RE: MI and Visual Basic

2000-09-06 Thread Brad Mathews
Using "Close All" will close all tables and discard any changes made. No dialog box will be displayed. "Close All Interactive" will show any dialog boxes. I have been trying to figure this one out for you, but I haven't come up with an answer. After closing all tables I always 'Set MapInfo =

RE: MI Opening multiple files

2000-09-06 Thread Brad Mathews
Matt, I cannot see any way to do this in MapBasic (others feel free to prove me wrong on this). But I see three different ways to do this. One, write a C DLL that will return an array or comma separated string of all TAB files in a directory. Your MB program can then loop though the results and

RE: MI How does MapInfo handles muliple Projections in the same window?

2000-08-31 Thread Brad Mathews
Related to what Steve states below, the map can visually appear to line up, but your spatial analysis queries will be wrong. I have seen situations where you place a point inside of a polygon, but a Contains query insists it is not actually in the polygon. After much swearing, I put all of the

RE: MI and Visual Basic

2000-08-15 Thread Brad Mathews
- From: Brad Mathews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14 August 2000 21:48 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI and Visual Basic Jason, Do you have Mapbasic? If yes, the code samples in the manual are good enough to get you started. If no, you will probably need to get

RE: MI and Visual Basic

2000-08-14 Thread Brad Mathews
Jason, Do you have Mapbasic? If yes, the code samples in the manual are good enough to get you started. If no, you will probably need to get it as it includes all of the help files, include files, manuals, sample code, etc. that you will need to make your life a lot easier. Does anyone know of

RE: MI PDF into Access

2000-07-28 Thread Brad Mathews
Mike, In order to do this you need two things. First, Acrobat REader v4.0. 3.x will not work. Second you need the Acrobat SDK which you can get on Adobe's web site. It has some good data on controlling Acrobat using OLE. I have not done this Access, but I have in Visual Basic and it should work

RE: MI How can I digitize easier using MapInfo?

2000-07-26 Thread Brad Mathews
or shoulder. This is very difficult without the wrist wrest. 5. Take regular breaks. Use whichever of these tricks work for you - each person is different. In over 3 years of doing this we have never had an employee get repetitive type injuries. Brad Mathews Technical Director VISTAinfo Property

RE: MI VB6.0, MapProfessional 6.0 and OLE

2000-07-14 Thread Brad Mathews
differences between SP5 and SP6a. I have never used SP6a but have run into similar problems with earlier SPs. 4. There is something else to check, but I can't remember what it is. Hopefully this will launch you in the right direction. Good luck, Brad Mathews Technical Director VISTAinfo Property Disclosure

RE: MI MapXtreme NT Pulling Additional Information from Database Displ aying

2000-06-13 Thread Brad Mathews
Ian, I haven't done this in MapXtreme yet, but have in MapX so I think I know how to do it. When the user click the map, it will call another ASP page. Take the x,y coords of the click point and convert to Lat/Long using Map.ConvertCoordV. Take the lat/long and do a search at that point with

MI Shortest distance from point to a line.

2000-04-27 Thread Brad Mathews
Hello, I ran across this at one time, but I can't find it now. Does anyone have the formula for calculating the nearest distance from a point to a line on a spherical surface (the earth)? Thanks, Brad -- To unsubscribe from

MI Shortest distance from point to a line.

2000-04-24 Thread Brad Mathews
Hello, I ran across this at one time, but I can't find it now. Does anyone have the formula for calculating the nearest distance from a point to a line on a spherical surface (the earth)? Thanks, Brad -- To unsubscribe from

RE: MI integrated mapping

2000-03-03 Thread Brad Mathews
Elias, 1. The icons are integrated into the mapinfow.exe file. I have done screen captures to get them out. Most of them are in the attached ZIP file. 2. Do you have the MapBasic includes file with the constants declarations in your project? If not, you need to use the actual values, not the

RE: MI integrated mapping

2000-03-02 Thread Brad Mathews
Elias, There are third party tools that do a very good job of this. Pick up a copy of Visual basic Programmer's Journal and you will see a few ads for these tools. You can also use a form with a toolbar style. Not as sophisticated, but it works. - Brad -Original Message- From: Elias

RE: MI MapBasic and Visual Basic

2000-02-20 Thread Brad Mathews
Harald, It has been a while since I have done this, but you need to use DDE. You can transmit data back and forth, but I do not recall the method (and my source code is long gone). A little study of the DDE interface should point the way. The other option, which may or may not work in your

RE: MI Raster 2 Vector Recommendations

2000-02-09 Thread Brad Mathews
Carl, We used Hitachi Tracer for a while and liked it. It turned out to be a bit "big" for our needs, it is better suited to tasks like parcel and contour vectorization. Pricey though. It was something like $3k and it runs inside of AutoCad (another $3k) - Brad -Original Message-

RE: MI Flood data - BFE's

2000-02-07 Thread Brad Mathews
Dan, I am curious, where are you getting your BFE data in the first place? Q3 does not have any BFE information (at least not CA, FL, TX or WA). It is only on the FIRMs. Don't hold your breath on getting a document on BFE changes, the national flood cert companies do not even have a reliable

RE: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs?

2000-02-07 Thread Brad Mathews
All, I would like to make one correction to the generally correct response from Chris. VB created ActiveX DLLs (and ActiveX EXEs) can be used by any other language which supports the COM interface (C++, Powerbuilder, Delphi, VBA, ASP). MapBasic does not support the COM interface. - Brad

RE: MI Slash Screen

2000-02-03 Thread Brad Mathews
If you have VC++ you can probably modify the DLL with the bitmap resource that is used on the splash screen. You can probably also screw with the toolbar button icons! Do you know any Mapinfo users who need a good April Fools joke? - Brad -Original Message- From: Kenneth Laas

RE: California(CA) Soil/Liquefaction/MMI Data

2000-01-27 Thread Brad Mathews
Dan, I do not believe there is yet a state wide source for this information. We, like other companies, have collected the data from DMG as well as county and city sources, then compiled our own state wide data sets for in-house use. - Brad -Original Message- From: Dan Munson

MI VB6, MapX developer needed

2000-01-19 Thread Brad Mathews
: Senior VB6 developer with 4+ years experience. Requires ADO, COM/DCOM, ASP, Javascript and UI design. IIS and SQL Server a plus. Webmaster with 3 years experience in HTML, web design, graphic design, Javascript and IIS. MTS and Cybercash a plus. Fax or e-mail your resumes. Brad Mathews

RE: MI Question for MB and Win API experts

2000-01-03 Thread Brad Mathews
PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 3:57 PM To: Brad Mathews Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI Question for MB and Win API experts Actually, I have figured out the "text on layout window" problem without having to resort to API calls. An app that demonstrates how to

MI VB6, MapX developer needed

1999-12-21 Thread Brad Mathews
open: Senior VB6 developer with 4+ years experience. Requires ADO, COM/DCOM, ASP, Javascript and UI design. IIS and SQL Server a plus. Webmaster with 3 years experience in HTML, web design, graphic design, Javascript and IIS. MTS and Cybercash a plus. Fax or e-mail your resumes. Brad Mathews

Responses to MI Street Layers for Texas and Florida

1999-12-16 Thread Brad Mathews
for in-car navigation, though that is not my application. Does anyone know of current or future projects with this goal in mind? Thank you, Brad Mathews Technical Director VISTAinfo Property Disclosure a division of VISTA Information Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq VINF) (408) 261-6450x206 (408) 261-6454 (fax

MI Street Layers for Texas and Florida

1999-12-15 Thread Brad Mathews
Hello, Does anyone know who has the best street layer for Texas and Florida? We already know of ETAK, who we use for California, Thomas Bros and NavTech. Is there anyone else out there with a quality road base who might have coverage in these states? Thanks Brad Mathews Technical Director

RE: MI 5.0 and PDF Writer

1999-10-28 Thread Brad Mathews
format) and then Distill it. It looks great and prints great. Brad Mathews VISTAinfo Property Disclosure -Original Message- From: Lavoie, Claude [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 10:21 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI 5.0 and PDF Writer We

RE: MI MapInfo to pdf

1999-09-23 Thread Brad Mathews
Declan and all, One other very important thing about converting layouts to PDFs. Do not use PDFWriter. Print to file using a color postscript driver (not the distiller PPD) and then use Distiller to convert it to PDF. The resulting file will look better and be smaller. You may have to experiment