The same advice can also be carefully followed regarding .tab and .wor files, minus
the bit about using a safe
(non-Windows) editor. Older MapInfo products usually silently ignore newer features.
Any objects with greater
than 32k nodes, for example, just won't show up in MI 3.x mappers.
Worth a try.
Bill Thoen wrote:
> As long as the app isn't using any 4.5 functions, you can edit
> the very top of the mbx file and change the 451 to 410. This
> works with tables too. You must use an editor that won't mess up
> the binary stuff just below the top three lines (so use something
> like debug.exe or better).
>
> This is about as risky as tearing off mattress labels or touching
> things with signs on them that say "Wet Paint" or throwing out
> unopened first notices for payment, but what the heck... you only
> live once. But do anything wrong or make any bad assumptions
> about what your editor does to a file, and as soon as you run it,
> your app will expire grotesquely like the guy in the last Indiana
> Jones movie who "chose poorly" when he drank from the wrong
> cup...
>
> The safest choice for those who wish to tread the path of the
> righteous is, of course, to upgrade. ;-)
>
> - Bill Thoen
>
> Jack Wierzchowski wrote:
>
> > Hi List,
> > Is there any way to trick Mapinfo 4.5 to run Mapbasic programs
> > compiled in
> > Mapbasic ver 4.1?
> > Thanks
> > Jack
> >
> >
> >
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