MI-L DDE with VB Application

Hi Listers, I can invoke the excel application thru DDEInitiate by writing the following command :- DDEInitiate("Excel", "C:\ORDERS.XLS") but How can i invoke the Visual Basic 6.0 application thru DDEInitiate. Your help is appreciated. Regards, Rohit -

Re: MI-L READING NEMA STRINGS-PLOT ON MAP

Hi, Something on similar lines... Is there any tool in mapBasic which does the plotting of NMEA data on MI. Scott Walsh

MI-L Expanding Vectors : Problem

Hi List, I've been given a task that involves expanding a given town centre (polyline) 300m (roughly) outwards...In effect, making the town centre bigger. Is there any software or method that doesn't involve manually moving the nodes? I know creating a bigger town centre (300m bigger) is not goin

RE: MI-L Expanding Vectors : Problem

Nope because they want the exact shape of the town centre in the expanded version and the buffering doesn't give that. ben __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yah

RE: MI-L Expanding Vectors : Problem

Ben, You could try buffering the polyline. Select the polyline and buffer using objects=>buffer Then it should give a buffer of 300m. Or am I way off Nick > -Original Message- > From: Ben Crane [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L Clarification on Expanding Vector

Hi List, It seems as though I wasn't too clear (not the first time ;) on what I needed. The object buffer command makes a *rough* shape 300m around the object, but the people who want this want a EXACT replica (only bigger) of the town centre (the town centre is an incredibly complex looking shap

MI-L Digital elevation models

Dear All, I have been set a task of finding out details about a digital elevation model for Algeria preferably at around 100m. Cost doesn't matter at the moment but availability and price would be greatly appreciated. Cheers Nick -

Sv: MI-L Clarification on Expanding Vector

Hi Ben, You can accomplish it using MIF, but it's not a straight-forward task, so you need to do it exactly as described. 1. Select the object(s), and export the selection to MIF 2. Add a TRANSFORM line in the MIF file, set translation to the negative expansion point, and set scaling to

MI-L Network Analysis add on

Does anyone know if MapInfo has an add-on for transportation network analysis work? (i.e. shortest route, disaster/alternate route planning, etc...) I am interested to know if there is a product similar to that of ESRI's Network Analyst for ArcView 3.2. Any information regarding this would be

Re: MI-L Network Analysis add on

We are using RouteFinder by RouteWare. Web site: http://www.routeware.dk/ Leith C. Britt Town of Cary Technology Services Database Analyst phone: 919-469-4383 fax: 919-462-3891 web: townofcary.org - List hosting provided

RE: MI-L insert tables in a layout

By table I assume you mean a browser window. Go to the browser window, hit the Text format tool button ("A" with a "?" over it) increase the font size, the data and the col headings will go to that size, you can also change color, italics, etc here too. While you are in the browser window, you

RE: MI-L the shortest distance from a point to polygon

Give MapCalc a try. Download the Learner at http://www.redhenssystems.com/mapcalc -Original Message- From: Fu, Qiaomei [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 7:54 AM To: 'MI-List' Subject: MI-L the shortest distance from a point to polygon Hello, All, Does any

MI-L Looking for Vancouver Street Files

Does anyone know where i can purchase cheaply or get for free street files for Vancouver, Canada? Thanks in advance -Ben Ben Greenberg GIS Coordinator NAI MLG Commercial 13400 Bishops Lane, Suite 100 Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 797-9400 (262) 797-8940 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mlgcommercial.com

MI-L Line Style Editor Question

Hello List, Has anyone out there had any success in creating a "parallel" line style using Line Style Editor 2.0? I'm trying to create a two-colored line, both colors running parallel to one another, with no spacing between the them. I've created a few test lines, but they appear choppy due to t

MI-L SQL

Can anyone give me an idea where I could find an in depth reference on SQL commands and using them in Mapinfo. Jeff Card Research/GIS Analyst The Weitzman Group (214)720-6612 - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | ww

RE: MI-L SQL

I use this site http://www.w3schools.com/sql/ for reference. Hopefully, it helps. Qiaomei -Original Message- From: Jeff Card [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L SQL Can anyone give me an idea where I could find an i

Sum: MI-L Taking bearings - terminology

There were four suggestions for the proper terminology for a line projected from a starting point and a bearing; rhumb, strike, transect, and vector. It was instructive to look up these terms as they generally have multiple uses. I've listed portions dictionary entries most applicable to the u

MI-L Date / Time field in Access

Hi Everyone! I'm hoping that someone can help me with a wee bit of a problem I'm having. I have a Time/Date field in Access and the data in the field is simply 24 hour time i.e.. 23:04. When I pull this into MapInfo it converts the attribute data to a date which is not useful. Do I have to chan

Re: MI-L Taking bearings - terminology

Rhumb line becomes very inaccurate in a few hundred miles. Great circle is the most accurate long range navigational tool. John D. Haynes Director Geodata Consultants, Inc. 1-800-838-6661 ex.10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.geodataconsult.com - Original Message - From: "Declan Troy" <[EMAIL PRO

RE: MI-L Date / Time field in Access

Andre, I don't see that MapInfo (v 6.5) supports times; only dates. If this is the case, then you will need to convert the field type in MS Access. If you convert the field to string, then keep in mind that if sorted, you may not acheive the desired results. For example 10:30 would be sorted b

Re: Sum: MI-L Taking bearings - terminology

At 11:12 AM 9/18/02 -0800, Declan Troy wrote: >There were four suggestions for the proper terminology for a line >projected from a starting point and a bearing; ... >rhumb: a line or course on a single bearing >strike: the direction of the line of intersections of a horizontal plane >with an upt

Re: Sum: MI-L Taking bearings - terminology

Whilst agreeing with everything you put forth, I have been in the GIS business for over 13 years. The problem with GIS is NOT getting the terminology scientifically correct; the problem is getting the terminology into a format the pointy-haired bosses can understand well enough to approve a budge

MI-L Line distortion

I am running Windows 98 and MI 7.0. If I am editing line work in a table and Zoom into the lines at less than 100 m some of the lines distort and I am unable to select some of the lines. Has any one encountered this problem or is able to help me as the Mapinfo tech support in Australia was una

Re: MI-L Line distortion

hello, I'm only running MI 6.0 so I can't say if this has improved or not in v7 At some point you will experience shifting lines [were horizontal and now show at 45deg] and selecting will no longer work. I have found that there is a relationship with what your hardware and OS are. I have a P3-10

MI-L Oz datums/projections & Universal Translator

Good afternoon Mappers I have a small table of towns that I wish to convert to a shape file. In MI, I can confirm the datum as Lat-Lon Australia GDA94 from Table/Maintenance/Table Structure/Projection. If I then use the Universal Translator to convert to a shape file, the accompanying .prj file s

RE: RE: MI-L SQL

Or look in the MapInfo Reference Guide appendix D: Creating Expressions Peter Peter Horsbøll Møller, GIS Udviklingskonsulent / GIS-Developer Kampsax A/S - GIS Software & Solutions Rugaardsvej 55, 5000

MI-L Dialog Tab Order

Greetings Listers, I am trying to set the Tab Order in a dialog, but I can't seem to get a Radio Group to be the default tab position (eg. the default control that is selected when I open the dialog) The Radio Group in question is the first control listed in the Dialog statement, but when I open

SV: MI-L SQL

Hi! Someone pointed me to this website some time ago: http://www.spatialplus.com/quests/qsql009.htm There is a list of all SQL functions in MapInfo and some have really helped me in tight situations like AreaOverlap(object1,object2). I hope it is of any help. But it would be nice to have examples

Re: MI-L Dialog Tab Order

Hello Peter, Thursday, September 19, 2002, 10:12:49 AM, you wrote: DPW> Greetings Listers, DPW> I am trying to set the Tab Order in a dialog, but I can't seem to get a DPW> Radio Group to be the default tab position (eg. the default control that is DPW> selected when I open the dialog) DPW> Th

Sum: MI-L VM 2.6 error on Win XP OS

>> VM 2.6 errors on MI 7.0 and Win XP: >>Creating a Legend with Colour > Legend ... ,press ok - returns a total >>screwed legend and when creating a drape file, >>in the 'Save Drape File dialog' press Save >>returns a error: 'File "0 not registred for access' According to Marconi, Vertical Mappe