Re: [Maptitude] Geographical file labels

[In�s Cristina Oliva Guimar�es]

Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html

Perhaps the problem is the versions I ever used but that method did not work
for me.  As you can see in the message below, it did not work for Bob
McLaughlin either. That's why I sent the trick. Besides, the trick works
with older versions that do not have any such options.

 Bob McLaughlin :
>Is it possible to change the LABEL of a geographical file?  When I open the
>GEOGRAPHICAL FILE dialog (TOOLS=>GEOGRAPHICAL FILE) there is a box >called
LABEL that I can overtype, but when I press the SAVE SETTINGS button the
>new value for label is not retained, but goes back to the original value.
Also,
>if I type in a new label and copy the geo file, the new label is not
>retained.  Currently, for the geo file in question, this value is the not
>too helpful phrase "POLYGONS".  Can I change this value?  Again, this is
not
>the title associated with a map file, which I can change under
>FILE=>PROPERTIES, but is the label of the geographical file.


> Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
>
> You can change geographic file labels in the following way:
>
> 1. Open a geographic file (CDF or DBD file)
> 2. Click Map:Layers on the menu or the Map layers button
> 3. Select the layer you want to change
> 4. Click the Rename button
> 5. Change the label when the dialog box appears
> 6. If you want to change the label permanently (i.e. have the same label
> appear for the file regardless of which *.map file the layer is in), check
> the "click permanently" switch.
>
> That's all there is to it.
>
> Bob
>
> BTW, this cannot be done in TransCAD.
>
>
> > -----Mensagem Original-----
> > De: "McLaughlin, Bob (DHS-EHIB)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Para: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Enviada em: Sexta-feira, 27 de Outubro de 2000 17:45
> > Assunto: [Maptitude] Geographical file labels
> >
> >
> > > Maptitude - http://research.umbc.edu/~roswell/maptitude.html
> > >
> > > Is it possible to change the LABEL of a geographical file?  When I
open
> > the
> > > GEOGRAPHICAL FILE dialog (TOOLS=>GEOGRAPHICAL FILE) there is a box
> > called
> > > LABEL that I can overtype, but when I press the SAVE SETTINGS button
the
> > new
> > > value for label is not retained, but goes back to the original value.
> > Also,
> > > if I type in a new label and copy the geo file, the new label is not
> > > retained.  Currently, for the geo file in question, this value is the
> > not
> > > too helpful phrase "POLYGONS".  Can I change this value?  Again, this
is
> > not
> > > the title associated with a map file, which I can change under
> > > FILE=>PROPERTIES, but is the label of the geographical file.
> > >
> >
>
>
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