Andrew wrote: > > I found the problem but I don't know if it's a bug or if it's by > design. I was using a TABCustomPoint and the symbol was always zero in > a mif file I switched it to TABPoint and it works just fine. I don't > know if TABCustomPoint is supposed to support symbol styles or not. If > it is I can submit it as a bug but if it doesn't by design then I just > know to use TABPoint from now on. If you could let me know which it is > I'd appreciate it.
Short answer: that's by design. The long answer is that MapInfo has 3 types of point symbols, they all are point geometries, but for rest the they are completely different beasts so each one is handled by a different class in MITAB. You will find the definition of the valid parameters for the 3 symbol types in the MIF spec. Here is a summary and the corresponding MITAB classes: Class TABPoint corresponds to what they call the "MapInfo 3.0 Syntax": SYMBOL(shape, color, size) Class TABFontPoint corresponds to what they call the "TrueType Font Syntax": SYMBOL(shape, color, size, fontname, fontstyle, rotation) Calss TABCustomPoint corresponds to what they call the "Custom Bitmap File Syntax": SYMBOL(filename, color, size, customstyle) Daniel -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel Morissette [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM Solutions Group http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitab/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
