[MI-L] Closing a browser window with Mapbasic

2006-08-28 Thread Boyd Townsend
Hi all, Struggleing once again. I have asked a couple questions here before and picked up some great tips - Thanks. So I will ask the following and see what happens. Can anyone provide a hint on how to check to see if a "Browser window" is open and if so close it through mapbasic In ant

[MI-L] Change pen style on selected objects through MapBasic or WOR-file

2006-08-28 Thread Watertech - Jacob K . Jørgensen
Title: Meddelelse Hi all,   I would like to change the line style which is invoked in MapInfo by selecting all relevant objects in a map window from an editable layer and then choosing the icon "Line Style" in the drawing buttonpad.   Alas, I cannot find the MapBasic command for calling thi

[MI-L] Free Mexico Data

2006-08-28 Thread Keith Fowlow
Users, I am looking for free GIS data on Mexico, mainly major mines and topography. Does anyone know of a good site that may contain this data? Bosses need a Mexico map showing major mines. Thanks, Keith ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.dir

[MI-L] ConvexHull Issue

2006-08-28 Thread John Polasky
Has anyone ever run across the following behavior in MI 7.8??...   I'm trying to build a Convex Hull where one output object is generated per each of the input objects.  I've been able to do this many times in the past.  For reasons unknown to me, that option is now grayed out and I can't us

Re: [MI-L] Free Mexico Data

2006-08-28 Thread Jorge E. Cordero Rodriguez
INEGI, it is not a free data source of information, but it is the main agency of the mexican government who offers information geografia Goto: www.inegi.gob.mx Keith Fowlow escribió: Users, I am looking for free GIS data on Mexico, mainly major mines and topography. Does anyone know of a go

[MI-L] SUM: Centroids not recentering after polygon move

2006-08-28 Thread Comparri, Erin @ Tempe
The problem I was having was that if the old centroid was still within the polygon, MI would not recenter the centroid. I was not getting results with the ConvertToPLine(), ConvertToRegion() method but instead had to resort to using the Run Menu Command function to access the built in MI Convert

Re: [MI-L] Closing a browser window with Mapbasic

2006-08-28 Thread Bill Thoen
On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 04:09:41PM +1000, Boyd Townsend wrote: > > Can anyone provide a hint on how to check to see if a "Browser window" is > open and if so close it through mapbasic Loop through all open windows backwards (NumWindows() to 1 Step -1) and test the window typw of each one (usin

Re: [MI-L] Fiji projections

2006-08-28 Thread John Elliot
Many thanks to all who replied to request for information on the Fiji coordinate system - what a great list this is - I love youse all!. I received a reply from Ms. Litea Biuoko of SOPAC, (thanks Clifford Mungier), who emailed me the text to paste in the MapInfo mapinfow.prj file. For those who

RE: [MI-L] Free Mexico Data

2006-08-28 Thread Juan José Del Toro Madrueño
Keith; INEGI has a web app that shows different layers of info one of them being mines and other geological features. Go to www.inegi.gob.mx Then click on the link at the bottom of page that says "Mapa Digital de México" Once you see the map, on your left side you'll find a node that says Geolog

[MI-L] MI-L DBMS driver in 8.5

2006-08-28 Thread Data Directions
Title: Meddelelse I installed MapInfo 8.5, the Geographic Tracker and the DBMS module on my PC. Now whenever I do some functions in MapInfo (such as File > Open or make a DBMS connected table mappable) I get the following messgae:   InitNcsEcwLib failed : error loading dynamic library 'ncsec

[MI-L] MI-L Overlapping symbols in MI 8.5

2006-08-28 Thread Data Directions
Title: Meddelelse Hi,   Can anyone shed some light on what exactly the new Dispersed Group Symbols feature in 8.5 does?   The 8.5 supplement suggests that it somehow displays multiple points in a dispersed fashion, and the screen shot of the Symbol Style dialog box shows several point objects

RE: [MI-L] Change pen style on selected objects through MapBasic orWOR-file

2006-08-28 Thread Peter Horsbøll Møller
Title: Meddelelse Jacob,   I would recommend using a function to alter the style of the object in stead of looping yourself. If you use a function, you can use the Update statement and let MapInfo do the looping.   Sub Main   Update Selection     Set OBJ = AlterLineStyle(OBJ, P_Penstyle)   En

[MI-L] spatial overlay

2006-08-28 Thread Neil Adamson
Hi All,   How do I overlay 2 layers to create a new layer.   Eg overlay layer1 with layer2 to create layer3.   I need all spatial objects and text fields to remain intact. The fields in the 2 layers are not the same. I need the new layer to have all fields from both layers.   Cheer

[MI-L] Right aligning text in a dialog box ??

2006-08-28 Thread Doyle, Peter W
Greetings list, Does anyone have any tips, ideas or know of any functions to allow Right alignment of StaticText controls in a dialog box. At the moment it is by trial and error, and we all know how long it takes to lay out a nice looking dialog. Regards Peter Doyle _

Re: [MI-L] Right aligning text in a dialog box ??

2006-08-28 Thread David Baker
On 29 Aug 2006 at 15:49, Doyle, Peter W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have any tips, ideas or know of any functions to allow Right > alignment of StaticText controls in a dialog box. > At the moment it is by trial and error, and we all know how long it > takes to lay out a nice looki

Re: [MI-L] spatial overlay

2006-08-28 Thread Flavio Hendry
Hi Neil google overlay.mbx ... Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards Flavio Hendry TYDAC Web-Site: http://www.tydac.ch TYDAC MapServer: http://www.mapserver.ch #