G'day Dave,
Peter Doyle at Telstra wrote an mbx called Laytex which over comes this
limitation.
I can send it on to you if you wish.
Here is Peter's blurb:
> I have created a
utility to do just
that. Its called
"LayTex" (I have
> attached it for you)
> Hover over the
buttons on the button
pad to see what they
do. It should be
> fairly self
explanatory.
> In short you open the
text document into the
message window, add a
frame to
> your layout, then
double click in the
frame and select Layout
Text.
> Let me know if you
find it useful or have
any problems
> <<laytex.MBX>>
> Regards
>
> Peter Doyle
HTH
Cheers
Greg,
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Greg Francisco
Senior Mapping & Design Officer
Mapping and Design Services
Dept. of Infrastructure - Planning & Policy
Nauru House, Level 10, 80 Collins St,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000.
61 3 9655 3424
http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 05/09/2006 03:30:14 PM:
> Thanks all.
>
> Looks like the only fix is to upgrade to the current version :-(
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Markey
> Corporate Applications Officer
> Information Systems
> Corporate Services Department
> Ph (07) 3810 6723
>
> >>> "Martin Higham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/09/2006 2:55:38 pm >>>
> MI Pro v7.8 increased the max length of text strings to 2047
> characters, so it seems you're 1 version out.
>
> Otherwise, you just have to be careful with alignment and then you
> can position multiple text strings to look as though they are one
> and the same. You still have to use this approach if you want
> multiple fonts/styles or special symbols in your text string.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
>
> Martin Higham
> Avantra Geosystems
>
> tel (61 4) 2573 0428
> fax (61 3) 9596 7997
> www.avantra.com.au
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mapinfo-l-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Markey
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 September 2006 13:41
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [MI-L] MI7.5 Text Dialog Limited Characters
> Hi.
>
> I am attempting to create a text box on my Layout with the usual
> disclaimers. I am finding that I am limited in the number of
> characters that a single text box can contain. Does anyone know how
> to increase the number of characters in a text box or another way around
this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Markey
> Corporate Applications Officer
> Information Systems
> Corporate Services Department
> Ph (07) 3810 6723
>
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