Re: MI - selecting number within text

1999-11-14 Thread Mats Elfström
"Bob Young - www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk" wrote: > > Dear Tim and Tom > > Only snag with this approach is that "F1 Racer" and other strings with > numbers in will comme back too. > > You could try where val(recString) > 0 as an alternative. Hi Bob! I believe that Val() only evaluates leadin

MI ADVERT - Orr and Associates MapInfo Version of the Digital Chart of the World

1999-11-14 Thread Tom Orr
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MI Points along a line utility???

1999-11-14 Thread KGB
Hello fellow Mappers   I am currently working on a project involving Highway Markers.  What I would like to know is whether there is a utility out there that can place a predetermined about of points along a selected line.  I have polyline that represent highways and I would like to place a s

Re: MI: Getting Text From Text Object

1999-11-14 Thread Bob Young - www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk
Hi Declan Yes - you can do this with ObjectInfo. Not only will ObjectInfo tell you what object type is, if the object type is text it will tell you what the text is. So you could use Select where ObjectInfo(Obj,OBJ_INFO_TYPE) = OBJ_TYPE_TEXT into DECLAN then Update Table DECLAN and set your

Re: MI - selecting number within text

1999-11-14 Thread Bob Young - www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk
Dear Tim and Tom Only snag with this approach is that "F1 Racer" and other strings with numbers in will comme back too. You could try where val(recString) > 0 as an alternative. HTH! Regards Bob In message <31519CDE0AFAD11182BF00805F85F95D8EF9F4@CS-EXCHANGE>, Timothy Chinchen Cen-IT <[EMA

Re: MI Selecting and Editing Multiple Layers Simultaneously

1999-11-14 Thread Bob Young - www.bydesignwales.demon.co.uk
Dear Kris No it is not. This is one of the areas where MapInfo is weak. For any selection made all objects must be in the same table. You can however write MapBasic code to achieve it but the coding is not simple. You would need to duplicate objects into an additional table and maintain a field

MI RE: Getting Text From Text Object

1999-11-14 Thread Robert Crossley
If you wish to use Table> Update Column and in the value column type: ObjectInfo(obj,3) The field will be updated to the text for that object. You can get the same thing using this function in a select statement. Rob. >>> -Original Message- From: Declan Troy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: MI UK Census

1999-11-14 Thread Graham Smith
Anne, The Census itself provides counts by Socio-Economic Group (SEG). These are as follows: SEG 1 (Employers and managers in large establishments) SEG 2 (Employers and managers in small establishments) SEG 3 (Professional workers - self-employed) SEG 4 (Professional workers - employees) SEG 5.1

MI How can i rotate a custom symbol ?

1999-11-14 Thread Dou Qiang
I want to rotate a custom symbol according to user's input. How can I do that? Can I use true type font ? If yes, where can I find the tool to create my own true type font ?   Thanks.