Guys I regularly use both manifold and MapInfo, and I have had some of the problems people are discussing here when exchanging files from manifold to mapInfo.
Richard, do any of the files that you are sending contain columns with no information in them? I have found that MapInfo doesn't like to import mid/mif files from Manifold that have blank columns. This hasn't solved all my problems, but generally if I only export the specific columns that I need I don't have too many issues. Cheers James Kelly -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sands Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'MANIFOLD-L'; mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: [Manifold-l] RE: SHP FILES - MANIFOLD TO MAPINFO 8.5 Ian Thanks. (not sure if I hit send all or just to you before). 'you would be better off exporting from Manifold in 'native' MapInfo TAB/DAT/etc file sets, or as MIF/MID (as I suggested earlier).' One problem seems to be when I send data from Manifold to MapInfo in its native format as above, it doesn't read into MapInfo at all - says its corrupt or can't create data base/ table or something? It works fine with point data. I'm not concerned for the styles of lines etc. Conversely the shp import at least works - gets it into and readable and thematically presentable into MapInfo from Manifold. The fellas at the MapInfo end still cant get the files to be editable despite my passing on comments from you Ian and also Jose. They are getting the MapInfo support to look at this, but it's a bit slow coming. This is a plug for our user Forums - I realise this isn't really a Manifold issue, but there's help out there - and very quickly thanks. I'll have a poke around in MapInfo-L (no don't subscribe) and see what says there. Regards Richard _______________________________________________ Manifold-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/manifold-l -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
