RE: MI-L Checking for changes

2003-07-29 Thread CRISP, Paul -Syntegra UK
The short answer is 'no' I'm afraid. You can test for whether or not a table has unsaved edits using TableInfo, but MapInfo isn't a DBMS and you can get information on which rows have changed or how. I dimly recall someone posting something here about a custom MapBasic tool that tracks edits -

RE: MI-L Checking for changes

2003-07-29 Thread CRISP, Paul -Syntegra UK
Whoops Should have read you CAN'T get information on which rows have changed or how Paul Crisp Syntegra Innovation Place Delta Bank Road Newcastle NE11 9DJ Tel 0191 461 4522 Fax 0191 460 1987 -Original Message- From: CRISP, Paul -Syntegra UK Sent: 29 July 2003 10:06 To: [EMAIL

RE: MI-L Checking for changes

2003-07-29 Thread Peter Horsbøll Møller
Damn, I just for a second thought that you had found the solution of all ;-) If you want to test whether a certain row has been changed, you'll need a copy of the table with the original records, and then check each value in this record for changes..but I guess this would be a killing

RE: MI-L I want a new format..... Or insight

2003-07-29 Thread Will Mitchell
Hi there, As far as I know you just have to live with those issues. If you are lucky the data provider will have created a seperate *.PRJ file that sits alongside the SHP and contains projection info. This is one that MapInfo can work with and also the Universal Translator writes out when

RE: MI-L Checking for changes

2003-07-29 Thread Gilbert Haché
I made a turn around of those limitation using the FME from SAFE software to compare changes between two files. All I had to do is to save the file I was working on on an other name (temporarly). Run the FME script to compare file1 and file2. At the time I did this, I was a very moderate user

RE: MI-L I want a new format..... Or insight

2003-07-29 Thread Lawley, Russell S
Will, Snip With regards to the styling, yes thats a bummer too. There is a nifty additional optional file in ArcView 3.x called a *.AVL - a legend file - that defines a style setting or thematically driven setting that loads when you open the SHP file. In the newfangled Arc8 there is something

MI-L Re: I want a new format..... Or insight

2003-07-29 Thread Bill Thoen
Neil Havermale wrote: ... Is a retarded .SHP format just the millstone we, as MapInfo users, must carry? I imagine that ArcGIS users must have the same problem. If there's no coordinate system info associated with a SHP file, how do they get it georegistered correctly when loaded into an ESRI

MI-L Unsubscibe from MapInfo-L problem

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MI-L Re: Unsubscibe from MapInfo-L problem

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MI-L Excel Date Fields

2003-07-29 Thread Ron Gutiw
Listers: When I open an Excel spreadsheet all date columns are converted to float. Is there a trick to this? TIA Ron - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

MI-L Error mesage when trying to open Pro Viewer

2003-07-29 Thread Tom Halbrook
One of my MI Proviewer users has suddenly developed a strange problem. When he tries to load ProViewer he gets the following message: Hidden: MAPINFOR.EXE - Application Error [The instruction at 0x77fc95a3 referenced memory at 0xfff8, The memory could not be read Click on OK to terminate

MI-L Problem Solved with Thanks

2003-07-29 Thread Support Team
Hi all Just a few lines to say thanks ever so much to those who responded to my question about Shifting Coordinates (I just knew the answer was there somewhere) If the following is of use to anyone, then please use it: Previously we had Ordnance Survey Maps of the South Wales area in

RE: MI-L looking for solution of Flow path analysis in Mapinfo V.6.5

2003-07-29 Thread Neil Havermale
Please take a look at Mapping Surface Flows and Pooling via MapCalc: http://www.innovativegis.com/basis/Senarios/Pooling_scenario.htm This example deals with flow concentration and pooling on a farm fields but the concept is right for your question. If the example laid out in the link above is