RE: [Maptitude] More DK tips

[Howard Slavin]

Title: Message

Hi folks,   I think that there has been some misunderstanding about documentation for the GISDK.  The main reason that we stopped printing a book was that it quickly became out of date.  This was especially true when the DK was being rapidly evolved and improved.  It is extremely important that the documentation and the specific version of the software be in sync.  What we found was that users were using the old book for years after it was even vaguely appropriate.  Hence, we made the decision to have an electronic version of the DK that is matched to the software version that is being used.   I personally believe in printed documentation, and I think that that is reflected in our products.  So, we will do a survey of users and assess the potential interest in a printed DK manual.   In any event, we appreciate your suggestions and input.   Best regards,   Howard   Howard Slavin, Ph.D. President Caliper Corporation   -----Original Message----- From: Larry Manire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 10:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Maptitude] More DK tips   To continue the DK discussion, here are some more tips.   As I mentioned before, the DK code library at http://www.caliper.com/Maptitude/GISDK/addins.htm has some useful examples.  I wrote two of them.  For writing dialog boxes take at look at DBOX SAMPLER.  To see all the available styles and how to use annotation on layouts see STYLE SAMPLER.    Peter Van Demark at Caliper wrote a good one called STYLE EDITORS which help with editing styles.   I just talked to Peter about the feasibility of converting the DK help file to a PDF.  It would take a lot time and resources which Caliper doesn't have right now.   Any volunteers?   By the way, the online help Quick Start that I mentioned yesterday, also comes as a printed tutorial for the DK when you buy Maptitude.  I think that, with proper use of that, the online help and collecting lots of sample code, and help from this list, that should be sufficient to help learn the DK in the absence of a full printed manual.   Dick Hoskins has mentioned how important it is to have one.  We all agree, but I should remind you that Caliper operates a little differently than a lot of GIS companies.  Howard, the President, has steadfastly insisted on putting his resources into improving the core products while keeping them affordable, rather than having lots of fancy marketing, accessory books, user conferences, etc., that other companies with high priced products can have.  Caliper would probably be out of business by now if he had tried.  So it's up to us users to pick up the slack!   Although I'd love to go to Patagonia or Australia and talk about the DK, I guess we'll have to settle for what we can do on this list as volunteers, and help each other, and work with the consultants like Armando (another shameless plug!) who make a living creating great custom DK based GIS apps.   Re: Manifold and its printed manuals.  I don't know Manifold that well. I know it has some great features especially for modelers, etc., but when you have to use demographics or produce great looking maps isn't Maptitude still way ahead of Manifold?  Does anybody know both?  How do they compare?   Larry Manire       Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT 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 the Yahoo! Terms of Service.