As it turns out I do have version 1.70. So to make things error-proof I copied TAB2TAB.exe into the same directory as the TAB files and sure enough it worked. Sorry for the trouble, thanks for the response.
--- In [email protected], Daniel Morissette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > guitarmensa wrote: > > I downloaded a sample map of the Halton Region Municipality, Ontario > > from StreetPro Canada. The demo is a MapInfo Professional workspace. > > Then I tried using the TAB2TAB executable to convert the TAB files to > > MIF in hopes of viewing it with some other open source app. Now I > > followed the instructions and got the following Error: > > (I have omitted the path information since that is not relevant) > > > > Error 3: onhalts1.tab could not be opened as MapInfo dataset. > > > > Any ideas or alternate routes? I am not opposed to doing this with the > > code for MiTab (if I knew how to use MiTab to do the conversion). > > > > This error would usually suggest that the file is either not found or in > a variant of the TAB format that the MITAB library does not support, but > I just downloaded a copy of the StreetPro Canada sample for Halton > Region Municipality and I am able to read and convert the file > onhalts1.TAB to MIF without problem using tab2tab. > > I'm not sure what to suggest. Are you using the latest version of MITAB > (1.7.0)? > > Daniel > -- > Daniel Morissette > http://www.mapgears.com/ > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitab/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mitab/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
