Thanks for chiming in, Jacques, If you mean manually going into the table and changing each symbol, I have to disagree about doing that easily. Especially if I have 6,000 points that need logos as either symbols or labels. Labels are preferred because 25% of the points do not have logos associated with them in the font files, but have a text name in the table. Plus, unlike symbols, labels can be moved away from the center point and still point back to it using an arrow. This is useful particularly in strip-malls where several known businesses can be labeled without overlap. If you are saying there is an automated way to change the symbols to the appropriate font AND logo, I'll take it. How would that be done?
Humbly thanking you, Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Jacques Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:09 AM To: Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express; 'MapInfo-L' Subject: RE: MI-L Multiple Fonts in One Layer You can assign any symbol from any "symbol font" that exists on your machine. And you can edit these choices very easily in the table where you have saved them. Beware that there should not be any pending edits in the table that you want to change and that the table containing the symbol types must be closed. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapBasic-MapInfo support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2-Oct-03 12:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'MapInfo-L' Subject: RE: MI-L Multiple Fonts in One Layer Hello Mr. Vick, This is a wonderful tool, however it seems to assume only one font. I'm working with 38 fonts, each with 15-40 symbols. I could use this tool, but I would have to split the table into 38 smaller tables and choose the class for each one (something I was hoping to avoid.) Can this tool be modified to include another class field? Thank you for your help, Ryan -----Original Message----- From: Warren Vick, Europa Technologies Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:14 AM To: 'Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express'; 'MapInfo-L' Subject: RE: MI-L Multiple Fonts in One Layer Hello Ryan, Instead of labelling with a logo, why not set the point symbol itself to the logo? I think that more that one person has developed a tool which allows thematic map styles to be written back to objects in a table. However, please find attached a utility I developed a couple of years ago for this task (sorry, those reading this on MapInfo-L will not received it - see below). SymSet.MBX allows you to set the symbol for points in a table based on a classification field (in your case indicating Brand). The utility does currently have the restriction that it only works with a class field that is a string. At the time the tool was needed, this was fine but it would need to support all types to be a good general purpose tool. SymSet.MBX needs version 4.5 or higher of MapInfo Pro. Simply run the MBX and it will add a menu to the "Table" menu. Choose "Symbol Setter > Symbol Setter..." and a dialog window will be presented. 1) Choose the table you want to set symbols for. 2) Press "Select" and choose the field you want to classify by. A list of classifications (your brands) will be displayed. 3) Classes with no symbol associated have an "*" next to the name. Simply choose the class and press the Symbol Picker button to select the appropriate symbol. 4) When you have gone through the long-winded task of associating each class with a symbol, press "Save" to save these associations to a separate file (actually another MapInfo table). You can then Load them in the future. 5) Press "OK" and all your symbols will magically change... you will then know for sure that every street corner has a Starbucks on it. I hope the tool is useful. For those reading this on MapInfo-L, you will not get the attachment due to list protocols. However, if anyone would like a copy of this tool (which as mentioned earlier does have a limitation and is not yet a polished product), I'd be happy to send it to you - just send an e-mail. Regards, Warren Vick Europa Technologies Ltd. http://www.europa-tech.com -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Morgan, Aerials Express [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 October 2003 00:28 To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L Multiple Fonts in One Layer Hi all, I have a series of logo fonts (38 to be exact) that I would like to use to label some features on my map. Each logo font corresponds with an industry like auto service, fast-food, etc. and each font then has a character associated with the logo. I have two fields in my table that numerically describe which font to use, and which character to place like: Name | Font | Char| Quick-lube | 1 | j | McDonald's | 24 | B | Without fracturing my table into 38 smaller tables, how can I label each point with the appropriate font and logo? Any help will rewarded with good karma (and perhaps a little aerial photography if I have some you can use.) 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