MI-L Mapinfo User Group meeting on the 9th October in Cardiff

Hi, Just to let you know that we have a meeting at Cardiff International Arena. This will be the 10th Anniversary of our formation which is quite a milestone, especially as it is run by users for the benefit of users! This time we have talk on applications using Spatialware, how MapInfo is

MI-L DDE and arrays (was: passing variables between mbxs)

Thanks for the suggestions (original Q below), which involved the use of text files to store the info I'm passing around. However, I've gone for DDE linking because it's a bit more flexible to mess around with on the fly. A question - is it possible to pass array variables using DDE? If I

MI-L MI Saving workspace MI 6.5 in MI 6.0 format

Hi Listers I have a problem: I wan't to be able to save my MapInfo 6.5 workspace as a MapInfo 6.0 for backward compatibility. Has anyone made a solution for this problem? Any code-samples out there? Thanks Regards Thomas Brix Lyng Frederikshavn Munincipal Administration Denmark

RE: MI-L DDE and arrays (was: passing variables between mbxs)

Frank I don't hink you can use arrays using this method - however, as you've got your DDE link established you could use the RemoteMsgHandler() to accept a message which you interpret and respond to, more powerful than just 'peeking' at global variables because you can build in more logic at

MI-L Message Window

Hi all, there are any way to insert a picture or text to be always avilable in Message Window?? I never realize something useful for that window... I would like to use it as a Legend Window for a raster file. Thanks in advance Luis

Re: MI-L WGS84 to Local Projection

Jess Looks like you've been had by one of the gotchas in MapInfo Pro's repertoire of idiosyncrasies. Don't feel bad, because many other users of the product have been confused too, at one time or another. The problem is that the functions CentroidX(Obj) and CentroidY(Obj) break with

MI-L Client server problem

help MAPINFO-L I made a application in Mapinfo professional 4.0 and mapbasic 4.0. Now, my query is that i want to use it as a client sever mechanism ie. how can i implement it ? In detail i want is :- Client will access the application and database from server and tables updated by client

Re: MI-L Client server problem

Hello Rohit, Tuesday, September 10, 2002, 3:37:20 AM, you wrote: help MAPINFO-L I made a application in Mapinfo professional 4.0 and mapbasic 4.0. Now, my query is that i want to use it as a client sever mechanism ie. how can i implement it ? In detail i want is :- Client will access the

MI-L Writing into Files via MapBasic

Dear List, I am looking for a way to write into a *.mif file and change the header before I am going to Import the mid/mif files. Only line 5 should be modified. The entry NR INTEGER should be changed into MZ FLOAT. The whole modification should be implemented into a Mapbasicscript. Any help

MI-L MapWorld

If some of you have not made up your mind about attending MapWorld in November, I noticed that Southwest has some pretty good prices for San Diego flights this week. (buy before Thursday midnight, $99/one way or less from many destinations) more info at

Sv: MI-L shortcut menu problem

Hi Jacques, Back in version 4.0/4.1 we had a similar problem with the tranlated Danish version. The Raster submenu was only accessable by name, and since it was translated into Rasterbillede we were in a fix. As always, I fear the only route to succes lies in utilizing the Windows API

MI-L Spatial Operators

I have a parcels table and a flooplain table. I am trying to figure out the sql string that will select all parcels that do NOT intersect the objects in the floodplain table. I know Mapinfo now has an invert selection button function, but i am trying to incorporate this query into a MapX

Re: MI-L Vectorization

There is an Arcinfo function able to do that. It is called GRIDLINE. Keep in mind that there is always a bit of manual corrections to do after such kind of automated vectorization. It depends on the complexity of the input raster. Simon Roy GIS Specialist Carto-Média, Environnement Illimité

Re: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo -compatibility?

David, I never had any problem transfering MapInfo information to ArcView and vice versa. I simply use Universal Translator to convert shapefile to tab. Keep in mind that the shapefile can't contain more than one type of entity (line, point or poly) in the same layer and DO NOT support text

MI-L re page numbers for browsers

To whom it may concern: I was just wondering if it is possible to know where the page break is within a browser window? I am aware that this will fluctuate depending on the page settings. However, is there a way to determine where the break occurs once you have set the page settings and opened

MI-L Free Tools News

The Search feature is back! Now you can search by product type, category, date and/or keywords over 360 free utilities and tools at http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/. Search by author has been requested also, and of course, some way to upload new tools again is also in the works. -- - Bill

RE: MI-L Free Tools News

And what about having the file name and not the url listed for non-resident files? And how about being able to modify those urls? Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: September 10, 2002 12:21 To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L Free Tools News The

Re: MI-L Vectorization

Thanks Bill for the reply, I saw your reply to almost the same question last year in the thread. You are right the site is no longer working. I finally trace it at the following link.http://www.ons.dz/unfpa/download.htm#Software you have to go to download page then go to training material to

MI-L new tools

I have added to the BETA section ( www.paris-pc-gis.com http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ ) two new tools: Disperse_centro creates tables with centroids dispersed in various positions along a circle around the original centroids. It can be useful for those who want to make multiple point thematic

RE: MI-L MapInfo v. ArcInfo -compatibility?

I have had problems for years going from ESRI to MapInfo and vice-versa. Problems include ArcView shapefiles supporting more nodes, MapInfo supporting self-intersecting polygons, strange and custom projections that ArcView does not store in the shapefile, raster registration files (tfw), 3D

Re: MI-L Free Tools News

I've already asked for: 1. Search by author 2. A way to upload files and URLs 3. A way for authors to modify their own entries I think showing the URL instead of file name is better because it indicates that the file is on an external site so people know they are headed to a new site if they

MI-L MapInfo Pro v5.0 - Will it run under Win 2000

I've been told by year end to expect a laptop replacement loaded with Win 2000. Will MapInfo Pro v 5.0 run under Win 2000 or should I nudge the boss to finally upgrade to a higher release ? Thanks Steve

MI-L Line Directions Missing

Hi all, I have a map on which certain street directions are not displayed when I turn on the display directions option in the display properties. Why is this? Is not every line either one direction or the other? How can I have all street directinos displayed, on those which are not currently

MI-L Canadian provinces - Projections

Hi, I have a few maps of different canadian provinces to produce. Does anybody knows the central meridians and the standard parallels for Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and British-Columbia for a Lambert Conformal Conic projection? Thank you Simon

SV: MI-L Vectorization

Zaini, One way to go, could be (have not tried that myself) to use Adobe Streamline 4.0 and then import it to Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand with the plugin of MAPublisher from Avenza.com, but that will be an investment of 3 new programs for you if you don’t have them already :)

MI-L Digital Globe?

Dear Mappers - has anyone had dealings with an imagery provider called Digital Globe (used to be Earthwatch)? If so, I would be interested in hearing about your experiences with the company Thanks in advance Hans -- Hans Vidkjer GIS/RS Analyst Weather Monitoring Systems -- Terra Spase, Inc.

RE: MI-L Free Tools News

Congrats on all the great resources at this location. I've only just re joined this list after some years, I downloaded the How to tip and tricks PDF. It has some great base info, but I noticed it hasn't been updated since Oct 97. I know everyone's flat out, but maybe for

Re: MI-L Free Tools News

Great! Thanks for volunteering to update and edit this doc! It's wonderful to have everyone pitch in and help. Should we send new tips to you at your listed address or do you have another (besides /dev/null) we should use? ;-) Michael Gibson wrote: Congrats on all the

MI-L SQL delete

is there such a thing as SQL delete commands in MapInfo? the closest i can find is one where you can delete rows/objects from a table based on ROWID. eg. delete object from mytable where rowid = myrow however i want to do something like... delete object from mytable where

RE: MI-L Line Directions Missing

Michael, I can think of at least two possible culprits. One, If one end of the line is overweighted with nodes, this can pull the direction arrow to the end and hide it. Two, and this one stumped me for some time, the line that is missing the direction arrow could be a member of a

Re: MI-L SQL delete

It is done in a 2 step process: set table mytable fastedit on select * from mytable where myfield = myvalue into tmp1 noselect delete [object] from tmp1 Perhaps even like this (not tested): set table mytable fastedit on select * from mytable where myfield = myvalue delete [object] from

MI-L represent the oracle data om map

hello, i am using oracle 8i database.how can i store the coordinates of map in the oracle database. suppose, if i have some data in the oracle data, then how can i represent on the map. Pls .let me know. regards, Rohit