MI counting objects in buffers

1999-11-26 Thread Elliot Tinton EG CEFAS
Hello all, An easy qestion. How do I count up or (select without boundary tool) the number of objects within a buffer, since it isn't a seperate table ? Thanks very much Elliot Tinton [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from

RE: MI Problem with data types

1999-11-26 Thread Jacques Paris
You made me discover an "interesting" feature with your query. It seems that the truncation of decimals occurs with the VAL() function. It is what I did dim a a string a=123.45678 print val(a) result 123.457 print format$(val(a),"#.#") result123.457 dim i as float i=123.45678 print

RE: MI Problem with data types

1999-11-26 Thread Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd.
Hello Jacques, The problem you have observed is due to these lines: dim a as string a=123.45678 You're asking MI/MB to perform an implicit cast and this seems to be the cause of the decimal rounding. Replacing the assignment with a more type-friendly form... a="123.45678" ... solves the

Re: MI Problem with data types

1999-11-26 Thread Bill Thoen
The problem is that you should have wrapped 123.45678 in quotes when you assigned it to 'a'. In this lazy modern world of variant data types, you really need to explicitly declare types when assigning variables, or else instead of crashing with an overflow or underflow, this particular compiler

Re: MI Friday Humor Jocks vs Nerds

1999-11-26 Thread Bill Thoen
And then there's the "nerd" Bill Gates... John Haynes wrote: Putting the World in Perspective Finally...the answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?": Michael Jordan makes over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 ...

Re: MI Mid/mif conversion

1999-11-26 Thread Bill Thoen
Actually, this page you referenced is going to go away soon in favor of http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/. It is no longer being maintained while the new Tools directory is now fully operational and always up-to-date. I've left the old link up while we made the transition, but it's slated for

MI Canadian Data

1999-11-26 Thread Bill Landis
Can anyone recommend a source for Canadian demographic and transportation (comparable to enhanced Tiger) data. Quality is more important than price. Thanks, Bill... -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL

MI cleaning out polygons

1999-11-26 Thread Larry Nolan
I have a lot of land use polygons which have the lakes stamped into them (they are holes in the polygons). Does anyone know of a easy way of removing the lakes so that my polygons are solid without any holes ? Any help wwould be appreciated. Larry Nolan St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada voice