On 27 Aug 2004 at 1:48, SCISOFT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only current reason for doing this, as far as I know, is to allow > Manifold System Release 6.00 to read TAB files (TAB, ID, DAT, MAP) that were > created as MapInfo "v100" format.
Maybe we can ask Manifold to support this older format? I was pretty disappointed that the "support for TAB files" wasn't as comprehensive as I thought it would be. I'm definitely planning on putting it in as a suggestion. Then again, I wish MapInfo had a "save as" option to sort this out. > Except that Manifold doesn't support all the points, fonts, line styles, > colours, and fills that are encoded into the MIF/MID files. In fact, most of > this decoration is totally lost (even the colours). Another disappointment - I have to do a lot of rework to get my MapInfo tables looking good in Manifold, and my hopes of being able to use the same tables in MapInfo & Manifold at the same time are dashed. Now I have to keep separate versions which mounts up to another 2GB worth of data to convert & store. One more for my request list. Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 13105
