Re: MI-L metric v non-metric

Doug wrote: > > I do not want to put my foot in it, but hasn't this thread gone the > distance? I am not sure if there is any mileage left in it. I certainly do > not want to make a rod for my own back, or indeed be the weakest link in the > chain, but now that I have done my twitterring, I'll ge

Re: MI-L Lat and Long

Notice that two responders have given you two different ways to interpret these numbers. Rather than rely on what is thought to be "normally" the case, I would check the manual for your GPS receiver to see how it documents the format of the coordinates it produces. That way you can be sure. HTH

MI-L Sleep function in MapBasic?

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. Good morning listers from snowy NorthEast US- I have a question. Is there any way to use some sort of a sleep statement in MapBasic? I was thinking on creat

Vedr: MI-L Sleep function in MapBasic?

Hi David You can use the window API function Sleep() Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" Alias "Sleep" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Integer) Print "Time Start " + Timer() Call Sleep(2000) Print "Time Stop " + Timer() Peter "Scott, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 05-03-2001 14:46:23 Besvar venligst

MI-L Ruler

Hi.. How can I put more than 1 decimals when I display my ruler window.. Thanks. Eric -- Eric Gagnon GIS Technician La Commission du District d'Aménagement de la Vallée Tel.: (506) 475-2511 Fax.: (506) 475-2516 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _

MI-L Ruler

Hi.. How can I add more precision (decimals) when I display the units in my ruler window. Thanks Eric -- Eric Gagnon GIS Technician La Commission du District d'Aménagement de la Vallée Tel.: (506) 475-2511 Fax.: (506) 475-2516 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

MI-L Would you like to publish an article on GIS?

Dear GIS/MapInfo expert, You have been involved in GIS for a while at least and likely have acquired expertise, information, experiences, and a point of view of interest to many others working in GIS. I am reaching out to you in my new role as Acting Editor for Directions Magazine (www.direct

RE: MI-L Ruler

I do not think that one can define the number of decimals that will appear in the ruler result box. I made an amusing test: the number of decimals seems to depend upon the zoom of the mapper. There is a way around that lack of control: adopting as distance unit for the mapper (via mapper options

MI-L Sum - Left/Right Buffers

Thanks to all who responded. A special thanks to Jacques Paris and Silke Keuerleber. Both directed my attention to Jacques's web site to pick up the HalfBuffer tool. Mr. Paris you are the best! I don't know how I would survive without your input. Thanks again. Peter ___

MI-L RE: ? a maximum number of cells imported?

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. Dear all, Has anyone had trouble importing more than 20,000 rows from an excel spreadsheet into MapInfo V6? I came upon this problem last week & resorted to sa

MI-L Microsoft Map options

Hello, I wolud ask you some information about Microsoft Map. I've prepared a map using MapInfo to use with Microsoft Map which is a tool of MapInfo Corporation, actually used with Excel. I want use this map to represent on this some data. My question is: Is there e method that automatically give m

MI-L Web Mapping Conferences

These web mapping conferences look very interesting. Visit www.gisconferences.com for more information. Please write these people and tell them you want Chicago next. Modern Innovations of Web Mapping for GIS Conferences March 8, 2001 in Atlanta April 9, 2001 in Orlando May 9, 2001 in St. Loui

MI-L ODBC Connection error

Hi everyone, Can you help me with the following connection problem What is the Meaning of "System Error Code 126 - Driver could not be loaded" when trying to define an ODBC connection to Oracle 7.3 under NT. using Mapinfo 6.0 It seems to occur regardless as to whether the ODBC link is attempted

Re: MI-L map basic: calling automatically a dialog after digitizing a polyline

"Jean-Luc Simmen" wrote: > within a map basic application, i'm searching a solution to launch > automatically a dialog after digitizing a polyline. > > = > double-click to end the polyline must call the dialog You can't detect a double-click in a custom tool button handler. However, you can

MI-L MapInfo Pro 6 memory leak problem confirmed

Dear Mapbasic Developers Thanks to the community members who responded to my question concerning some MapBasic 6 programs that were overflowing my Windows page file. With Windows/NT you can easily observe the progress of this fatal disease -- aka a "memory leak" -- by running the program: Start

MI-L: MapX tab <-> shp

Hello List, I have a VB6.0 MapX app. I have to make it export and import ESRI shapefiles. I looked at Safe's FME, but don't have time to program its API, and I'm not that smart anyways. Has anyone developed anything that will perform this conversion (between shape and .tab) in my VB app? If y

MI-L Large PDF output

Listers, I've got some workspaces that were set up for an HP750C on Arch E size paper (36"x48") with rather small margins (.66 top and bottom, .25 left and right). Now I want to convert these to .pdf format, but none of the postscript drivers I've been able to download either from HP or Adobe wil

MI-L multiple raster images conflict

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. Hello, I have encountered a problem with displaying multiple raster images that I have registered. If I register an image I can display it satisfactorily, and

MI-L DELPHI: Forcing MI to be the front window from an EXE

Hi List, I have a Delphi4 EXE which consists of a form and a button - sounds great doesn't it! :-) When I press the button for the first time, MI starts up and an MBX is executed. On subsequent button presses the MBX runs in the already open MI window. NOW - how do I force MI to be the front

MI-L Get Daily Spatial Community News

If interested, you can read daily GIS, GPS and location-based news headlines at Web-Mapper.com. This week's Spatial Community News headlines can be viewed at http://www.web-mapper.com/news/headlines/newsfeed.cfm Regards, Kevin Boyer Web-Mapper.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.web-mapper.c

RE: MI-L Large PDF output

I create larger PDF pager in the following manner : In MI/File/page setup click on PRINTER, from the drop down box select Acrobat PDFWriter, click Properties, under the Page Setup tab choose custom and put in the desired paper size and margin. Hope this helps, Jure Ravnik