Re: MI Hardware
Gabor We have found that a good graphics card is essential if you are using a number of layers (and particularly large polygons, such as relief layering). If you are also using a large monitor (We use a 19") then at least 8Mb of video RAM is best. Insufficient video RAM results in slow and sometimes incomplete drawing of frames on layouts, especially multiple frames and legends. We have a 500MHz CPU and 64Mb RAM which seems to be sufficient. regards Nigel James On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 14:27:08 +1100 Gabor Vasarhelyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, I have previously brought up the issue of what hardware works best with Mapinfo. When working with a larger data set I notice the CPU is working flat out. Does anyone know whether the software is hard disk, CPU or video card demanding ? All of these things cost money ot update. I know bigger and fastest is best, however a more technical subdivision of what is critical would be appreciated. eg will a SCSI hardrive improve things or is it better to increase ram and cpu rates.? cheers Gabor Gabor Vasarhelyi GIS Manager Environmental Resource Managers Australia Pty Ltd Phone: 02 8425 1675 Facsimile: 02 9906 5375 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Nigel N James Map Room Bodleian Library Broad St Oxford OX1 3BG UK tel : +44 1865 277013 fax: +44 1865 277139 Visit the Map Room Home Page at: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Census tract data
not free, but for under $300 you can buy maptitude ( http://www.caliper.com ), which comes with all sorts of data at the tract level, and you can make maps of it too. when you get your big list, make sure you get the county and state codes too, since tract numbers are only unique within a given county. bob rogers -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Karen Behm Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:23 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: MI Census tract data Does anybody know where I can find 1990 population by census tracts for free? For entire US - just the big list. I don't need the boundary files, just the tract number and pop count. Karen -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI 5.5+?: bug in layout
To the fellowship of MI5.5+, I would like to warn you about the behaviour that is detailled below. It has been filed as a BUG late last week and it seems to be happening only with the latest patch I know of (55026). Here is the bug: I want to prepare a layout in a landscape format. First part: layout does not recognize page setup parameters. 1 - page setup, set to landscape 2 - open layout. It shows a portrait page. 3 - back to page setup. Set to landscape again 4 - layout becomes landscape. Good Second part: new setup (in same session) 5 - close first layout, open another one. Opens portrait. 6 - back to page setup. Set to landscape again 7 - Message window : "page margins must not equal or exceed the page dimensions" 8 - nothing doing. Bad Third part: changing printer All my misery started with a very plain HP500. I had a driver (only the driver, alas!) for a HP2500DesignJet etc.. Restarting MI, I repeated the first part with the addition of a different printer choice and a new sheet size. 9 - page setup, set to landscape, select HP2500, format A0 10 - open layout. It shows HP500, portrait, format 8.5x11 11 - back to page setup. Set to landscape, HP2500, A0 again 12 - layout opens ok. 13 - close first layout, open another one. Opens HP500, 8.5x11, portrait, with the added feature that the margins are those of the A0 format (which does not leave much room for printing on a commercial format). 14 - any change in the page setup will result in the above message about "the margins...". In a word, Layout does not recognize the choices made in page setup, does not remember them from one layout to the other but for the margins!!! Jacques Paris e-mail alternate [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] paris PC Consult (mainly MapInfo app.) www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI International Data
I am looking for a retailer who sells information such as city streets for International Cities in Asia. I am also interested in purchasing city point files and International boundaries for Asia, Europe,Central, and South America. Travis Lathrop Intercarrier Services (816) 559-3014 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Flood data - BFE's
Dan, I am curious, where are you getting your BFE data in the first place? Q3 does not have any BFE information (at least not CA, FL, TX or WA). It is only on the FIRMs. Don't hold your breath on getting a document on BFE changes, the national flood cert companies do not even have a reliable way of getting LOMAs and LOMRs from FEMA. - Brad -Original Message- From: Dan Munson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 12:26 PM To: MapInfo-L (E-Mail) Cc: Craig Kersteen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Roy, Donna; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI Flood data - BFE's We're working with many companies that use the Q3 flood data. However, someone has explained that the BFE that you must meet sometimes changes for an area. For example, if the rule in 1980 was a BFE of 10' was required, and you built you house, then in 1990, FEMA said the BFE in the area must be 12', you're still in compliance. Does anyone know of a source to tell when BFE's change locally? Apparently, the pricing changes based upon if you're above the threshold or not. The real question is about understanding when the BFE heights change. Some sort of historical record by county or municipality. Does FEMA or anyone else put such a document out? Dan Dan Munson VP Sales Marketing CDS Business Mapping 800-746-7797 Mapping for the Next Millennium(TM) -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Changing a region object's centroid coordinates
Thanks to those who responded to my post on Feb. 4. I'm wondering why the responses came to me via e-mail, rather than being posted to the group, so others might find help also with this type of problem. But I appreciate the help, regardless of how it comes to me. Apparently I didn't explain clearly enough what exactly I want to do. I want to be able to do, programatically, what I can do interactively in MapInfo. In MapInfo, with MYFILE editable, I can double click on the region object (only one object in the file), which brings up the region object dialog, where I can type in new values for "Center X" and "Center Y". I would like to update a region object's centroid x-y coordinates on the fly, from values saved to variables. Scenario: dim xcoord as float dim ycoord as float xcoord=-118.007028 ycoord=33.843899 update myfile set obj ? I want to do this as part of a MapBasic program, but have been trying to do it first in the MapBasic window. I have been unable to use the update command to accomplish the task. I get syntax error type messages, no matter how I try to do it. Can anyone help with this? Thanks in advance -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Kriging interpolation in Vertical Mapper
Hi, I seek people who already tried out the kriging interpolation in Verticale Mapper 2.5. Please, contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!! ___ ||// François Bergeron || //Conseiller en Géomatique || // [EMAIL PROTECTED] || \\ || \\ Le Groupe KOREM Inc. ||\\ http://www.korem.com Formation MapInfo: http://www.korem.com/fr_forma.html 680, Boul. Charest Est Québec (Québec) CANADA G1K 3J4 ___ -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI IKONOS 1 meter imagery
To MapInfo list Global GeoScience is a provider of imagery from the new IKONOS satellite. In presenting the 1 meter imagery the most common question has been "What is visible in the images?. To demonstrate what can be seen we have set up some close looks at http://www.gisrs.com/Gallery1.html and http://www.gisrs.com/Gallery2.html For more information on Global GeoScience and pricing for this imagery please visit our web site at http://www.gisrs.com . Stephen Wallace Global GeoScience [EMAIL PROTECTED] These close looks have been collected from sample data provided Space Imaging Inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Australian street level data
I think I've seen this subject passing on the list lately... Can anyone point me an australian data source for street level cartography? Thanks in advance Serge Bedard Quality Assurance dept. Geocom TMS inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI - Position available
Title: MI - Position available The following position is currently available. Real Estate Mapping Specialist - CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services company, has a full time entry level mapping position available in its Commerce, CA, USA, office. Candidates must have a degree in geography or city planning and 1 year experience using desktop mapping software, or equivalent work experience. Must have strong organizational skills and commitment to customer service. Must know Win95, Office applications, and MapInfo preferred. Understanding of mapping concepts, site location, demographic analysis and aerial photography preferred. Experience with desk top graphics software also preferred. CB Richard Ellis offers competitive salaries and benefits in a fast paced and exciting environment. Candidate must currently reside in Southern California. Relocation expenses are not provided by the company and are not negotiable. Please fax your resume to 310-516-2310 or email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI StreetInfo Interstate
Does anyone know of a possible solution i.e. MapBasic App. to cut down on the number of Interstate and Route Shields that are placed on the map using the Autoloader Function. Thanks in advance. Regards, Michael Hart GIS/FAA Development Coordinator Trinity Wireless Towers -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI: clumsy halos vs delicate lines
Hi all Long, long time ago, before mapInfo introduced the halo function for round mapinfo symbols, I routinely overlay a layer of empty white dots (ie white version of: ... ), overtop solid black dots of the same size (ie: ... ) to get a halo effect around the black dots, when making ranged thematic maps. Purpose: to discern overlaying dots. The effect was beautiful, but alot of work. The halo feature makes life easier, but the halo is very thick and untidy looking, and small dots under large dots are hidden. Is there any way to change the thickness of the halo line to the same thickness as the line making up the empty round mapinfo symbol? This won't solve large dots hiding small dots, but will make the picture otherwise neater in appearance. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Christine phone: (819) 997-6082 fax: (819) 953 - 6612 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Address: Christine Eberl Migratory Birds Technician Canadian Wildlife Service 100 Gamelin Blvd Hull, PQ K1A 0H3 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Changing a region object's centroid coordinates
Hi Charlie,
I recall a discussion some (many) months back about this.
I tried what you suggested re altering the centroids using the region object
dialog box but this also changes the MBR and appears to impact on the shape
of the region.
My guess is that you will not be able to do what you want from the command
line( mapbasic window) and will need a little mapbasic application to
provide the functionality for you.
The simplest approach would be to create a new object based on the existing
one plus the user defined centroid location using the mapbasic create region
statement. The syntax of which is:
Create Region
[ Into { Window window_id | Variable var_name } ]
num_polygons
[ num_points1 ( x1, y1 ) ( x2 , y2 ) [ ... ] ]
[ num_points2 ( x1, y1 ) ( x2 , y2 ) [ ... ] ... ]
[ Pen . . . ]
[ Brush . . . ]
[ Center ( center_x, center_y ) ]
Therefore you code would go something like
1) get user to select region and enter centroid x,y (use dialog statement)
2) grab the region object
3) for each node get the x,y values
eg
For i = 1 to objectinfo(myobj,OBJ_INFO_NPNTS)
x(i) = objectnodex(myobj,1,i)
y(i) = objectnodey(myobj,1,i)
Next
4) use these node coordinates and the user defined centroids (plus the
symbology data from the original object) to create the new object
5) update the original selection with the new object.
If there is an easier way I would be keen to also know as the alter object
geography clause does not appear to have any centroid options.
Cheers
Martin
==
Martin Roundill
GIS Manager
Waitakere City Council
Private Bag 93109
Henderson
Waitakere City
New Zealand
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From: Charlie Bernhardt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, 8 February 2000 07:56
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MI Changing a region object's centroid coordinates
...
Apparently I didn't explain clearly enough what exactly
I want to do. I want to be able to do, programatically,
what I can do interactively in MapInfo. In MapInfo, with
MYFILE editable, I can double click on the region object
(only one object in the file), which brings up the region
object dialog, where I can type in new values for "Center X"
and "Center Y".
..
I want to do this as part of a MapBasic program, but have been trying to
do it first in the MapBasic window. I have been unable to use the update
command to accomplish the task. I get syntax error type messages, no
matter how I try to do it. Can anyone help with this?
Thanks in advance
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Re: MI - Position available
Then why are you mailing your announcement to the four corners of the globe? "Craig, Steven @ South Bay" wrote: Candidate must currently reside in Southern California. Relocation expenses are not provided by the company and are not negotiable. Please fax your resume to 310-516-2310 or email it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI MapInfo / Arc View
A hammer. (Just kidding) - Original Message - From: Mark Tickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 5:54 PM Subject: MI MapInfo / Arc View What is the most effective translator to covert MapInfo (4.1) files to ArcView polygons. Regards -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MI Program for Workshop den 8 februar i MapInfo Brugergruppen, DK, på Natiopnalmuseet
Hej Alle MapInfoer Workshop, MapInfo Brugergruppe Møde DK, 8 februar 2000. MapInfo Brugergruppens første workshop for folk der arbejder med MapInfo. Nationalmuseet, biografen, Ny Vestergade 10, Nationalmuseets Hovedindgang Nationalmuseets døre åbner kl 1000. Workshoppen afholdes i en afslappet atmosfære, hvor det er meningen vi skal udbygge vores net, få besvaret konkrete spørgsmål, møde nye folk og få nye ideer. Program: 10.15 Velkomst Fra 10.15 til 12.00 giver hver oplægsholder en kort præsentation på ca 10 min. 12.00 - 13.00 Frokost. Der er åbent i Nationalmuseets Cafe (ny ejer med billigere priser).Bordene sættes op. 13.00 - 16.00 Workshop. Oplægsholderne er ved deres computere og vi kan gå rundt til dem. Meningen at vi skal diskuttere konkrete problemer eller få nye ideer. 14.00 Kaffe, som indtages, mens workshoppen er i gang. 17.00 Alle smides ud. Der er således mulighed for at blive til 17.00 og fx se udstillingen eller diskuttere videre. Indlæg: Velkomst, Lars Bagge Generelt, om MapInfo Brugergruppe og hvad er der sket siden sidst, Peter laulund Peter Møller, KampSax: "Datakontrol (program)". Lars Bagge Nielsen, DKC, Nationalmuseet: "Gis data på nettet ved WebPublisher. Hjælpeprogrammer og Plots". Uffe Kousgaard, RouteWare (/ DMU): "Integration mellem MapInfo og egne(delphi)-applikationer. Afstandsprogram som case". Peter Laulund, KMS: "Kartograf og kortproduktion i MapInfo". Claus Dam, DKC, Nationalmuseet: "3d gis på nettet ved Pavan". Ole Gregor, Viborg Amt: "3D og visualisering". Jens Jensen, Roskilde Amt: "3D og visualisering". Lars Nørbach, DKC, Nationalmuseet: "Eksempel på anvendelse af MapInfo til digitale udgravningsplaner". Praktiske Oplysninger: Der forefindes en projekter (ny) med mulighed for opsætning i 1024X768 eller endda 1280X1024. Der kan kobles 3 computere til ad gangen, som kan opsættes med en fælles profil. dette tjekkes i løbet af i dag. MVH Lars Bagge DKC, Nationalmuseet Sincerely Yours Cand.Scient. Lars Bagge Nielsen The National Museum of Denmark, DKC Ny Vestergade 11, Baghuset, 2. sal. 1471 København K Tlf.: (+45) 33473088 Fax: (+45) 33473307 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.dkc.natmus.dk -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs?
I've been asking around about this; I would like to be able to share some VB code (access to Win32API, common functions, etc.) with MapBasic. Currently, I cut and paste the code, then make the necessary syntax modifications... Not too much of an ordeal, but could it be better? The answer so far seems to be a resounding NO! If you haven't already done so, non-VB/MB people can switch off now... The new VB5/6 DLLs are ActiveX DLLs or COM Servers. It doesn't really matter what all this means apart from the fact you can't access the functions inside from other languages. There are ways around, but they start at complex, then get a bit worse (in my view). You can apparently write some sort of interface in C++ or alternatively re-write completely in C++. And there are one or two 3rd-party tools that help; I've been told that Desaware's SpyWorks will give you some kind of export capability that will do the biz. But unless some new information comes in, I shall stick to cutting and pasting Some words from one of my sources: "Use of VB DLL's is made through COM who takes charge of making "visible" the appropriate classes. In normal DLL's an Export Table is generated where all public function names and their parameters are written. Any program can then import that library (that's what you do when you DECLARE an api function) and use its functions. Unfortunately, as VB DLL's are COM servers, the only functions that they export are to register and un register the server. There's no other functionality you can access." A while ago Chris Martin's summary on how to get custom icons into MapInfo interested me enough to wonder what else you can do with this technique. Basically --and this works great-- you can create a custom ActiveX DLL that will allow you to use all sorts of home-made icons like so: 1) Create a new ActiveX DLL project 2) Open resource editor, and add your custom bitmap pairs 3) Save resource file in Project 4) Save and compile project 5) Distribute... 6) When selecting icon, specify pathname of DLL eg. ICON 1002 FILE "MyIcons.DLL" 7) Sit back and impress friends and colleagues, with smiley faces and Bunny Wabbits. (You need at least VB 6 or you won't have the Resource Editor.) But my question now is, can you make ActiveX DLLs that can contain functions and subprograms that can be called from MapInfo like you can with the earlier style DLLs? If so, does anyone have a small example? I know VB can't do the old style DLLs, but it's VB that I have now, so it would be neat to be able to use to make new style DLLs, if they could be made to work with MapBasic. Can this be done? - Bill Thoen - To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] CJ Martin GIS Consultant WS Atkins Consultants Ltd (01952) 201234 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs?
All, I would like to make one correction to the generally correct response from Chris. VB created ActiveX DLLs (and ActiveX EXEs) can be used by any other language which supports the COM interface (C++, Powerbuilder, Delphi, VBA, ASP). MapBasic does not support the COM interface. - Brad -Original Message- From: Chris Martin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 6:08 AM To: MapInfo-L; Bill Thoen Subject: Re: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs? I've been asking around about this; I would like to be able to share some VB code (access to Win32API, common functions, etc.) with MapBasic. Currently, I cut and paste the code, then make the necessary syntax modifications... Not too much of an ordeal, but could it be better? The answer so far seems to be a resounding NO! If you haven't already done so, non-VB/MB people can switch off now... The new VB5/6 DLLs are ActiveX DLLs or COM Servers. It doesn't really matter what all this means apart from the fact you can't access the functions inside from other languages. There are ways around, but they start at complex, then get a bit worse (in my view). You can apparently write some sort of interface in C++ or alternatively re-write completely in C++. And there are one or two 3rd-party tools that help; I've been told that Desaware's SpyWorks will give you some kind of export capability that will do the biz. But unless some new information comes in, I shall stick to cutting and pasting Some words from one of my sources: "Use of VB DLL's is made through COM who takes charge of making "visible" the appropriate classes. In normal DLL's an Export Table is generated where all public function names and their parameters are written. Any program can then import that library (that's what you do when you DECLARE an api function) and use its functions. Unfortunately, as VB DLL's are COM servers, the only functions that they export are to register and un register the server. There's no other functionality you can access." A while ago Chris Martin's summary on how to get custom icons into MapInfo interested me enough to wonder what else you can do with this technique. Basically --and this works great-- you can create a custom ActiveX DLL that will allow you to use all sorts of home-made icons like so: 1) Create a new ActiveX DLL project 2) Open resource editor, and add your custom bitmap pairs 3) Save resource file in Project 4) Save and compile project 5) Distribute... 6) When selecting icon, specify pathname of DLL eg. ICON 1002 FILE "MyIcons.DLL" 7) Sit back and impress friends and colleagues, with smiley faces and Bunny Wabbits. (You need at least VB 6 or you won't have the Resource Editor.) But my question now is, can you make ActiveX DLLs that can contain functions and subprograms that can be called from MapInfo like you can with the earlier style DLLs? If so, does anyone have a small example? I know VB can't do the old style DLLs, but it's VB that I have now, so it would be neat to be able to use to make new style DLLs, if they could be made to work with MapBasic. Can this be done? - Bill Thoen - To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] CJ Martin GIS Consultant WS Atkins Consultants Ltd (01952) 201234 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs?
Listers, I agree with much of Chris's analysis except I would say that the emphasis is wrong. In my opinion the problem is not that applications built with VB5/6 expose their functionality to other applications as COM objects, but rather the fact that MapBasic is not COM compliant. The Component Object Model (COM) is central to the Microsoft Windows environment and there probably isn't much of a future for development environments which don't support it. Nowadays, most do - for example any development environment in which you can incorporate a MapX map is COM compliant. MapX exposes its functionality as a COM component - if it didn't it wouldn't have got off the ground. Richard Burkmar ICL -Original Message- From: Chris Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 February 2000 14:08 To: MapInfo-L; Bill Thoen Subject: Re: MI Can MapBasic call routines in ActiveX DLLs? I've been asking around about this; I would like to be able to share some VB code (access to Win32API, common functions, etc.) with MapBasic. Currently, I cut and paste the code, then make the necessary syntax modifications... Not too much of an ordeal, but could it be better? The answer so far seems to be a resounding NO! If you haven't already done so, non-VB/MB people can switch off now... The new VB5/6 DLLs are ActiveX DLLs or COM Servers. It doesn't really matter what all this means apart from the fact you can't access the functions inside from other languages. There are ways around, but they start at complex, then get a bit worse (in my view). You can apparently write some sort of interface in C++ or alternatively re-write completely in C++. And there are one or two 3rd-party tools that help; I've been told that Desaware's SpyWorks will give you some kind of export capability that will do the biz. But unless some new information comes in, I shall stick to cutting and pasting Some words from one of my sources: "Use of VB DLL's is made through COM who takes charge of making "visible" the appropriate classes. In normal DLL's an Export Table is generated where all public function names and their parameters are written. Any program can then import that library (that's what you do when you DECLARE an api function) and use its functions. Unfortunately, as VB DLL's are COM servers, the only functions that they export are to register and un register the server. There's no other functionality you can access." A while ago Chris Martin's summary on how to get custom icons into MapInfo interested me enough to wonder what else you can do with this technique. Basically --and this works great-- you can create a custom ActiveX DLL that will allow you to use all sorts of home-made icons like so: 1) Create a new ActiveX DLL project 2) Open resource editor, and add your custom bitmap pairs 3) Save resource file in Project 4) Save and compile project 5) Distribute... 6) When selecting icon, specify pathname of DLL eg. ICON 1002 FILE "MyIcons.DLL" 7) Sit back and impress friends and colleagues, with smiley faces and Bunny Wabbits. (You need at least VB 6 or you won't have the Resource Editor.) But my question now is, can you make ActiveX DLLs that can contain functions and subprograms that can be called from MapInfo like you can with the earlier style DLLs? If so, does anyone have a small example? I know VB can't do the old style DLLs, but it's VB that I have now, so it would be neat to be able to use to make new style DLLs, if they could be made to work with MapBasic. Can this be done? - Bill Thoen - To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] CJ Martin GIS Consultant WS Atkins Consultants Ltd (01952) 201234 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI: Vertical mapper translator?
Mappers, If anyone has hints about the opposite opperation, getting from Arc Grid files to MI/Vertical Mapper I'd like to hear about it. I've tried converting the ArcGrid to ASCII Grid but VM chokes. The good folks at Northwood Geo have been trying to figure out why but after months no success. Anyone have any other suggestions to make this sort of conversion? Thanks, Declan Troy Anchorage, Alaska Hi Listers. Do any of you know of a way of translating a vertical mapper GRD file to an ESRI GRID file without using vertical mapper? Thanks BG -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MI: Vertical mapper translator?
I dont know the answer, but I have been using grids generated by crimestat (available thru crime mapping research center). The program generates ascii grids that are readable by both arcview and vertical mapper. Richard Block Department of Sociology Loyola University 6525 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago IL 60626 773 508 3454 FAX 773 508 7099 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Declan Troy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/07 4:53 PM Mappers, If anyone has hints about the opposite opperation, getting from Arc Grid files to MI/Vertical Mapper I'd like to hear about it. I've tried converting the ArcGrid to ASCII Grid but VM chokes. The good folks at Northwood Geo have been trying to figure out why but after months no success. Anyone have any other suggestions to make this sort of conversion? Thanks, Declan Troy Anchorage, Alaska Hi Listers. Do any of you know of a way of translating a vertical mapper GRD file to an ESRI GRID file without using vertical mapper? Thanks BG -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
