Hi Guys, I am pretty sure the new version of MapInfo (codename 'Grande') will have this functionality in it. The new MapInfo Workspace format includes capabilities for grouping layers.
As for timelines for this new version of MapInfo, it would be great if any of the MapInfo guys looking in can shed some light on this, Thanks Jerry Jerry O'Sullivan| Linxoft Solutions Inc. | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Phone: (604) 944-8001| www.linxoft-solutions.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Thoen Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 6:45 AM To: greg Cc: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject: Re: [MI-L] layer grouping On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:45:34PM +1200, greg wrote: > does anyone know if i can (MI 8.5) group layers for layer management. eg > lets say 1 want to display utilities. utilities may comprise of 4 layers > (say water, waste water, stormwater etc). i want users not to have to click > to turn on each layer, but just click to turn on utilities - then easily > switch to say zoning (which again may comprise many layers) MapInfo doesn't support this concept, but it sure would be a nice feature. But it's not a straight-forward problem if you also want to manage layer position control (e.g. do the Utilities power lines display above the Hydrology group's rivers and the Transportation group's roads?) However, building a higher-level layer control that allowed the user to work with layer groups to the extent of turning their display on and off, either as a group or individually, would be do-able and would be useful. I've seen one application where this was done using a Visual Basic tree control connected to MapInfo via DDE, which worked quite well. But it was rather hard-coded for the application and wouldn't work for general use. This is a tool that still needs to be built. (So if anyone's bored some day and is looking for a small project they could sharpen their MapBasic skills on, this might be just the thing! - Bill Thoen _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l _______________________________________________ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l
