[MI-L] Re: variable or field not defined

, too. I can spend hours getting them just right for some maps. To have to do them over again is a extremely frustrating. _ Don Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:09:35 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] variable or field not defined To: mapinfo-l

[MI-L] MapInfo 8.5 not retaining custom labels.

curved lines such as streams and rivers. I know this would save me a lot of time. _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [MI-L] Project Grande Terminated?

and don't know how to accomplish this. Any Help? Don Mitchell. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:15:18 -0600 From: Bill Thoen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] Project Grande Terminated? To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type

[MI-L] RE: MapInfo-L Digest, Vol 12, Issue 52

the MIF file in Notepad. It could be that the Shapefile is corrupted or something. Did you get the shapefile from someone else and, if so, can you check with them? _ Don Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:09:41 -0400 From: Sandra Rickard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] Shape

[MI-L] MapInfo 8.5 and Print Margins won't go below 0.5 inches.

? _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l

[MI-L] Large Printers for MapInfo

Designjet 800 series. Has anyone used it with MapInfo? Any opinions or advice? Thanks in advance for any input, _____ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) City of St.Thomas ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsma

RE: [MI-L] Modify Cutom Style/Color of Draw Polygon

or Region Style, etc. or if you just click the button pads to change them, then it will not remain in effect when you start MapInfo the next time. Hope this helps. _ Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL

[MI-L] Spatialware on MapInfo 8.5

now what I'm missing. _____ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l

RE: [MI-L] Projection bug in MapInfo Pro 7.5

v7.8, and have used versions 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0 previously, and it has been the same in each version. Mind you, I think it would be great if MapInfo could reproject on the fly. Is there a suggestion they might be doing this in 8.5? Don. Message: 1 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:51:24 -0700 From

[MI-L] Altering Point Object Symbol

t;) = "F" miApp.do "bfpobj = selection.obj Alter Object bfpobj Info 2, bfpsymbol Update selection Set obj = bfpobj Fetch Next From selection"Loop Any help is appreciated. _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) City of St.Thomas ___

RE: [MI-L] Altering Point Object Symbol

ement includes a Where Rowid clause, only one particular row will be updated." I should learn to read more carefully. _____ Don From: Peter Horsbøll Møller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 3:55 PMTo: Hughes, Colleen / Do

[MI-L] RE: Re: Looping in MapInfo MapBasic Window

out of frustration and losemy mind? _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) City of St.Thomas Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:56:30 -0700 From: "Cummings, Mike" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MI-L] Re: Looping in MapInfo MapBasic Window To: "

[MI-L] Re: Looping in MapInfo MapBasic Window

stuff done so I can go outside to do some GPS work...I really do need the exercise. Thanks for the help. _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS) City of St.Thomas ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http

RE: [MI-L] MI7.5 Text Dialog Limited Characters

end, I can only dream of 8.5. _ Don GIS Technician (IMS) City of St.Thomas. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 7:44 AM To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com

[MI-L] Re: Looping in MapInfo MapBasic Window

was hoping to be able to just run the code once and have done with it. There are a lot of records and different object styles to apply. I thought I would try to make things easier for my predecessor when she returns. Anyways, thanks again. _ Don Mitchell GIS Technician (IMS

RE: [MI-L] Complex SQL Joins

, and then do a join using this new column. Don Message: 1 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:00:58 -0700 From: Evan MacDougall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] Complex SQL Joins To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am trying

[MI-L] Looping in MapInfo MapBasic Window

gt;From NoBFPtab - Any helpis be appreciated. Don ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l

RE: [MI-L] Generating points table

and CentroidY for the Northing. But you probably figured that out without me telling you. 8-) Don -- Message: 4 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:25:02 -0400 From: Sandra Rickard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MI-L] Generating points table To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Message

RE: [MI-L] Erase outside and query tables

use "save copy as". Donald GuerraMunicipal Authority of Westmoreland CountyP.O. Box 730Greensburg, Pa 15601724-834-6500 x182 -Original Message-From: Driver, Greg 9434 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:23 AMTo: 'Don Guerra'Subject: RE: [MI-L]

[MI-L] Erase outside and query tables

Hello, I am having trouble using the erase outside function on objects in a query table. (i.e., the table was created by querying a parent table and saving it as a .tab) Is there a way to make these tables stand on their own without the .qry file? Is there a work around?

[MI-L] Error opening workspace

Thanks to all for your fast replies. It seems that the number included with the error message is indeed the line number in the workspace. However I think that the first line workspace! is not counted. I tried Steve Smith's suggestion to add print statements to find the problem and was able to

[MI-L] Error opening workspace

Hi Don, Table names cannot begin with a digit, so the ... As 11x17 part will generate an error. MapInfo's normal way of dealing with this is to prepend an underscore. Try ... As _11x17 instead. Thanks Lars...that worked!! I didn't notice that other tables were being prepended

[MI-L] Error opening workspace

I searched the knowledge base, archives, and user manuals and I don't see any discussion of MI error messages.I'm trying to open a workspace and am getting an error message (O:\drafting\11x17\brad\11small.wor:21)Expression does not evaluate to a column or table name where O:\drafting.. Is

MI-L Traced polylines

Hi all, I have a table of all the townships in allegheny county. I traced around the outside of the townships to create a table of just the county outline. I had the zoom set close enough to see the boundaries well, had snap turned on, and autotraced the nodes of the townships. I broke

MI-L Compare tables

Hi all, I'm looking for a tool, preferably free, that can assist in comparing two tables of road centerlines. I need to scan the tables to see if, and where, the centerlines diverge from each other. TIA Donald Guerra Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County P.O. Box 730 Greensburg,

MI-L Linking tables within Access as source data for MapInfo workspace files

and then do a refresh to populate/produce my various maps with updated information. My question is...is this possible? It appears that the refresh function is not working correctly. Please advise. Thank you in advance. Don Wishon The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity

Re: MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Used Workspace

All of the TAB's are just in folders on the network. No pending edits, no tables in Access or any other DAO database system. Don. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Were there any pending edits after an abrupt termination or were there any tables using DAO -MS Access that had locks on them at the time

RE: MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Use

it for now. Must do some work to earn my keep. Don. 8-) Cowper, Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I always use 'Close All' under the 'File' menu when I am closing down my tables either for exiting MapInfo or before I open another workspace. As Gretchen stated the tables remain open if you close the map

Re: MI-L Zoom to selected Features

Hi Mike, There is a tool at the Directionsmag site that will do this for you. Do a search for viewselection-96.zip under the tools for MapInfo. It comes with the MB and the MBX. It was posted by Ken Fioretti back in 1999. Don. Søren Breddam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Mike, Try

Re: MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Used Workspace

or MapInfo thinks the TAB files are still open by someone else and won't let you open them. Any thoughts on this? If not, I'll let it drop. The option for Open Last Used Workspace isn't a huge concern, just something that kinda bugged me on a Monday morning. Thanks Again, Don. [EMAIL

MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Used Workspace

. This problem seems to have appeared with version 7.8. We have version 7.0 on another computer and it works fine. Any ideas how to fix this, or is this just a flaw in version 7.8 Thanks in advnace. Don. Yours truly, Don Mitchell, FT, GIS PG 385 Highview Drive St. Thomas, ON N5R 5Z5 email: [EMAIL

Re: MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Used Workspace

had any problems with saving over another WOR file by accident, but maybe I'm lucky here. Don. - Original Message - From: Don Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MapInfo Directionsmag mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 6:16 PM Subject: MI-L Quick Start Dialog

Re: MI-L Quick Start Dialog in MI 7.8 never displays an option for Open Last Used Workspace

maybe Set something up incorrectly with MapInfo. Thanks, Don. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hree's what I sent earlier, pretty much: This is Working as Designed One of the features specifically designed into MI Pro 7.5 later was to clear the last Workspace Name from memory so that it would no longer

Re: MI-L Aligning text in a Legend

Thanks Tony. Sounds like just what I need. One problem. I don't have rights on this computer to even view the temp folder (and other things which are causing problems). Something I will have rectified today, though. Don Photogrammetry GIU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Don When you create

RE: MI-L Aligning Text

Sorry about that everyone. I should have provided better diredtions to the tool, but I was in a hurry to get home last night. Thought it might have still been available on Directionsmag and easy to find. Don David Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recall the the link now, they moved from

Re: MI-L HP Designjet 1050

would recommend adding extra memory to it. Other than that, we're happy with it. Don, City of St. Thomas Environmental Services Department Matt Trigg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any experience of using an HP Designjet 1050 with the 3-roll feeder. If so, I would welcome comments

RE: MI-L HP Designjet 1050

on the detail. This would be for the entire city with street labels. We have a population of 35,000. I have set it to process the print job in the computer, and yes it does pause at each run across the page. I have only had to use this a couple of times though. Don. David Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: MI-L Aligning Text

must therefore take full responsibility for virus checking. Surrey Police reserves the right to monitor all email communications through their networks. Yours truly, Don Mitchell, FT, GIS PG 385 Highview Drive St. Thomas, ON N5R 5Z5 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L Aligning text in a Legend

the left of the overall legend (as it should be for a proper cartographic legend). Anyone know how to do this or if there is a free tool that will do it. Thanks in advance, Don - Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments

MI-L MapInfo Pro and SQL Server Issues

seats for SQL Server? Thanks, Don Yours truly, Don Mitchell, FT, GIS PG 385 Highview Drive St. Thomas, ON N5R 5Z5 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

MI-L MapInfo for SQL server

Hi, Is MI for SQL Server a different product than MIPRO? I looked on the MI site and did not see a product called MI for SQL Server but the knowledge base has an installation procedure for it. In any case is it possible to have multiple clients editing tables with MIPRO if you run SQL

RE: MI-L Printing poster at commercial printer

to change all of the symbols on my map and trying it on a computer here without any GIS software licenses. Any ideas to avoid this in the future (and I would like to use the symbols I choose for the map). Thanks, Don Mitchell 'tis the season to be greetin' Happy Holidays -Original Message

RE: MI-L Friday Fun

in the sampling, but that didn't stop the rest of us, and we were the navigators. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands

RE: MI-L Need help inserting spaces when concatenating columns

I think MapInfo stores spaces in Column headings as an _ (underscore). Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Robert Schumacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 13, 2004 4:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Need help inserting spaces when concatenating columns When I am

RE: MI-L Need help inserting spaces when concatenating columns

at the end of a long work day. Good Luck And Happy Holidays to you too. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Robert Schumacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 13, 2004 5:01 PM To: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell Subject: RE: MI-L Need help inserting spaces when concatenating columns

MI-L MapInfo ProViewer 7.8 error

SP1a. Think this might be the problem. If so, will v7.0 work with WORs and TABs made in MapInfo v7.8? Any of the MapInfo development team have any answers? Anyone else? Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine

MI-L RE: Ang. MI-L MapInfo ProViewer 7.8 error

I did try to manually unzip this file in every way I could think of. I continually get errors of various sorts. ProViewer has alwasy had problems whenever I used it. I guess it has gone to the point of not even being able to install. Oh well, I guess I'll just delete it. Don Mitchell

RE: MI-L IDRISI to MapInfo

Forgot to include the LIST email address. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell Sent: December 9, 2004 2:44 PM To: 'Jason McMahan' Subject: RE: MI-L IDRISI to MapInfo Hi Jason, I'll try to save you some money. I assume you are trying to save some

RE: MI-L Download Mapbasic manuals

Thanks for you offer Bill, but Pat Lee's suggestion worked for me. I didn't realize that the Save Target As option allowed you to save the file itself. I don't know what my issue is with the link on the web page, we have a T1 connection, and I'm able to get other files to come down in a

RE: MI-L MapBasic Null Value

in quotations also evaluated as 0 (zero) programmatically by MapInfo? Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Bill Thoen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 7, 2004 5:07 PM To: John Polasky Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L MapBasic Null Value On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, John Polasky wrote

RE: MI-L Urgent --MapBasic code for Translating Autocad Map2000 F ile

as a dxf (in version 2000 for ACAD). I then use Universal Translator to import the Properties into MapInfo as a TAB. When I do this, the attribute data is intact in the new TAB. Hope This Helps Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Harsha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 8, 2004 9

MI-L Download Mapbasic manuals

Hi All, I've tried to download the mapbasic users manual (PDF format) from MI's web page and all I get is a blank page. Other manuals, such as Mapmarker and Proviewer, download fine. I've talked with MI about it and they said they were going to investigate. They even went so far as to

RE: MI-L MapInfo tutorial for 7.5

Hi Philip, The turtorial for MapInfo should be under the help menu. It is Online from MapInfo, so you will need internet access to download the data and tutorial. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 3, 2004 3:10 PM

RE: MI-L Excel charts in MapInfo

. I've done this before when I was in a very big hurry. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Minnick, Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 30, 2004 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MI-L Excel charts in MapInfo Hello all, Is it possible to import/open an Excel chart

SUM: MI-L Docking Toolbars Automatically

. Once again thanks to all that responded. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message

MI-L Docking Toolbars Automatically

--Toolbars, both the float checkbox is checked again. I uncheck this, check the box Save as Default, and try again. It still comes up as float. There must be something I am missing. Such a small problem and it is driving me nuts. Maybe I'm sleep deprived. Any ideas out there. Thanks in advance, Don

RE: MI-L EDITING PROBLEM - 7.8

it, but was able to be rid of it by clearing the cosmetic layer. I haven't had the same problem since, so haven't thought of it again. Not sure if this helps or not. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Peter Hatton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 24, 2004 5:53 PM To: '[EMAIL

RE: MI-L MapXtreme websites

Oops, your right. Sorry, forgot to forward to Tim and Directions list. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Uffe Kousgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 22, 2004 9:47 AM To: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell Subject: Re: MI-L MapXtreme websites Hi, I don't think this one

RE: MI-L PDF maps as background in MI Pro

Hi Jon, Expanding on capturing it in raster, Acrobat Reader 6.0 has a snap shot tool that coppies the area you select into the clipboard. You can then paste it into some graphics program. You will have to register the image in MapInfo, as Søren suggests. Don Mitchell -Original Message

RE: MI-L DISPLAY PROBLEMS

it once, I have to revert the TAB or close it and use a backup TAB. This is very annoying. Anyone know something about these items and how to fix them. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Peter Hatton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 16, 2004 12:14 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: MI-L DISPLAY PROBLEMS

missed it. Thanks for the info. I do agree that it is poor design. Especially the capability to have multiple undo instances stored is possible. Maybe the MapInfo folks are listening and will improve on this area. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Jacques Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L Move Objects

Anyone know of an MBX that will move region objects of one table based on their distance from objects in another table? What I need to do is snap fire hydrant symbols in one table onto fire hydrant symbols in another table so that I can do an UPDATE COLUMN operation. The only common data between

RE: MI-L App that Resolves Workspaces with Missing Tables

unnecessary. Mapinfo can search for the TABs that were moved into new subdirectories, however the renamed or missing TABs create a problem. I agree with the suggestions so far, but more importantly I'd really like to see this app developed. Don Mitchell, Infrastructure Management Systems Technician

RE: MI-L AutoTrace doesn't work??

. I will be using it from now on, though. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Nielsen, Erik R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 27, 2004 4:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MI-L AutoTrace doesn't work?? I find the autotrace often doesn't work well when you have multiple

MI-L AutoTrace doesn't work??

it? Thanks in advance for any help. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number

RE: MI-L AutoTrace doesn't work??

happening. Do you think I have a bug in my MI. By the way, I did try this in MI 7.0 as you mention as well. What happens is it sort of highlights the boundary (turns from a thin black line to grey) when I'm doing it, but I still lay down each node in the polyline or polygon. Don Mitchell

RE: MI-L Platte Caree support in MI 7?

Hi David, If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to just open the shapefile directly in MapInfo. There shouldn't be a need to translate it to MIF. Why do you need to translate? Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: David Andrec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 12, 2004 4:12 PM

RE: MI-L Background colour of Mapwindow

I just changed my preferences for display in Windows, but I like this suggestion better. Creates the background colour for maps at the same time. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: David Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 7, 2004 5:26 AM To: Mapinfo-List (E-Mail) (E-Mail

RE: MI-L polygon Area

Hi John Use the SQL functions SphericalArea(obj, sq mi) or CartesianArea(obj, sq mi). Change the sq mi to units you want for the area (i.e. square metres - sq m, or square kilometres - sq km, etc.). Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: John Nott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

RE: MI-L New-York data needed

Hi Gilbert, Have you tried the NY GIS Clearinghouse at http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/ The data is free. Used it for some data on my thesis a while back. They might have something for you. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Gilbert Haché [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 4

RE: MI-L MapInfo ProViewer

Hi Lacey, I recall seeing someone post something about a Proviewer Toolbar they created. It had the same ability as the layer control in MapInfo, but for ProViewer. Any Listers out there recall the name of it or where to get it? Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Chan, Wai [mailto

MI-L Error when creating a grid.

, but never in MapInfo so I am rather new to the process. Thanks in advance. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e

MI-L Error when creating a grid.

(the points are not in an equally distributed pattern). I have created grids using ArcGIS, but never in MapInfo so I am rather new to the process. Thanks in advance. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine

RE: MI-L New versions of MI and Crystal

I use Excel for a spreadsheet, if that's what you mean. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Leathem, Sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 15, 2004 9:44 AM To: Sabin Mark; MI_list (E-mail) Subject: RE: MI-L New versions of MI and Crystal I am recent graduate and Am looking

RE: MI-L How can I count number of points in a region?

Hi Ali, If you open the MapBasic window in MI Pro and run an SQL query for a count, you get: Select Count(*) from Points_tab, Polygon_tab where Points_tab.Obj Within Polygon_tab.Obj into Selection This will give you the number of points within a polygon. I hope this helps get you started. Don

MI-L Selecting out duplicate values in a TAB

, and look for the duplicates, but I have several thousand records. Thanks in advance, Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

RE: MI-L Selecting out duplicate values in a TAB

Thanks, Never even thought of VB or using Excel. Maybe I need more coffee or something ;-) Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Martin A Spiers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 13, 2004 12:18 PM To: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L

SUM: MI-L Selecting out duplicate values in a TAB

and grouping worked just as well. Both solutions were something I should have thought of. The responses supplied the right kick start my brain needed. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine

MI-L Re: Global Styles

Thanks to Jon Gramm for the RGB colors I needed and to Bill Wemple for pointing to the MB_REF.PDF I was able to override the display of a few tables in my workspaces. Just what I needed!! One more question though. Objects in my table of lines have different thicknesses, how do you preserve

MI-L Global Styles

Hi all, Where can I find the definitions of the numeric arguments for the Global Pen (and Line Brush)clauses. For example, a solid line is number???.or the color blue is number??? I haven't seen this in the users manual or on the Directions site. I hope it's not right in front

MI-L Problem with all2pts-85.mbx

the MapBasic Window. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Don Mitchell Technician (IMS) City of St. Thomas 545 Talbot Street St. Thomas, ON N5P 3V7 chughes@ city.st-thomas.on.ca TEL (519) 631-1680 ext. 159 FAX (519) 631-2130

Re: RE: MI-L Problem with all2pts-85.mbx

Thanks Jay and Peter, I used Jay's suggestion first, before you responded Peter. Worked great. Don't know why I didn't think of it. I guess I got caught up in using the all2pts tool I downloaded a little while ago, and forgot to try the more obvious. Don Mitchell -Original Message

RE: MI-L Seeking political boundaries

Hi Charles, You could try http://www.geogratis.ca/ for some of the data for B.C. and Quebec. It is the free portal to GIS data for Canada. Not sure if it is there, you may have to look. The price is right though, free. Don Mitchell Technician (IMS) City of St. Thomas 545 Talbot Street St

RE: MI-L Seeking political boundaries

Scratch that, geogratis.ca does not have a postal code layer for any of the provinces that I could find. Lots of other data, though. Sorry. Don Mitchell -Original Message- From: Hughes, Colleen / Don Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: August 20, 2004 4:42 PM To: 'Charles Kane

MI-L Pdf problem

Thanks, to Wai Chan and Mark Peel, the pdf995 works well. It is easy to install and does just what I need. Donald Guerra Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County P.O. Box 730 Greensburg, Pa 15601 724-834-6500 x182 - List

MI-L Pdf problem

Hi, I am printing layouts through acrobat distiller to create post script files. The post script files are created OK but after I use distiller to create the pdf's and open them in acrobat all I get is a blank page. I've noticed that the layout background turns to greyscale after it's

MI-L Custom Symbols Didn't Appear For Me Either

that were already in the CUSTSYMB folder, yet MI doesn't recognise this. I've restarted MI as well as the computer. Still nothing. I'm using MI 7.0. Any help would be appreciated. Don Mitchell Technician (IMS) City of St. Thomas 545 Talbot Street St. Thomas, ON N5P 3V7 chughes@ city.st

RE: MI-L Custom Symbols Didn't Appear For Me Either

Thanks to all for the help, I just needed to put it in the 'other' CUSTSYMB folder. It's early and I need more coffee to wake up. Don Mitchell - List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com

MI-L Proviewer querying

Does anyone know if an .mbx or some add-on exists for proviewer that would enable some simple querying? I checked Directions mag and called MI, no luck. TIA Donald Guerra Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County P.O. Box 730 Greensburg, Pa 15601 724-834-6500 x182

MI-L How Do I Label Along a Curve in MI?

Hi All, This is my first message to this support group - almost sounds like some 12 step program 8-) Does anyone know how I can create labels in MI that will follow along a line such as a trail or stream on a map. Is there a tool out there that will allow me to do this. Don Mitchell, GIS Tech

MI-L DXF Error

Good Morning, I am trying to import a DXF file and am getting a Unknown DXF Item Code: Line 847 error. Anyone know what can cause this?? TIA Donald Guerra Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County P.O. Box 730 Greensburg, Pa 15601 724-834-6500 x182

MI-L SQL Select Error

Thanks Spencer, that helped a lot. I was able to determine that 13 out of 893 objects were in fact not polylines and this is what's hanging up the SQL select. Thanks to Mike Cummings also for his suggestion, however I had already packed the table when I first got the error. Donald Guerra

MI-L SQL Select Error

Hi, I am using SQL Select to sum object lengths. The selection table has one column from the base table and one derived column. The derived column is specified as Sum(ObjectLen(obj,ft)) I get this error: Could not fetch object from the current row, argument ObjectLen The query

MI-L SQL Select Error

O.K. I tried using the table name with the expression for the ObjectLen function as Terry McDonnell suggested..got the same result. Then I checked to see if these are in fact polylines as Bill Thoen suggested. All of the lines where selected meaning none are polylines. I even reversed

MI-L Workspace and projection

Hello all, I am going to change the projection of a group of tables. I normally access the tables via workspaces and I suspect that the tables will display according the window projection saved with the workspace. Is this correct? If it is I'll edit the workspaces. Why is the Set Map

MI-L Display fill color

Thanks for the responses. Søren’s suggestion put me onto checking the region style options. I found the offending table and made the change I needed. After I made the change to the table (I changed the region style from solid green to “no pattern”) I opened the workspace and everything

MI-L Display fill color

Good morning, I have a group of workspaces that we use to create layouts from. At some point the display properties of one or more of the tables in the workspaces was changed. One or more of the layers is displaying with a green forecolor. I think that the offending table is one of

MI-L String Expression

Thanks Vicky, The tool is exactly what I needed.Next time I'll look for the obvious solutions first Hi Don, The Search and Replace tool is good for updating columns too. ToolsTool Manager etc. Backup and experiment first! It doesn't require quotes and can be tweaked to be case

MI-L String Expression

Hi List, I know how to concatenate two strings, but is there a way to remove a substring? I am attempting to do this via Update Column. TIA Donald Guerra Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County P.O. Box 730 Greensburg, Pa 15601 724-834-6500 x182

MI-L Unable to open .tab

Hi, A number of tables got saved on our server as Copy_of_roads.tab, ect. No one seems to remember creating these (although I have my doubts) Anyhow I wanted to open them to see if they are needed or if I can delete them, but MI gives me an error when I try to open them. The

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