RE: [MI-L] MapBasic API Call for XML

2006-02-01 Thread SCISOFT
Well, if you can get MB to interact with .NET then I would use .NET because it makes read/write of XML like falling off a log (v1.1 or v2.0 are both very capable). XML is many things though - schema is all-important. IL Thomas GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia -Original Message- From:

RE: SUMMARY: [MI-L] Parsing Problem

2006-02-01 Thread SCISOFT
My suggestion would be to search within the strings using a series of regular expressions (regex). It's brute force, but you can develop easily understood code (best to get a regex tester - several of them, esp for .NET) with a series of switch or case statements. As you recognize more of the

[MI-L] Problem with Manual Geocoding

2006-02-01 Thread Sarah Williams
Hi, Can anyone suggest why today I cannot manually geocode some records in a table using the same procedure that I have always used successfully? As per the instructions in the MapInfo User Guide I have open my editable table in the map and browser window. I select the appropriate record in

Ang. [MI-L] Problem with Manual Geocoding

2006-02-01 Thread Mats Elfström
Hi Sarah! I did a quick test in MapInfo v8.0 and can confirm that it works as expected, that is I can manually assign symbols or even lines and regions to a selected item in a browser table, but only if it does not have a map object before. In order to perform the test, I used a point table

RE: [MI-L] calculating distances

2006-02-01 Thread Will Mitchell
IN MI Pro ver 8 there is a nifty tool in the tools menu called 'Distance Calculator'. If you are on an earlier version you can do it with the Distance function in SQL select but it is a bit cumbersome...you need a common ID in both tables for joining, then can put the following in your SQL

[MI-L] Problems Fixed on MapInfo-L

2006-02-01 Thread Bill Thoen
Yesterday, Directions Magazine shut down their mail servers briefly to clear a large mail backlog which was the most likely cause of the problems we've been having on MapInfo-L. Now that they've restarted the servers, it looks like things are ticking along nicely. But to make sure we've found the

[MI-L] Creating new MI Line styles tool

2006-02-01 Thread Doug Pease
Im sure I recall the availability of a tool to create new MI line styles. Ive searched the Directions site but couldnt find anything. Could someone direct me to such a tool if one exists please. Thanks Doug Pease GIS Officer Livingstone Shire Council PO Box 600 Yeppoon 4703 Phone 49399957

re: [MI-L] Creating new MI Line styles tool

2006-02-01 Thread Sam Knight
Hi Doug, You are looking for the MapInfo Line Style Editor It's the last download on this page at MapInfo's site: http://extranet.mapinfo.com/products/download.cfm?ProductID=1044 Regards, Sam Knight Applications Specialist Blue Marble Geographics [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 800-616-2725 ext. 24 Ph:

RE: [MI-L] Creating new MI Line styles tool

2006-02-01 Thread Jacques Paris
Do not tell anyone but the same problem was raised on the mapinfo_fr list this week and I solved it by putting the LineEdit.exe file on one of my download lists. Go to www.paris-pc-gis.com/decharge.htm and you will find it at the bottom of Fichiers d'autres origines. I was not expecting much

Re: Ang. [MI-L] Problem with Manual Geocoding

2006-02-01 Thread Info at Spatial Decisions
Hi Sarah/Mats You might find that you need to Pack the table if you have cleared the map object for a previous record as until this is done MapInfo thinks the object location still exists. HTH. Regards Tony Maber - Certified MapInfo Professional Manager - Business Services SPATIAL

[MI-L] Text labels missing from .pdf output / MI in MSAccess Reports

2006-02-01 Thread Alistair Hart
Hi again Folks, I have a map which shows street labels in the map window and the layout window, but when I print to .pdf, the labels are missing! I'm using Adobe Acrobat 5.0 and I've never had this problem before. I did have Acrobat Reader 7.0 installed (to another directory) for a couple of

[MI-L] [Spam] Accessing MI Dialog boxes

2006-02-01 Thread Greg Gainey
Hi all, Hoping someone can help me with the following, I want to have access to the Excel Info dialog box when I import a spread sheet from MS Excel. From that point I then want to access the Create Points dialog and alter that box to allow a third field to be displayed and used for drawing an

[MI-L] View Mapinfo location in Google Earth

2006-02-01 Thread Doyle, Peter W
Greetings List, I have written a small utility that allows you to click on a point in your mapper window and then zooms to that location in Google Earth. If you are interested let me know and I will forward it to you. Regards Peter Doyle ___

[MI-L] MapInfo vs AutoCAD

2006-02-01 Thread nicholas . g . lawrence
Every now and then, the topic of MapInfo vs ArcInfo comes up on this list. But has there been any discussion of MapInfo vs AutoCAD? I bring this up because, over the last few years, CAD software has been slowly gaining functionality that has usually been regarded as GIS. Sometimes this is new