Many thanks for the help with the labelling...
 
With regard to the creating points is there a 'better' way of me loading the data?  The data is likely to be regularly updated outside of mapinfo and I'd like the changes to show on the map.

Thanks
Lee

>>> "Quan, Sheila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 25/05/2006 >>>
Hi Lee
 
Under Layer Control > Label > Select Label with: to Mooring ID > now every time you hover over each point, the mooring name should appear.  You can also use + Chr$(13) + to insert a carriage return and then include both Mooring ID and Owner Name!
 
I'm afraid that you will need to use the Create Points function every time you add a new point - adding a new record to the csv file does not give that record any spatiality i.e. actual geographical point on a map that you can see and query.  It simply adds another record to a static database.
 
HTH
 
Sheila
 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LEE EVANS
Sent: 25 May 2006 12:15
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MI-L] Labelling points - help required

Hi
 
I am displaying Boat Moorings in mapinfo by loading a CSV file which contains the following
 
Mooring ID, Owner Name, X co-or, Y co-or
 
The moorings are displayed as red dots and more info can be found by clicking the 'i' button and then clicking on the red dot.  I was just wondering whether it would be possible to automatically label each red dot with text from the corressponding record for example each red dot would be labelled with the mooring ID.
 
Also when I edit existing entries in the csv file via excel these changes can be seen in mapinfo.  However if I add a new row/record in the CSV file the new point does not appear without me selecting TABLES - CREATE POINTS each time.  Is there a way of automating the system so that any new entries in my CSV file are added onto the map without manually creating the points?
 
Thanks, Regards
Lee
 
 
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