapinfo List Subject: [MI-L] Big.. big file Hi. I have this point file X, Y, and Z it's kinda big.. Almost 19 million points.. yes to be exact it's 18,287,002 points. i'd like to create my grid in vertical mapper.. I keep getting this error 503.. any ideas? and do you think Vertical mapper will be able to create my grid even if I specify a large cell size? TIA Eric -- Eric Gagnon,B.Sc., GIS Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 47°02'57"N 67°44'11"W _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list [email protected] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
