Why not just use the manual labeling tool on the toolbar to select the street names that you want? Pages 123 to 126 in the Maptitude manual gives you clear instructions and it's a safer alternative than changing your original attributes file....
Nick Nicholas The Demographer's Workshop Sydney, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "pang ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 8:29 AM Subject: [Maptitude] (unknown) > > Hi everyone, > > I am a new Mapittude user but have been reading the comments and responses > from the group . I have an elementay question. Can I delete the street > names > in a map selectively and just keep the ones that I want? Alternatively > can > I delete all of the street names and retyoe several name that I needed for > my map? > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Pang Ho, AICP > PHA Transportation Consultants > Tel. (510) 848-9233 > Fax. (510) 848-9223 > > > > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Cannot Open Map Layout >>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:22:22 -0700 >> >>The layout thing has been my biggest beef with Caliper (that and the PDF >>thing, which is still layout related). MapInfo and Arcview, are very >>stable in regards to layouts. Actaully MapInfo uses "workspaces" and >>ArcView uses "project" files; both of which are ASCII based and therefore >>very easy to search and replace file paths and names. I've been able to >>open workspaces and projects files from seven years ago without too much >>trouble. Granted I still needed to know the paths and the files need to >>still exist. It's primarily for this reason that I'm still even using >>MapInfo, not to mention that MI 7.5 has some significant improvements and >>is very stable. >> >>Viktor Keenan de la Hoz - Senior GIS Technician >>City of Phoenix - Street Transportation Department >>Design and Construction Management Division >>(602) 534-0498 >> >> >> >> >>"So, Louis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>09/27/2004 09:31 AM >>Please respond to Maptitude >> >> >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> cc: >> Subject: RE: [Maptitude] Cannot Open Map Layout >> >> >> >>I spend many hours to customize this layout. I really want to reuse it!!! >>It is sad layout is not stable in for long-term use... >>Do Arcview and Mapinfo has the same problem??? >> >> >>Louis >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:13 AM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [Maptitude] Cannot Open Map Layout >> >>On 21 Sep 2004 at 11:51, So, Louis wrote: >> >> > I cannot open Layout and most likely I have changed a layer name. Is >> > there any GISDK function that I can use to give me a list of >> > geographic layer for a Layout? >> >>You can use a binary file viewing program. The last time I looked, >>the filenames were near the end of the file. Entire paths are shown. >>By using a sector editor (in an old version of Norton Utilities) I >>was able to change the paths of the files and open the layouts. >> >>From my experience, layout files are not very useful long term. If I >>make a bunch of layouts today, I will probably not be able to open >>any of them next year. I always store the maps seperately, and a >>paper copy of the layout so I can re-create it. >> >>Bob >> >> >> >> >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/C5grlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Maptitude/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
