Re: MIF files

[Spencer Simpson]

Darren Holloway wrote:

 I have a couple of MIF files that I am having trouble importing. I keep
 getting a syntax error message. Any suggestions.

Without knowing the particular syntax error message you're getting,
there's nothing anyone on the list  can do. Even knowing the message,
it's highly unlikely anyone can diagnose it, or fix it.

You will have to contact the person that produced the MIF file (or the
vendor of the software package that created it) and let them know they
are producing incorrect MIF files.

Spencer



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RE: MIF files

[Jacques Paris]

There are some know "backward incompatibilities" between some MIF versions.
They are not detectable by the "version" itself that is not displayed in the
MIF file. But if they are generated by some of the latest MI versions, that
can contain some statements that are not truly compatible with older MI.

Two examples : the presence of bounds in the coord sys clause; the use on
some new key words or parameters in style clauses.

That may be "known" but it is not recorded/documented in a systematic way.

But Spencer is totally right, "we of the list" cannot do anything without
specifics, but there I disagree with him, something can be done if the
necessary info is available.

Jacques Paris

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