Re: MI-L Distance measurement in metres

Dear Dawn, The default distance unit is determined by unit specified in the projection of the particular table. So, if you save copy as and change the projection units to metres you will always see metres. This is not a true solution but might help. Laurence Seeff Points Business Mapping

MI-L Modifing symbol

hi to all (ciao a tutti) i'm using a short mb (coming from MB Help) because i need modify the symbols of a selection; everythings is ok but the kind of symbols i need don't work: the variable sSymbolAttr accepts only Mapinfo 3 symbols, how can I specify other symbol, eg Symbol

MI-L Monthly ITCZ location over East Africa 2002

I'm interested in a dataset that shows the location of the intertropical convergence zone over East Africa. A dataset with the wind direction would also be helpfull. I'm not sure if remote sensing data's exists. Thanks for any help Rainer

MI-L Oracle Open\\SQL Problem

Hello, I have two tables stored in an Oracle 9i Database. SITES and GOVTREGIONS each table has geometry. I want to select all the sites which fall within a particular region and create a MapInfo tab of these. I am using MapInfo 7 and have loaded the tables to Oracle with EasyLoader My

MI-L How to register MI Discovery

Just received upgrade for MI Discovery 1.1.0.44. How do you register the product? Otherwise 60 day expired. Jarmo Peltomäki - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

MI-L Off Topic - MicroStrategy whizzes

Greetings, List. If anyone has experience with the MicroStrategy API, please contact me directly - not via this list. I need technical assistance that I cannot find in the documentation. TIA to all responders. Best regards, Alex Eshed email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OPISOFT Ltd.

MI-L Distance measurement in metres

Dawn, you need to get a mapbasic programmer to compile test the following little routine using the Winfocuschangedhandler and a setmap statement. ( Sorry i am away from my mapbasic machine at the mo so i am not entirely sure the code will be 100% fully functioning...but it should workto make

Re: MI-L Distance measurement in metres

Hi Dawn I think it'll change to metres all the time if you put the following command on a new line in your startup.wor: Set distance units km regards Caroline - Original Message - From: Hendrick, Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MapInfo-L (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12,

Re: MI-L Modifing symbol

sorry!! i forgot the code i'm using... Open Table buttami.tab Interactive Dim symbolSave As Symbol Dim sSymbolAttr As String Dim sCmd As String Map From buttami Select

MI-L Looking for feedback from MI Pro users

Hello MapInfo-L - MapInfo is planning to launch an online MI Pro User Group (MIPUG) and we would like your input. The idea is that MapInfo would regularly host a web seminar for MI Pro users to get the latest tech tips, share customer stories and hear the latest product news. Before we get

MI-L MI7:Selecting objects with same color attribute

Hi group, is there any chance (sql-statement?) to select multiple objects in a MapInfo 7 table, that have no other similarities than the same color? Any help will be appreciated With kind regards, Axel Bergmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: MI-L Distance measurement in metres

Not to get into a coding war, but how about a right click in the mapper shortcut menu? Mark ' This utility sets the active mapper window to meters ' Set to meters will be added to the Mapper Shortcut menu. Include mapbasic.def include menu.def Declare Sub Main Declare Sub SetMeters Sub Main

MI-L RE : MI-L MI7:Selecting objects with same color attribute

The mbx select by drawing style is very useful for that kind of query, but you can query only one table at the same time. I think you can find it on the directions mag web site. Simon Roy GIS Specialist Carto-Média, Environnement Illimité

MI-L ArcView Projects Files to MI Workspace

Greetings, List. Has anyone managed to open an AV APR file in MI Pro? Or convert one into a workspace? I'm talking, of course, of a MapBasic (or any other) tool. TIA to all responders. Best regards, Alex Eshed email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OPISOFT Ltd. Tel:

MI-L MapBasic: Size in bytes of a TYPE

Is it possible to get in MapBasic the size in bytes of a TYPE structure? I need it to dimension an element of the type before send it to an API function. TIA Jacques Paris

MI-L Help with Mapbasic

I am a newbie to mapbasic. Are there any websites that offer free training or tips on how to get started or that possibly have free code to learn from. Any help would be appreciated. Michael Smith, Planner II City of San Angelo Planning Development 915.657.4210 Fax: 915.481.2648 Email: [EMAIL

MI-L Vertical Mapper Error 503

I am trying to use the modeling functions of VM and am constantly getting the error Error in Mapinfo File Access Library -- Extended Error Value 503. I have searched the MI-L archives; there is no help for me there, just a lot of questions and very few answers. I am using VM 2.0, but I see

RE: MI-L Vertical Mapper Error 503

Hi Tim, Try saving the table with a new name and then try modeling this new table in stead of the other. It's not quite this error I have in mind, but VM has trouble using data from other sources but MapInfos own DAT file, so if your datafile is fore instance a TXT or XLS, then you usely get an

MI-L HP DesignJet 5000

Listers, Has anyone using the HP DesignJet 5000 42 plotter run into any issues with incomplete maps being drawn? My client is experiencing some strange behaviour that when using a custom paper size of 36 x 50 and the Autorotate feature is turned on, the resulting print is incomplete. The

MI-L Save Window As...Only 96 DPI?

Hello all, Does anyone know of a utility that enhances the save window as functionality in MapInfo Pro 7.0? Is it possible to enhance this feature in MapBasic, and if so, has anyone ever done it? I'd like to be able to save a 60 X 80 layout window as a 250 DPI .tif file, MI limits me to 96 DPI.

MI-L SUM: MapBasic: Size in bytes of a TYPE

There does not seem that a function like SIZEOF() in C or LEN() in VB exists in Mapbasic to get the size in bytes of a TYPE. The solution to obtain that length is to sum up the number of bytes of each element of the TYPE as described in the DIM section of the MapBasic Reference guide. Programmers,

Re: MI-L Save Window As...Only 96 DPI?

Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express wrote: Does anyone know of a utility that enhances the save window as functionality in MapInfo Pro 7.0? Is it possible to enhance this feature in MapBasic, and if so, has anyone ever done it? I'd like to be able to save a 60 X 80 layout window as a 250 DPI .tif

RE: MI-L Save Window As...Only 96 DPI?

Bill Thoen Wrote: If you save the image as 156.25 x 208.33 image at 96 dpi, you'll get the same thing as a 60 x 80 @ 250 dpi image. But I thought the dpi setting on the MI 7.0 Save Window As option was adjustable? - Bill Yeah, you would think so, but it bombs out when I try anything over 80 on

RE: MI-L MapX - Windows XP Performance Problems

I was going to bring up a similar thread on MapInfo performance on a Win2000 server network with WinXP Professional clients, so thanks for starting this Paul. We do run MapX applications but our site currently has approx. 50 MI licenses connecting to the network where all our data resides.

MI-L Snap to nearest point

Hello There I am using MapX 5.0, VB 6.0, and Oracle 8i. While drawing line feature from one point to another point, I am not able to find how i can snap to the nearest point. That is after drawing line feature on two points, I zoomIn the map the line gets away from the points. Thanx in