MI Questions about MapBasic

2000-06-16 Thread Angelina Ho
Dear Sir/Madam, I'm a research student from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I've encountered a problem in MapBasic about the font. Would there be anyone who can solve it for me? Right now I'm using MapInfo 5.0 MapBasic 5.0 to search some text (e.g. street name) from the map and change

MI Re: I lost my .TAB ... ARGH!!!

2000-06-16 Thread UFK
Hello John This may not be such a big problem: 1) Delete any index'es (*.IND) 2) Rename *.DAT to *.DBF 3) Open the DBF's with a DBF-viewer (see http://www.legendsoft.com/, look for freeware edition) 4) Now inspect the field types and create your TAB-file manually DBF doesn't support the same

RE: MI Create Styles

2000-06-16 Thread Carlos Montalvillo
Hi Peter, Your code example is OK, but 'startfarve' and 'slutfarve' are not variables, they are constants and I can't modify their values. In fact, I try to set style values from a database and I need to use variables ... Thanks for your help, Peter. Carlos Montalvillo GómezSGSMap

RE: MI updating objects

2000-06-16 Thread Danny Irwin
Jennifer, Thanks for the advice, I've already had some other people working along the same lines. My problem is that we have is that the user has to select the table they wish to import, so the table name, column numbers and names are variable. I've constructed a table which shows each

MI Creating Polygons out of Polilines.

2000-06-16 Thread Possberg, Hendrik (Fa. Microm)
Hello all, I have a question concerning the creation of polygons. In the first table I have polylines and lines with attributes left and right.(e.g. zip code right and zip code left) My aim is to create a new table with polygons and the information of the resulting area (zip code). Is

MI Converting MapInfo workspace to MapInfo workspace

2000-06-16 Thread INFOSFERA
Dear All, I using MapInfo Professinal 5.5 and I want to convert MapInfo Workspaces (or *.tab) to Intergraph Microstation projects (*.dgn). If anyone of you have any experience, please help me to make an workflow. Thanks in advance Gabriel Paun

RE: MI HELP!

2000-06-16 Thread Oliver Moffatt
I endorse the "left handed mouse" approach. I'm right handed. Two years ago I was suffering from RSI in my right arm, then I broke my arm badly. I was forced to switch my mouse to my left hand, and have never switched back. I no longer suffer RSI in my right arm. One additional point: I kept

MI Workaround for 5.0 Centroid Bug?

2000-06-16 Thread Stephen R. Riese
Greetings, I thought this would be a smaller problem than it is turning out to be. There is a bug in the MI 5.0 CentroidX, CentroidY and Centroid commands that returns, not the region centroid, but rather a corner point. I've noticed this both in region objects and in grids I've created

MI SVG support in MapInfo and Links

2000-06-16 Thread Jacques Gelinas
For those of you interest in Scalable Vector Graphic technology here are a few interesting sites. A detailed Moscow map can viewed using the Adobe SVG plugging for IE5 and NE4 at the following link http://www.adobe.com/svg/main.html SVG mapping capabilities can also be viewed at

MI MapBasic : use of custom functions as expression in a Select

2000-06-16 Thread Gilles Labeeuw
I have some problems with the use of custom functions in the selected expressions of a select. For instance : Table XYZ contains the Fields SPAN as Float and OTHER as Float Declare Function my_func (ByVal X as Float) as Float Function my_func (ByVal X as Float) as Float If X 15 Then

Re: MI Questions about MapBasic (altering font size of text objects)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew_Dressel
Right now I'm using MapInfo 5.0 MapBasic 5.0 to search some text (e.g. street name) from the map and change the font size color. I used the command "Makefont(0,20,red,-1)" to replace the original text. It changed the style, font color and background color for me but it couldn't change the

MI Geocoding to street files

2000-06-16 Thread Severin Roberts
Howdy, When geocoding to streets, any address with apartments or lots takes a manual ok to geocode. Is there any way or .mbx to let MapInfo do this where the address matches? Severin -- Ms. Severin Roberts VP/Director of Operations and Analysis +

Re: MI USGS 1:250,000 DEM file downloads and unziping...

2000-06-16 Thread Nevill, Glenn
Thanks to all, In case anyone else was wondering what the solution to this problem was. I was able to unzip the files by changing a setting in Winzip (the TAR CR/LF toggle under Misc. options) and then selecting dem as the file extension. Regards, Glenn Nevill [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415 768-7340

MI Friday Tragedy

2000-06-16 Thread John Haynes
Texas' worst air disaster occurred today when a small two-seater Cessna152 plane, piloted by two Texas A M Students, crashed into a cemeteryearly this afternoon in College Station.Aggie search and rescue workers, under the personal supervision ofGovernor George W, Bush, who left the

MI - Concatenation of commands on a single line

2000-06-16 Thread Patrick Phillips
Is it possible to issue multiple commands on a single line? If so, what is the command line separator character? The following might be an example: I = 1 : X = 3 : Select * From MyTable Where MyColumn = X I'm just curious because it may save a little space on a printout of my code. Patrick

MI Friday humor: honor system virus (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Joshua Ostroff
New Computer Virus "Honor System" - This virus works on the honor system: Please delete a bunch of your files at random, then forward this message to everyone you know. Thank you for your cooperation.

Re: MI Re: I lost my .TAB ... ARGH!!!

2000-06-16 Thread PEM
Hi, It's an even smaller problem than describes by Uffe. In MapInfo: File Open Table... Select FiletypesDBF In the Filename enter *.dat og hit Enter Go to the directory where your *.dat file without the Tab file is found. Select the *.dat file and voila... MapInfo automatically created the

MI MapMarker - Reverse Geocoding

2000-06-16 Thread Gary Schwartz
I have hear rumor that it is possible to perform reverse geocoding (given a lat/long return the nearest street address) using the MapMarker Geocoder API with a little bit of programming. Is anyone aware of this process, and, if so, can anyone shed some light on how this might be done? Thanks,

MI Hmmm.... Looks like uncertain times over at ESRI?

2000-06-16 Thread Neil Havermale
Saw this go over the list for ArcView. Sounds like a problem is brewing for Jack's followers. And you thought you had problems with the cost of a 6.0 upgrade? Then I also saw that AkeExploiter is now 100% JAVA based - you know that free AkeView "viewer" follow-on that replaced the original

WMFs created in MI Print Funny

2000-06-16 Thread Kanzler Julie
Hi everyone: Can someone please help me resolve a WMF dilemma? I am in the midst of purchasing a color laserjet to print MS word reports that contain mapinfo maps as windows metafiles. The first three printers I've tested (from tektronix,lexmark,and HP) had some problems printing the word files

MI - Position available

2000-06-16 Thread Craig, Steven @ South Bay
Title: MI - Position available The following position is currently available. Real Estate Mapping Specialist - CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services company, has a full time entry level mapping position available in its Beverly Hills, CA, USA, office. Candidates must have a