RE: [MI-L] British alphanumeric coordinates to easting and northings

2006-05-09 Thread Nathan Carr
Hi Cathy,   There is a Perl module that you can use. http://search.cpan.org/~toby/Geo-Coordinates-OSGB-1.07/lib/Geo/Coordinates/OSGB.pm   I haven't actually used it, but the synopsis looks pretty straight forward.   Regards Nathan ---(\./)---Nathan CarrGIS DeveloperL

RE: [MI-L] Toolbar Options Dialog Box

2006-05-09 Thread Jacques Paris
I tried to follow that track. It involves finding first the MI dialog ID. To do that, it is written to launch MI with the command string “-helpdiag”, to open a dialog and to use the help button; instead of the help being open, one should get the ID number.   I do not know if it is I am u

RE: [MI-L] Toolbar Options Dialog Box

2006-05-09 Thread Nabors, Steve
You should be able to modify the menu file by remarking out certain parts of the menu and or toolbars ..or all of them if you want a really stripped down menu/toolbars.   The menu file is located under the Mapinfo pro folder called mapinfow.mnu.   Just make a copy of it, for backup, and t

[MI-L] Slow loading layout

2006-05-09 Thread Matthew Dolan
My layouts (especially the labels) have been loading extremely slow for the past couple of weeks.  I have not changed any settings as far as I know.  Does anyone have any suggestions?    Thank you.   Matt Dolan Market Analytics & GIS Analyst Colliers Arnold  4350 West Cypress St,  Suit

[MI-L] Transparent polygons

2006-05-09 Thread Matthew Dolan
I recently discovered how to make polygons transparent, but it is not showing up when I print hard copies or create a pdf.  Any suggestions?    Thank you!   Matt Dolan Market Analytics & GIS Analyst Colliers Arnold  4350 West Cypress St,  Suite 300 Tampa, FL 33607-4175 813.221.2290

Re: [MI-L] Toolbar Options Dialog Box

2006-05-09 Thread Lars I. Nielsen \(Hvenegaard\)
Hi Jacques and Boyd,   I ran the -helpdiag on my W2K box, and it ran as expected. And I was able to close Pro by clicking on the X-in-the-corner  :-)   But it didn't bring me much further, though :-(   With the help of Resource Hacker and VS2K3, I was able to generate a textual resource file

RE: [MI-L] Transparent polygons

2006-05-09 Thread Ben A Greenberg
try deselecting the internal handling of transparent fill in the advanced printing dialog -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Matthew DolanSent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:57 AMTo: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L]

Re: [MI-L] Slow loading layout

2006-05-09 Thread Lars I. Nielsen \(Hvenegaard\)
Hi Matt,   Inexpliciable slow rendering is usually due to one of three causes (I can think of her-and-now) : Objects are multiplied many times in a layer/table due to it being a copy of a one/many-to-many join between two base tables. Can be determined by using the info tool (if many s

Re: [MI-L] MapInfo Topology

2006-05-09 Thread Johanna D. Tomesch
Hi Eric, There is a tool you can use for detecting self-intersections, overlap and gaps. If you go to the Objects dropdown menu there is a tool called Check Regions. I believe that the data layer has to be editable and you have to have the objects selected. Hope this helps! Johanna D. Tomesch

[MI-L] Page size

2006-05-09 Thread Ronning, Christine
Title: Page size Thanks to all who replied about my page size issue.  Seems the most common solution is to download a printer driver that I won't actually print to, but has the paper size I’m looking for.  Works fine thanks Christine ___ MapInfo

RE: [MI-L] Toolbar Options Dialog Box

2006-05-09 Thread Nabors, Steve
Here is a nice free tool that might help you with altering existing MI dialogs:   http://www.greatis.com/delphicb/windowse/     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Boyd TownsendSent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:54 PMTo: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.comSubject: [MI-L]

RE: [MI-L] Slow loading layout

2006-05-09 Thread Nabors, Steve
Try this as I've seen it affect the loading of workspaces:   Do this when out of MapInfo: Under the users temporary folder(usually C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Temp) or wherever the users temporary directory lives and delete any   "~map*.tmp"    files you see.   Note tha

RE: [MI-L] Toolbar Options Dialog Box

2006-05-09 Thread Spencer Simpson
Boyd Townsend wrote: >> Other than using a runtime version of Mapinfo. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to disable this >> dialog box on right mouse click of the toolbar area. I have designed and .mbx application which >> modifies the toolbars significantly (New Toolbars) and I don't want us

[MI-L] Printing

2006-05-09 Thread Ronning, Christine
Title: Printing Okay, Now that I have my layout set up how I want it, printing to PDF is causing some issues.  I have the page layout set to 36X60 but when I print to PDF the bottom 1/4 or so of the map doesn't show up.  The size of the PDF is correct, but it doesn't print the whole map fro

[MI-L] rounded rectangle problem

2006-05-09 Thread Eric Gagnon
Hi, I created a rounded rectangle on a cosmetic layer. It looks fine, but as soon as I do a rotation on it (either freehand or with the rotation function) my rounded rectangle suddently changes into an ordinary rectangle.. I'm running MIpro 8.0 Has anyone seen this before? Eric -- Eric Gagn

Re: [MI-L] rounded rectangle problem---- workaround

2006-05-09 Thread Eric Gagnon
I didn't find the solution to my problem but I found a nice workaround. create a simple line then make a buffer. Result: a nice rounded rectangle. Eric Eric Gagnon wrote: Hi, I created a rounded rectangle on a cosmetic layer. It looks fine, but as soon as I do a rotation on it (either freeh

[MI-L] Printing

2006-05-09 Thread Ronning, Christine
Title: Printing Eric suggested changing my dpi from 1200 to 600.  It was already at 600, but changed to 300 (minimum required by printers at this size of map for quality resolution) and now is printing properly!  Thanks so much Christine ___ Ma

[MI-L] Info tool on mapxtreme 2004 / 6.2

2006-05-09 Thread Carlos Martin
Good day.   Currently I have a map project open, and on the tool bar there’s selection tools and polygon tools. However, I found out the bar does not come with and info tool to show the relevant info of the selected point, and I haven’t been able to find it through the custom tools. Now,

[MI-L] csv export error

2006-05-09 Thread Robert DeRubeis
List, I'm trying to export a MapInfo table to a .csv format, but I'm getting the following error message:  "Unable to access string resource (3286)".  Can anyone tell me why this is occurring?  I am running MapInfo Pro V 7.8 with the latest patches installed on Win XP. Thanks, Bob

[MI-L] Shade by individual and default colors

2006-05-09 Thread Greg Branan
Hello Listers…   There doesn’t seem to be a good solution from searches in the archives but, I want to set up an individual thematic layer whose values could be different each time. I don’t want to specify the values and colors. Is there a better mapbasic way than running a loop of name a