MI RE: Colour tables in Mapinfov5.5

2000-09-26 Thread Anthony Greenhalgh
Title: RE: Colour tables in Mapinfov5.5 Dear all, Does anyone know of a way to set/obtain transparent colours for MIinfo v 5.5. When overlaying one colour masks the other. I want to be able to view each colour for each overlay. Any help would be appreciated TIA Anthony Anthony

MI re: duplicating records

2000-09-26 Thread Kamel, Jennifer
Thank you so much for all your suggestions! I knew someone would think of a way to do it that I had not. Dot Density - A lot of people suggested that, but I really dislike how small the "large" dots are. It was hard to see since I have a large distribution. Graduated Symbols - This was the

Re: MI RE: Colour tables in Mapinfov5.5

2000-09-26 Thread jchgis
I use transparent (textured) fills for this kind of thing. There are a couple that look like a solid color, but are in fact a dense dot fill giving illusion of transparency. Of course, do not forget to turn "background" off, or it will not work. Sonya Nikolsky JCH GeoInfo 3600 University Dr

MI RE: About DiaBuilder

2000-09-25 Thread MAGS (Mapping Global Solutions)
Bill Try http://wap3.com/DiaBuilder2000/diabuilder2000.htm This page run, but not when you press Download fully functional Demo item to do the download Thanks -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL

MI Re: About DiaBuilder

2000-09-25 Thread Bill Thoen
"MAGS (Mapping Global Solutions)" wrote: Hi, I want to test DiaBuilder but the address indicated in B.Thoen email is not correct or is no running right now: http://www.wap3.com/diabuilder2000.htm Is this correct or exist another one ? Thanks Try

Re: MI RE: About DiaBuilder

2000-09-25 Thread Trey Pattillo
www.diabuilder2000.com - Original Message - From: MAGS (Mapping Global Solutions) To: Bill Thoen Cc: MapInfo-L Sent: Monday, 25 September, 2000 13:32 Subject: MI RE: About DiaBuilder Bill Try http://wap3.com/DiaBuilder2000/diabuilder2000.htmThis page run, but not when you press

MI RE: MobileLBSList: GIS and Wireless PDAs - MapInfo versus ESRI

2000-09-22 Thread Jaak Laineste
I don't think that porting a desktop software, either MapInfo Pro, ArcView or any smaller packages is good way to make solutions for big public market. These are just like strange plugins for netscape, nobody uses them because nobody wants to use service which can't be accessed very simply.

MI Re: Advertising to fund MapInfo-L

2000-09-22 Thread INTELLIGIS
In a message dated 09/22/2000 11:51:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Bill T. writes: How about some ideas for paying the freight for MI List instead of complaints? I've got a great idea! How about Bill does what Bill thinks best?! After all, he's been on the money (no pun intended) so far

MI RE: MB: Run Command limitation

2000-09-20 Thread Mike Taylor
Oops, forgot the mb file Sorry about that, the day is wearing on and I want a beer Mike Taylor Terralink Limited Phone 64-04-915 6000 Fax 64-04-915 6030 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.terralinkltd.com test_crash.mb

MI RE: Footers, etc - answered my own questoin

2000-09-19 Thread Talkofsky GS09 Stuart H
I figured out how to do what I wanted to do. I created a table - DATE, listed it as a date field , then opened the browser (no data in the browser), right clicked in the browser and a dialog box came up, I clicked 'PICK FIELDS' in the dialog box and then I clicked "ASSIST" in the next box and put

RE: MI RE: Footers, etc - answered my own question

2000-09-19 Thread Talkofsky GS09 Stuart H
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI RE: Footers, etc - answered my own questoin I figured out how to do what I wanted to do. I created a table - DATE, listed it as a date field , then opened the browser (no data in the browser), right clicked in the browser and a dialog box came up, I c

MI RE: MobileLBSList: GIS and Wireless PDAs - MapInfo versus ESRI

2000-09-19 Thread Neil Havermale
For you "mobilebslist"ers interested in GIS we "mapinfo-l"ers have an interest in wireless.. We MapInfo GISers are very curious about the pending wireless era. I guess the thread that we pickup on in the G3 thing is that one of the increasing common features on WEB sites are maps and

MI re. raster registration

2000-09-14 Thread Butterfield Grantley
To all who replied, thankyou for your assistance. I had fairly good success, and hopefully I will only get better at it. sincerely Grantley. Mr Grantley Butterfield Data and Mapping Co-Ordinator ntl Australia. POBox 31 Belconnen ACT, 2616, Australia. Phone (w); +61 2 62568506

RE: MI RE: grabber tool problem

2000-09-14 Thread David Booth
-Original Message- From: Ian Macey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 September 2000 16:23 To: 'Robert Brough' Cc: MI List (E-mail) Subject: MI RE: grabber tool problem Hi I have found that this tends to occur when the snap feature is turned on. By turning the snap feature off

MI RE: who mapinfo-l

2000-09-14 Thread Kornelsen, Gerald
Thank you, Bill, for slamming the door in our favour. Gerald Kornelsen -Original Message- "Van Uitregt, John" wrote: who mapinfo-l end .it too has been instructed to clam up about this information. - Bill Thoen

MI Re: PSA - Personal Spatial Assistant - MapXtend and MapinHand

2000-09-14 Thread Stuart Bell
Thanks Neil, that was some good info. Surely nobody is terribly keen on spending a million dollars getting up to speed with Oracle if they can help it. Has anybody had a go at developing using any Windows CE specific languages? or is that just dreaming? - Original Message - From:

MI RE: grabber tool problem

2000-09-13 Thread Ian Macey
Hi I have found that this tends to occur when the snap feature is turned on. By turning the snap feature off you are then able to pan around the window as normal. -Original Message- From: Robert Brough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL

MI RE: grabber tool problem

2000-09-13 Thread Waardenburg, Dennis
Robert, We've noticed this problem here too. It started when MapInfo introduced "snap persistence", as I call it. Before v5.5, if you had node snapping enabled and switched to the pan/grabber tool, snapping would be disabled. You'd have to switch to a different tool and hit the S key again to

MI Re: grabber tool problem

2000-09-13 Thread Mike Hankins
Robert, I have had this problem in MI 5.5. Don't know why it does it. Only thing I do is click on a different tool and then click on the grabber again. This usually gets the grabber working again. Mike Hankins Country Companies - Original Message - From: "Robert Brough" [EMAIL

MI RE: saving/loading legends to files

2000-09-08 Thread Milo Simonic
Yes, In Layer Control tool you click on your table, then click on thematic and you will see Template/Save As. This serves to save your settings for your thematic legend. To load existing settings you click on Merge (Template). Milo -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI Re: MB: edits pending error

2000-09-08 Thread Francois Bergeron, KOREM
Salut Jean-François, You just have to put Quotation mark ( " ). Like: commit table "BDdescriptive_CO" as "BDdescriptive_CO_MI" close table BDdescriptive_CO open table "BDdescriptive_CO_MI" SELECT * FROM Wirecenter,"BDdescriptive_CO_MI" WHERE Wirecenter.sucal = BDdescriptive_CO.clli INTO

MI Re: What happened to KOREM

2000-09-08 Thread Francois Bergeron, KOREM
Hi! KOREM (KOREM .com), the makers of "Pushnsee.com" and "Map-Logix.com" is still there ! We just made some little server modifications in the last two days. Visit us! Best Regards! François Bergeron GIS Analyst KOREM Inc. Does anyone know what's happened to Le Groupe Korem (makers of

MI RE: GISList: Using GIS for earthquake hazard assessment

2000-09-08 Thread Stahl GySgt Eugene W
To All -- There is an interesting effort that is going on at SAIC, DTRA, and FEMA. Might be an interesting read. http://www.SAIC.com/products/software/cats/cats.html or try the Disaster Center http://www.disastercenter.com/ or the Earthquake Info Center http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/ US Army

MI RE: MapXTreme and broker

2000-09-06 Thread Stefan De Schutter
Title: RE: MapXTreme and broker Hi, should I mail it to you for inserting this into the discussion area. Kind regards, ing. Stefan De Schutter Project Development Marketing map Lemméstraat 18 2018 Antwerpen Tel : (32) 3 260.66.60 Fax :(32) 3 260.66.66 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI Re: Image Compression Utility (Free)

2000-09-03 Thread Steve Wallace - FFBIC
For more info on this, check out Directions Magazine's review of ECW at http://www.directionsmag.com . Steve - Original Message - From: "Michael Naughton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:16 AM Subject: MI: Image Compression Utility (Free)

MI RE: GISList: try again *Quick start*

2000-09-01 Thread Randy Wilson
Phillip, Go to option, preferences, startup, and check the box: "display quick start dialog" Best Regards, Randy Wilson e-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.terragraphics.com __Reply Separator -Original Message- From: Forest Management

MI Re: Malaysia

2000-08-28 Thread Alan Pritchard
Lawrence, The Global Gazetteer includes around 37,600 places in Malaysia, and about 28,500 places with postcodes. No boundaries though, just point data. Best wishes Alan Pritchard The GLOBAL GAZETTEER: the world on file http://www.allm-geodata.com Tel: +44 (0) 1202 417 477 Anyone have a

MI Re: Open Table Interactive confusion

2000-08-25 Thread peterelphick
If you put "Interactive"after the mapbasic "Open Table" statement then if it does not find the table, it will throw up the open table dialog to find the table. If you omit "Interactive" and it does not find the table it will generate an error. - Original Message - From: Wright, Kevin

Re: MI RE: Using Excel....

2000-08-24 Thread Declan Troy
Mappers, "Speaking" of importing Excel files. Does anyone have any tricks for maintaining the integrity of dates and times when importing Excel files into MapInfo. I find that Dates and Times as recognized by Excel are coverted to decimal format in MapInfo but these are not readily interpreted

MI RE: Open Table Interactive confusion

2000-08-24 Thread Jacques Paris
MI puts interactive only after the tables that are not in the same directory as the wor when it is created. That creates an inequality in the treatment of the tables open by a wor. If it does not find the table where it should be located, without interactive it will be an error; with it, an "open

MI Re: Resource editor

2000-08-22 Thread Malcolm Norman
Hi Listers Many thanks for the replies concerning a DLL editor and my multi editors into one dataset problem. Special thanks to the gentleman who sent me the exescope programme (sorry but I lost your details), also to the kind souls out there who offered to create the DLL file for me. Also

MI RE: Using Accessing Excel Files

2000-08-22 Thread Simon W Fox
Christopher I imagine you'll receive better alternatives than this one, I hope you do because I'd like to know a better way too. I've always opened the Excel file into Mapinfo and then saved it as something else using the Save Copy As option in the File menu. If you then open this new file you

MI RE: Using Excel....

2000-08-22 Thread Martin, Christopher (WSA Telford)
Thanks to all who replied. The answer wouldn't come as a surprise to many; You can view but cannot directly modify a number of different data formats, including Excel, without first saving to native MI format (File|Save Copy As...). You can confirm this yourselves, as I did, by searching the

MI Re: Locking Toolbars

2000-08-18 Thread Kris Kobylski
I hate it when the tool bar un-docks...it is very frustrating!!! MapInfo please hear our cries!!! Lol Kris Kobylski GIS Analyst Nextlink Communications -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put

MI RE: Routing Software

2000-08-16 Thread Mohamed Salauddin
Hi, There is a Routing product called Market Drive (Drivetime) from MapInfo Corporation. It is an Australian product for Australian Market from MapInfo designed on Drivetime of the Data Consultancy UK now a subsidiary of MapInfo Corporation. You can get more info from MapInfo Australia on

MI RE: Line styles

2000-08-15 Thread Mike Hankins
MapInfo Line Style Editor (MILISTED) The MapInfo Line Style Editor (MILISTED) is a stand-alone tool that allows you to create custom line styles for use with MapInfo Professional. You can use the editor to replace existing line styles, or to add new line styles to the standard set of MapInfo

MI Re: Korea, Taiwan

2000-08-11 Thread Alan Pritchard
Graham, The Global Gazetteer has geocoded postcodes for both countries - linked to place names. Best wishes Alan Pritchard The GLOBAL GAZETTEER: the world on file http://www.allm-geodata.com Tel: +44 (0) 1202 417 477 Does anyone know of a good source of map data for South Korea and =

MI RE: calling a WWW page from MapInfo THANKS sorted now

2000-08-10 Thread john . d . harrison
By the look of it I have missed many more replies. Thanks everyone for your help. and there's me thinking, I have a look next week and see if anyone sent me a clue. all the best John -- To unsubscribe from this list, send

MI Re: calling a WWW page from MapInfo

2000-08-10 Thread Andrew_Dressel
LaunchURL() calls the function ShellExecute() to start your default browser.Because ShellExecute is not a Mapbasic function but a Windows API function, you will need to pre-declare it. You must include a statement like the following in the declaration section of your Mapbasic program.

MI RE: high res image generator

2000-08-10 Thread Landis, Bill @ Phoenix
Title: RE: high res image generator Convert the image to 8 bit or get a copy of MI 6.0. ECW files will print at 24 bit out of MI 5.5 but you would have to convert your imagery to ECW format (www.ermapper.com). Bill Landis... Mapping Services Director CB Richard Ellis Voice: 602 735 5233

Re: MI Re: calling a WWW page from MapInfo

2000-08-09 Thread Trey Pattillo
+AD4- MI Re: calling a WWW page from MapInfo+ADw-/DIV+AD4- +ADw-DIV+AD4APA-BR+AD4APA-/DIV+AD4-To Mapbasic programmers:+ADw-BR+AD4APA-BR+AD4-In his recent e-mail on the subject +ACI-Re: MI calling a WWW page from MapInfo+ACIAPA-BR+AD4-Mr Dressel kindly provided a neat Mapbasic sub called

MI RE: high res image generator

2000-08-08 Thread Martin Roundill
Hi Ross, I also use the window save-as option and have very good success with wmf format. If saving more than one sheet shot I ensure the map window doesn't change size and that I use the same width/height values. This enables the position of the map within PowerPoint to be amended with a

MI Re: Auto printing to Adobe

2000-08-06 Thread Trey Pattillo
Hello, A project for *automation* so that you can *post message* to the adobe window and make it do what you want. Take a look at some of the *free* PDF writers a good start is http://www.over.to/freepdf/ I use a free one from a long while back that is just a printer. Trey

MI Re: Scaled Vector Graphics News

2000-08-04 Thread Dany Bouchard
Robert, I believe we will hear a lot more about SVG in the upcoming months/year. It really is a revolutionary way to present maps on the web. For your information, tou can also find quite a few samples of SVG Maps in our SVG technology preview area at http://www.dbxgeomatics.com/svg/. I am

MI Re: Problem with text elements

2000-08-02 Thread Francois Bergeron, KOREM
Bonjour David, You can use the update column function: Table to Update: Table?? Column to Update: Column??(Character) Type this in the "Expression" dialog: objectinfo(obj,3) Hope this help! Bonne fin de journée! ___ ||// François Bergeron || //

MI Re: Problem with Duplicate lines StreetPro

2000-08-02 Thread Raj Nadkarni
I am try to find something that will eliminate the duplicate streets for Street Pro. I am adding distances to the roads and need a way to remove duplicate streets so when I do a sum of the mileage I can get accurate mileage for the area we are studying. Any help on this will be appreciated. Raj

MI Re: Any information sources?

2000-08-01 Thread Quan, Sheila
Hiya guys Does anyone has any knowledge of technical papers/internet sites regarding GIS implementation of cycle lanes. I am doing a MSc dissertation project at Birkbeck College, London on this subject area and to date, have found no information sources except for a civil engineering charity

MI Re: NIMA, Oracle, and MapInfo

2000-07-29 Thread Alim Kucukpehlivan
Hi Neil, Thanks for the immediate comments... The reason I am asking this question; There is a big military tender, they actually mixed up some tender documents that defines, ESRI, Intergraph and surprisingly GenaMap and MapInfo... So the trouble is to answer most of the questions I need to

Re: MI Re: MapXtreme

2000-07-25 Thread Flavio Hendry
Hi Reuben This should not be a problem as both MapXsite and MapXtreme support ODBC / DAO ... As long as you just want to read attributes, Oracle 7 should not be a problem. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 24.07.2000 at 12:14 Reuben Briggs - DMG wrote: Does anyone know if Mapxtreme

MI Re: MBX install routine

2000-07-24 Thread Dr. Franz-Josef Behr, Graphservice GmbH
Try Inno Setup (http://www.jrsoftware.org/), combined with ScriptMaker (http://www.jrsoftware.org/is3rdparty.htm) or other third party script generators. The setup tool works very well, uninstall is provided, and it is free (donations welcome). Regards Franz-Josef Behr

MI Re: MapXtreme

2000-07-24 Thread Reuben Briggs - DMG
Does anyone know if Mapxtreme can be connected to an Oracle 7 database. Everything I haveseen says that it works with Oracle 81 but I am curious about its interaction or lack thereof with Oracle 7 Thanks guys Reuben Briggs [EMAIL PROTECTED]

MI Re: Custom Labels moving when loaded via workspace

2000-07-18 Thread D W
Hi Everyone, I am currently experiencing a problem with labels not appearing in their correct location. I have roughly 150 map/layout workspaces which contain a layer with the labels check box on. A number of labels had to be manually selected and moved for cosmetic reasons. However, when I

MI Re: Dominican Republic data

2000-07-17 Thread Lyn Du Chateau
We are looking for data for the Dominican Republic. Preferable free or at a low cost. Can anyone direct me to a source? -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the

MI Re: Gradient/slope shading

2000-07-17 Thread Roeland van der Spek
Michelle, You can use Triangulator from Mercator Geosystems to triangulate your elevation data. The resulting map contains triangle objects with fieldson the average elevation, slope in degrees and aspect. The slope information can be used for creating a thematic maps or other forms of

MI Re: Kiev Software Factory

2000-07-13 Thread Andrew_Dressel
Would it be possible to have the Kiev Software Factory web site link. I believe I did have it a while back. (Probably lost it in a bookmark shuffle). By all means: www.ksf.kiev.ua -- To unsubscribe from this list, send

MI RE: Managing Metadata

2000-07-13 Thread Addison, Howard
Mark Meridian-GIS produce a really cool product called COMPASS It writes metadata to tab files as well as a database. Fully customable front end. Drive from within MapInfo. And the best part You can spatially search for files once catalogued You can download a trial version from

Re: MI RE: GISList: Manifold GIS

2000-07-12 Thread Uffe Kousgaard
: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 5:25 PM Subject: MI RE: GISList: Manifold GIS Dhyan, We've got a copy of Manifold v4.5 in the office and have played around with it a bit. It might take a bit of getting used to for MI or ArcView users since the program seems to take a somewhat different approach

MI Re: Mapbasic 6.0 and printer settings

2000-07-05 Thread Andrew_Dressel
My question is how do I reproduce this functionality using M_EDIT_PREFERENCES_PRINTER? I think the suggestion was that I should be able to still use the Windowinfo() to detect what the user has set in M_EDIT_PREFERENCES_PRINTER and then go off and load the appropriate layout, but I cant get

MI RE: selecting multiple objects

2000-07-04 Thread Mark Knudsen
Victor, This has been an issue for many years (and I think it is on the wish list). The only way around it at the moment is a small utility (SELNMSG.MBX) that should be on the web site that tells you how many items you have selected. Let me know if you can't find it and I can e-mail you a

MI RE: rotated ellipses and moving nodes of polygons

2000-06-30 Thread Jacques Paris
To your first question, there is a three shot answer: 1 - create your ellipse of the size you need and centered where it should be 2 - convert it to region (you can set the number of nodes in the converted ellipse; by default it is 100; use the mapbasic window and run SET RESOLUTION ) 3 - use

MI Re: Update column SUM

2000-06-27 Thread David Eagle
Thanks to Bruce Napier and Laurent Frilleux for your prompt responses to my problem. Should anyone wish to do this in the future, these methods work: 1) Just add an extra column (integer) to your table using table - maintenance - table structure. Then use table - update column choose your

RE: MI RE: Help with tourist maps of Canada

2000-06-25 Thread List Server
! Wilson Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tuckley, Paul Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:36 AM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI RE: Help with tourist maps of Canada Hi, Could anyone please help me locate simple town plans

MI Re: Have you heard of this?

2000-06-23 Thread Andrew_Dressel
I am getting the error message "SetPixelFormat failed" when I create a 3D map with version 6.0, specifically when I try the Viewpoint Control option. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? This sounds like a display driver problem. We did experience this but were unable to reproduce it.

MI Re: Have you heard of this?

2000-06-23 Thread David_Hansen
After some experimenting, I came to the same conclusion as you did. The display driver from the ATI Technologies web site worked perfectly before MapInfo version 6.0, but wrecked havoc once I tried using the new 3DMaps. Installing a driver from the Compaq web site solved it for me. The

MI RE: Interactive Web-mapping

2000-06-20 Thread Swayze . Natalie
Looks like 6.0 is the solution I'm after for now then. Thanks again! -Original Message- From: PERRY Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 7:36 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: RE: Interactive Web-mapping Hi Natalie, With MapInfo

MI RE: Help with tourist maps of Canada

2000-06-19 Thread Tuckley, Paul
Hi, Could anyone please help me locate simple town plans and tourist maps for British Columbia / Alberta preferably in a digital format.for use in Mapinfo. This is for personal use so free data would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help. Paul Tuckley (GIS Mapping Officer)

MI Re: unsubscribing CONKLIN -Reply

2000-06-19 Thread Clifford Conklin
I am out of the office until 10 July 2000. I will NOT be checking my e-mail messages often while I am away. Please contact John LiMarzi or George Santana for ITS @ 914-949-2103. Please contact Stacey Chavez-Ceja for Parkway Towing @ 914-949-5892. Also, I am sorry to any e-mail list members

MI Re: unsubscribing CONKLIN

2000-06-19 Thread jmg
// text. And I guess Monty Python got it from that lovely American meat // (loosely speaking) product that nobody here claims to eat, yet it's always // on the grocery shelves. As I remember, it lasts for a long time. Bomb shelter food. Check for dust on the cans // However, I would add to

MI RE: Interactive Web-mapping

2000-06-19 Thread Swayze . Natalie
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't MapInfo Professional with Internet connectivity function limited? ...not an alternative to MapXtreme to develop an interactive mapping site, but just utilities to deliver GIF images to a web site and to start a browser from an object in a map and it does

MI RE: Interactive Web-mapping

2000-06-19 Thread Dion Duran
Natalie, From your first message, I would have replied with the answer MI 6.0 too. MapInfo 6.0 has an Image map creator tool that can take a layer like your company locations and export them as an image map in an HTML file. You have to choose a field it can use as a link to a web page to

MI Re: unsubscribing CONKLIN

2000-06-18 Thread Erick Posner
Actually, you're right, it's not a spam... just a mistake, so what do we call those mistakes? Spam means that someone is sending us junk emails intentionally, is that right? Thanks for unsubscribing him. I'm sure he'll resubscribe when he gets back. -- Erick Posner Join AllAdvantage! Earn $

MI Re: unsubscribing CONKLIN

2000-06-18 Thread Bill Thoen
Well, I looked it up, and the net use of the term SPAM comes from the Monty Python song, "Spam spam spam spam, spam spam spam spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam." Like the song, spam is an endless repetition of worthless text. And I guess Monty Python got it from that lovely American meat (loosely

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 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 RE: Infotips/ToolTips

2000-06-14 Thread Lindsay Giles
Hi Todd - Change the label settings under layer control to the airport name field, just don't turn on the autolabel toggle. This works for any label setting, including expressions. The infotip uses the first selectable layer that has an object under the cursor. If othe rlayers come up, either

MI Re: Overlapping Polygons

2000-06-08 Thread Tony Andrews
Dear all Many thanks to the people listed below who gave me sound advice regarding handling slivers, duplicating and overlapping polygons. Original question below. Apologies to anyone I have missed. 1. Jacques Paris skim.mbx or SKIMALL www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm 2.Cinda Graubard

MI Re: Grid Engine API sample MapBasic Application

2000-06-08 Thread Andrew_Dressel
If you can stand one more update, and the inevitable code bloat that comes with feature creep, here is another version that also includes the ability to write grid files: ' * ' Copyright (c) 2000, MAPINFO

MI RE: Invoking MapInfo Pro from VB application

2000-06-06 Thread Paul Fildes
Just to say thanks to those who replied in answer to my conundrum. In the end I opted for searching the following Registry key; HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\mapinfow.exe This enabled me to check whether MapInfo is installed on the machine, and if so

MI RE: MapInfo will not start

2000-06-05 Thread Justusson Christer
Hi! The problem is because of the I Love You virus. Nothing is wrong with MapInfo but with the profile on the server. Recreate it and it should work fine. Hope it helps. Regards Christer -Original Message- From: Lavoie, Claude [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 9:38

MI Re: Invoking MapInfo Pro from VB application

2000-06-05 Thread ml
Paul, try to use the Automation. If MapInfo is properly installed this will work: dim mapinfo as object set mapinfo = CreateObject("Mapinfo.Application") mapinfo.Visible = True Look at the MapInfo documentation for integrated mapping for more. Or ask the registry for the install-path for

MI Re: Invoking MapInfo Pro from VB application

2000-06-05 Thread Haibo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paul, You may take a look at MapWizAX, an OCX control, which will make the integrated mapping in VB much easier, esp. the callback function. You can get it for a free trial at: http://www.ducomsoft.com/mapwizax.htm Regards, Haibo Du Ducom Software -Original Message- From: Paul

MI RE: one to many relationships

2000-06-02 Thread juanse barros
As far as i have tried Mi is not able to handle that posibility. It handles one to one relations only, but do not manages all to one. I wish it could, for handling multiple variables for the same region (schools for ejample, or menu item opf a restaurant-point). I guess this is because space is

MI Re: Unable to patch to 5.5.0.26

2000-05-30 Thread Jaromir Svasta
Thank you for your response. Of course, I have always been applying the patch as an administrator and from my own computer. Really don't know what is going on. Regards. Jaromir SVASTA Hydrogeologist Geological Survey of Slovak Republic Mlynska dolina 1 917

MI Re: GEN - Projections for New Caledonia

2000-05-26 Thread Cliff Mugnier
Nilmini, New Caledonia has been a French Overseas Territory (TOM) since 1946. It was photogrammetrically mapped in 1954 and again in 1987. At those times the coordinate systems were based on the International ellipsoid, UTM Grid, since then collectively called IGN 72. They are now on the ITRF

MI RE: Thematic Pie Maps

2000-05-26 Thread Swayze . Natalie
Stupid me...I forgot to click off the Graduated option, which had distorted the view, and confused me! Thanks! -Original Message- From: Leduc, Yannick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 1:44 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: RE: Thematic Pie

MI RE: Translators

2000-05-23 Thread Andre DeHaan
Hi: I just started subscribing to this list, because my responsibilities have just been transferred to MapInfo GIS from ArcView GIS. I have a script to convert from MIF to Shape. Is there a Script to convert a Shape to MIF/MID so that I can transfer the data from my ArcView project back into

RE: MI RE: Translators

2000-05-23 Thread Jeff Lebowski
: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 11:07 AM To: Andre DeHaan Cc: MapInfo-L Subject: Re: MI RE: Translators That's not needed since MapInfo comes with Universal Translator, which handles Shapefiles, and ArcLink which translates ArcINFO Export files (*.E00). Look under your Tools menu for them. - Bill Thoen Andre

MI RE: image registration

2000-05-23 Thread Swayze . Natalie
Thanks to all who responded to my problem in importing a .gif into MI. I've got the output required!! -Original Message- From: Waardenburg, Dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 1:58 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: image registration

MI RE: Data reduction

2000-05-18 Thread Eric Maranne
Althought the Nyquist theorem isn't implemented (I'll have to think of this one, a bit tricky since one would have to implement a low pass filter after going thru a Fourier series on polylines segments groups, then back to regenerate spatial information ... hummm, not really a work for dear

MI Re: making a unique id column

2000-05-11 Thread Francois Bergeron
Hi Mike! Use Update Column function and type Rowid in the "value" Edit Text Box. Hope this help! Regards, ___ ||// François Bergeron || //Conseiller en Géomatique || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || \\ || \\ Le Groupe KOREM

MI RE: Free RDBMS

2000-05-10 Thread Jeff Koncz
Another good one to check out is MySQL. http://www.mysql.com/ http://www.mysql.com/what-is-mysql.html It's free for Unix and around $200 for Win32. Jeff Koncz Directions Magazine -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of PERRY Chris Sent:

MI RE: Free RDBMS

2000-05-10 Thread Matt.Wilkie
Someone was asking the other day about a free relational database management system. I recently saw a bit of info about miniSQL which you can get from http://www.hughes.com.au Its supposed to be free or at least very cheap. I suggest you read: http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/rdbms.html

MI RE: Labelling Default

2000-05-08 Thread Swayze . Natalie
OK-thanks!! -Original Message- From: Francois Bergeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 1:59 PM To: Swayze, Natalie: WPG Subject: Re: Labelling Default Hi again Nathalie, Yes, I understand..but this is the solution. Dont click in the check box option (Auto

RE: MI RE: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight!

2000-05-03 Thread AYoung
Title: RE: MI RE: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight! Well I don't agree. Ok, it isn't Mapinfo, but its of interest to myself and I'm sure other list users. Its a lot more relevant to me than 'Friday Funnies', Adverts for making easy money and the huge amount of US centric

Re: MI RE: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight!

2000-05-03 Thread Dick Hoskins
Title: RE: MI RE: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight! I think we ought to be civil to "guests" and entertain the idea that there is a bigger world out there besides how to work around the latest found MI deficiency. GIS people have some broader responsibilitie

MI RE: GPS and SA - the last comment I'll ever make on this, I promise

2000-05-03 Thread Tim Warman
Listers, I'm all for lively discussions of GPS/SA, since they're integral for many of us in the MI community. What I have a problem with is the discussion degenerating into personal insults and xenophobic jokes about the IRS. And for that matter, ridiculous comparisons between rape and the

MI RE: Recent burn victims

2000-05-03 Thread Robert Crossley
I've been on this list for 5 years now, and maybe the flaming was getting a bit too personal, but I rather have enjoyed the occasional departures from the "My printer is giving me this error". An international slugging match involving an assortment of views from an obviously well informed

Re: MI RE: Recent burn victims

2000-05-03 Thread Russell Mincher
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 2:01 PM Subject: MI RE: Recent burn victims I've been on this list for 5 years now, and maybe the flaming was getting a bit too personal, but I rather have enjoyed the occasional departures from the "My printer is giving me this error". An int

Re: MI Re: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight!

2000-05-02 Thread Dick Hoskins
lth summer course: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/inpho/gis/course.html - Original Message - From: "Tim Warman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mapinfo-L" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: RE: MI Re: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting to

Re: MI Re: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight!

2000-05-02 Thread Mark Neuhaus
- From: "Tim Warman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Mapinfo-L" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 11:21 AM Subject: RE: MI Re: (GIS-L) Wide open GPS - no more SA, starting tonight! Guys, Can you take this crap over to the Political Rants mailing list?

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