RE: MI-L MapBasic question - Style override

2001-10-02 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Hi Greg. You can use LayerInfo( n, LAYER_INFO_DISPLAY) to determine if an override is set. Check out the LayerInfo() function in the help file for the return codes. Regards, Tim Nuteson Target Corporation -Original Message- From: Driver, Greg 9434 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

MI-L Label boxes missing from PDF files

2001-11-20 Thread Tim.Nuteson
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. I just upgraded to Mapinfo Pro 6.5, and now when I create PDF files with Adobe PDFWriter 4.0, the white boxes behind my labels don't show up in the PDF file.

RE: MI-L Pennsylvania 250K drgs

2002-01-07 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Hi Dan. Check here: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/hyper/guide/1_dgr_demfig/index1m.html Regards, Tim Nuteson Target Corporation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L

MI-L MB: Fastedit on?

2002-07-30 Thread Tim.Nuteson
I have Fastedit On set for a table, yet as soon as edits are made the Save button on the toolbar lights up. When I click on the Save button, the FastEdited table is listed as one that needs saving. If I instead just close the table WITHOUT saving it, I am not prompted to save it. 1. If

RE: MI-L MB: Fastedit on?

2002-07-31 Thread Tim.Nuteson
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RE: MI-L SQL

2002-09-19 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Depending on your version of MapInfo, the MapBasic reference guide, which details all of these functions, is included in PDF format on the MapInfo install disk. I have MapInfo 6.5 and the file is here: d:\pdf_docs\mb_ref.pdf Tim Nuteson Target Corporation -Original Message- From:

RE: MI-L point labels - losing alignment

2002-10-21 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Hi Darrin. This problem is most likely due to a bug in the label position calculations within MapInfo. Eric Blasenheim, MapInfo Software Architect, explained the problem and its workarounds in a post to Mapinfo-L years ago, which I have quoted below. I have been experiencing the same issue for

MI-L SQL statement not saved in workspace

2002-11-12 Thread Tim.Nuteson
If I do these two selections in Mapinfo Pro: select * from States where stabbr = WY into WyomingState select * from Cities where obj within (select obj from WyomingState) into WyomingCities It works just fine. I end up with a table of WyomingCities I can map, browse, etc. When I save the

MI-L How does MI Pro create drop shadows?

2002-12-23 Thread Tim.Nuteson
If I create a drop shadow under a rectangle in a layout window, it gets placed directly underneath the object that was selected, but above other objects that are underneath the selected rectangle. I would like to do the same thing (insert an object between two other objects in the 'stack'), but

MI-L Vertical Mapper Error 503

2003-03-13 Thread Tim.Nuteson
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

MI-L MB: Manipulating objects with MapBasic

2004-04-16 Thread Tim.Nuteson
I'm trying to write some MB code to take two overlapping objects (stored in MB object variables) and return an object representing their intersection. It seems that all the 'Create Object' and 'Objects ...' commands require me to have these objects stored in MI tables, or selected, or set to be

MI-L SUM: Manipulating objects with MapBasic

2004-04-16 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Thanks to Ian Erickson and Warren Vick: The MapBasic function Overlap(obj1, obj2) returns the intersection of two objects. Tim Nuteson Target - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To

MI-L Testing to ensure a string is numeric

2004-05-13 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Listers, Does anyone have a method using MapBasic to test whether a string is numeric? I have a dialog with an edittext box that needs a numeric input. Even if the solution is just a big hack that would be OK, since I am going to make a logical MB function along the lines of IsNumeric(123) =

SUM: MI-L Testing to ensure a string is numeric

2004-05-17 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Thanks to all who responded to my question: How can I ensure that a value entered into an EditText control of a MB dialog is numeric? The simplest solution was offered by Michael Taylor, Martin Highham, and Robert Crossley: If str$(val(teststring)) = teststring then 'numeric

RE: MI-L Testing to ensure a string is numeric: another approach

2004-05-18 Thread Tim.Nuteson
= false end function Hope this helps Spencer -Original Message- From: B. Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 11:05 AM To: Tim.Nuteson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SUM: MI-L Testing to ensure a string is numeric Would that algorithm return the correct result

MI-L MapWorld

2004-06-02 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Has anyone gone to any of the MapWorld road shows this year? Comments? Anyone going to Chicago next week? Tim Nuteson Target

MI-L MB: Geocoding in MapBasic

2004-12-01 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Hi list, Does anyone know how to emulate the Table-Geocode operation in MapBasic? If I have a list of say, 100 zip codes, and I also have a mapped table of all zip code centroids, I can choose Table-Geocode and have the zip code list inherit the objects from the centroid file, where the

MI-L Assigning value to points from underlying DEM

2005-01-21 Thread Tim.Nuteson
List, I have some imported GTOPO30 DEMs in MI Pro, and a layer of point features. Does anyone know if it's possible to assign the elevation to each point from the DEM? Thanks Tim Nuteson Target

RE: MI-L Highlight of my week

2005-09-09 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Barbara, If you are using Google Earth Pro, you can purchase the optional GIS importing module ($200). It directly opens native TAB files, allowing you to overlay your data on the Google imagery. I bought this add-on and have found it to be an excellent investment. Tim Nuteson Target

RE: MI-L Closing Query 'tables'

2005-10-19 Thread Tim.Nuteson
Hi John, This will close all query tables in the front mapper: Include mapbasic.def Declare Sub Main Sub Main Dim t as SmallInt For t = NumTables() to 1 Step -1 If TableInfo(t, TAB_INFO_NAME) like Query% Then Close Table TableInfo(t,

RE: [MI-L] Wandering Text Problem

2005-12-28 Thread Tim.Nuteson
In case anyone is interested in why, technically speaking, this 'wandering text' problem occurs, Eric Blasenheim explained it a few years ago. See below. Tim Nuteson Target [From Eric Blasenheim]: It is not entirely clear to me that all the recent questions on label plotting all relate to the

RE: MI-L

2000-10-20 Thread Tim.Nuteson (Exchange)
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