RE: [MI-L] MapBasic and MapXtreme

Thu, 11 May 2006 10:54:40 -0700

Title: MapBasic and MapXtreme
Christine,
 
No need for apologize on this list. The only stupid question here, are those that not has been asked.
 
In short:
Yes, your intranet application would be written completely in .NET using MapXtreme and VB.NET, C# or other .NET languages.
Yes, your VB.NET application could technically access a MapBasic application running on MapInfo Pro, but licensing forbids this.
 
The longer version:
You need to distinguise between what is technical possible and what is allowed under the software license.
You can technical control a MapInfo Pro/MapBasic application thru VB.NET or any other .NET language (even "oldfashioned" programming languages like VB). This is also allowed by the software license, as long as each user of your application has a license for MapInfo Pro.
 
As soon as you start looking for a web application things get a bit more complicated. You can access and control a MapInfo Pro using a web application. I have seems some examples of this. But the license for MapInfo Pro doesn't allow you doing this. So for web applications, you need to buy a "web license" for MapXtreme2005 and use this only.
 
MapXtreme2005 can also be used for developing desktop applications. If so, you need to buy single user seats for each user of you application.
 
I hope this did answer your question. If not let me know

Peter Horsbøll Møller
GIS Developer, MTM
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronning, Christine
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MI-L] MapBasic and MapXtreme

Hi all,

Excuse my ignorance in this, but hoping to understand a little bit more about the relationship between MapInfo capability with web software (MapXtreme).  After a little research I see that you can use .NET languages which brings me to my question.

If for example I wanted to created a intranet application that allowed employees through a site,  to enter a desired location with a few options of what they wanted on their map and see an output, would this programming be done all with a .NET language or would some of it be done using MapBasic?  So if I were to write a program in MapBasic that ran some spatial queries could this then be called from a VB.Net program that is run from the MapXtreme application?

I apologize if this doesn't make sense, but hopefully someone understands my question!  Thanks

Christine

Christine Ronning
GIS Analyst, Strategic Information
740 Carmi Avenue
Penticton, BC  V2A 8P9
250-770-3408/250-870-4677
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