RE: MI-L mapinfo layers

avoid bad surprises. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm -Origina

RE: MI-L metric v. non metric

at my feet were about 30 cms and free of any imperialism. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://ww

RE: MI-L MB Update Column

I made it work the following way Set NewAcct = right$(""+str$(OldAcct), 8) Do not ask me why. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproduct

MI-L news from the MLC site (2)

code uplifted to the MLC standards,... he should not hesitate getting in touch with me. I will certainly find some time to "play" with it. The MLC site is located at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo

SUM : MI-L run command

t style font oldf Of course, this solution works only for styles definitions. But I think it could be extended to "time" variables without trouble. To what else? With all my thanks to those who shared in my quest. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L menu names management

mpty" names?. There is no limit I could find specified for the number of button pads. Are they included in the menu names list or do they have their own list? Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. sit

MI-L E00 BND

Is that a "fatal" problem with the generator of the files? Can such files be translated in some way without "correcting" them before? TIA Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http:

RE: MI-L Ruler

or "set map window frontwindow() Distance Units "m" ", not with "set distance units "m" ") a smaller unit that will guarantee that the readings will always be at that required "precision" level. (ex: M instead of KM) Jacques Jacques PARIS e-m

RE: MI-L Moving Nodes

to do that. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm -Original Messag

RE: MI-L Polyline splits region - precision?

s with a non projected unbounded coordsys the distance between 2 internal positions is of a 1/100 th of a degree (11 cms along the equator or a meridian), a shift of about 5 cms can be expected (the point is dragged to a neighbouring position away from the line) Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail

MI-L e00 grid format

Does anyone have any good doc on the e00 grid format? If no doc, then personal experience on reading such a file may suffice. I have experimented with the GrdTrans.exe (in the tools at directionsmag) but it seems to return only zero values for z. TIA Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail

RE: MI-L SQL Select

I used once in the SQL requester that "where" condition instr(1,Col_Name," ")>0 JP Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic q

MI-L E00Gr2MI

gained for decoding it was only through experimentation. Unnecessary to say that the program I have developed is and will remain in the public domain. If you are interested in that venture, drop me a line and I will send you a zip file. No string attached but a fair feedback is expected. Jacque

RE: MI-L Find options for Proviewer Workspace

s can be opened with MB, (run menu command 208) and its main parts also (rmc 210-217), I have not found a reference to the find - options. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net

RE: MI-L duplicate lines

It is called SKIMALL, has a doc about strategies to deal with "duplicates" and is stamped for version 4. You will find it on http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Co

RE: MI-L mif import problem

was created could give an idea, if it can be trusted?) then you will have to correct any pen statement in your mif that contains the style value of 0. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.

RE: MI-L

Slight correction: ButtonPad master is on my other site, in the MLC project, at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts

MI-L versions of MI generated files

tool. (see the ABC project pages at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm). Do other tools exist that could be applied to other file types (e.g. wor)? Thanks for your help. Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. sit

RE: MI-L versions of MI generated files

rsion and the "corrected" stamp version. These considerations are important to those who are worried about backwards compatibility of MI files (not just MBX, but also wor, tab, and which one besides those?) when one knows that there has been a recent tendency by MI to modify the &quo

MI-L MB: EOF() on text files

e printed twice. Is there a way to prevent that? TIA Jacques Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://www.tot

MI-L SUM MB: EOF() on text files

Jacques PARIS e-mail (>>>19.12.00) [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.total.net/~rparis/gisproducts.htm For MapBasic questions see the J.Paris site at http://www.total.net/~jakesp/index.htm List Sponsor Di

RE: MI-L Line attributes

indicate a change in direction (a curve?); but a change of direction is not enough to define a "curved" portion; the intensity of the change must be defined and only the user can specify it. Jacques Jacques PARIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, see the Paris PC Consult enr. sit

RE: MI-L A Mapping Puzzle for Savants

. Jacques Jacques PARIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Thoen Sent: April 23, 2001 1:30 PM To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L A Mapp

MI-L new "consolidated" site

. Advise me please if you have any trouble with it (I am convinced that beta is my middle name, I cannot really go beyond it, always fixing or adding, never satisfied!) Jacques PARIS [EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com

RE: MI-L Sorting

uot;numbers" contain also letters (123A or 456bis) there will be problems. I really prefer this kind of puzzle! Jacques PARIS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: MI-L: MB: SHADE statement. Varying colour/line styles.

inition requester. I would be more than interested to be contradicted on this point. A work around would be to add the original map as a new layer on top of the thematic layer and force it to be displayed as "no fill" regions with the line style you wish. Jacques Jacques PARIS mailto:

MI-L ppcc site news

to rework LayScale that is still well ahead of Scalebar (more styles, more flexibility in the definitions, position independent of frames ...) with of course some drawbacks (do not work in a mapper, has only 7 types of distance unit...). This latest version is available in the MLC section Jac

RE: MI-L MI/MB Geocoding problem

uld thus be answered simply: a region with its centroid outside one of the region's polygons does not exist in MI. Jacques PARIS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL P

MI-L adding a font

, the name appears as a font but the sample is courier (the default when nothing is found) and it is not listed in the symbol fonts. Was it a problem with MI6.0 (no patch)? Where should I be looking for a solution? TIA Jacques Jacques PARIS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit th

MI-L MI icons

Does anyone know where and how the MI icons for buttonpads are stored? They do not seem to respect the rules for custom icons for the simple reason that they are numbered sequentially while in a custom dll the numbers should be all odd or all even. Thanks for any clue. Jacques PARIS mailto

RE: MI-L MI 6.5 Workspace compatibility

out every "intervening" new statement. Pretty risky! Jacques Jacques PARIS mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For MapInfo support, visit the Paris PC Consult enr. site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

MI-L MI: edited cosmetic

a "no requester" solution has lead to the question: is this behaviour (asking to save non existing objects) unavoidable? Or is it a "semi"- bug? (MI checking only if the layer has been edited but not if there are objects left on that layer) All that with MI6.0 Jacques Paris [EM

RE: MI-L MI: edited cosmetic

John, You way is certainly more elegant and faster. I buy it. But it does not prevent a requester to appear when trying to close the mapper. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.com Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.pa

RE: MI-L Clearing the Cosmetic Layer

Gareth, Thanks for such a clear summary. If every body was doing half as good as you, the list will become even better for all. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ L

MI-L createcircle bug?

occur. Whose fault is it? Createcircle() or Area()??? MI 6.0 Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To u

MI-L MI brush patterns

. I will say it again, all my "productions" are on-going processes and are subject to corrections, improvements and developments; I am just counting on your feed back and contributions to keep the ball rolling. Thanks to all Jacques Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInf

MI-L SUM: createcircle bug?

s that if the x or the y (or both) of the circle center is =0, this kind of result will occur. Whose fault is it? Createcircle() or Area()??? MI 6.0 Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.com

MI-L brush patterns

My apologies to all. I am so fresh to the new site that I forgot the .com in the address that should read http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/mb_r/doc/doc_start.htm Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.

MI-L brush patterns revisited

that area that will corroborate the observations made by my French co-lister? Any insight in this dual mode of storage and its consequences? Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo support > http://www.paris-pc-gis.com _

RE: MI-L Positioning MI Windows

empirical way I have used in one of my app (vusymb) was to ask the user to position the upper right corner (outside) of the info window at the upper right (inside) corner of the MI workspace. The app will then read the x,y position of the info window and deduce Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L Brush Patterns revised

w.paris-pc-gis.com/mb_r/doc/doc_start.htm Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail

RE: MI-L rotating view

the only solution left to you and you want more details, do not hesitate calling me. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Weston, Glenn Sent: May 22, 2001 11:3

RE: MI-L Neat little trick to add specialized characters to MapInfo

Put a zero in front only if one is required. There are 2 different Windows definitions of the characters and the old 3-digit 133=a is not the most recent 4-digit one Alt>0133=. but 33=033=0033=! Oh! what the heck! Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.

RE: MI-L Docking 3rd party buttonpads at startup?

n late summer. Ditto about my e-mail address that should be [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Miguel Iturralde Sent: May 23, 2001 11:18 AM To:

MI-L MLC site news

region or line hatchings. To learn more about it and download the zip files, check the MLC_INI Applications section of the MLC site at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/mlc/mlc_main_en.htm Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com __

MI-L MI new Symbol setting changer MBX

I have installed on the BETA page of our site a "Symbol Setting Changer" mbx that allows the user to change one or more of the style settings of the symbols contained in a selection, while keeping the other settings unchanged. These settings are size, shape and color; plus style for TTF and Custo

RE: MI-L help with objects in tables in mapbasic

end sub ' function allcols(inf as string,ncol as smallint) as string dim i as smallint dim a as string a="" for i=1 to ncol a=a+"infil1.COL"+str$(i)+"," next allcols=left$(a,len(a)-1) end function '= Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MI-L help with objects in tables in mapbasic

with specifying the entire list of the columns of the desired table. Here is a small function that would simplify the task. The calling program is larger than the function! Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROT

RE: MI-L SQL 'Intersects" Query ... Line Centroids

ic window. You will have to write a MBX just for that. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lorne Ketch Sent: July 31, 2001 7:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sub

MI-L MI: MBX launched at MI opening

Setting is ME, MI6.0. Command line is "C:\program files\mapinfo\professional\mapinfow.exe" "C:\program files\mapinfo\professional\ptools\padmastr_stup.mbx" Printed message is C:\program files\mapinfo\professional\ptools\padmastr_pos.ini TIA Jacques Paris [EMAIL PRO

RE: MI-L Shields

troidx(obj)+100, centroidy(obj)+50,1000) Incidentally, the set coordsys statement is required only if you enter numbers as part of the x and y expressions. Finally, the circles will be created with the style set for regions with a tranparent fill or not, mainly with any line style you wish. Jac

MI-L Grid Handler and Millenium.

it, at least with me. Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support: http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED

MI-L TAB file format

I am looking for the specifications of the .TAB file, and particularly to the "statements" that could be included in it. As an example, is it possible to add the equivalent of a "set map... Layer... Zoom (miniz,maxiz)"? Jacques Paris [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo Support:

RE: MI-L Mapbasic Coding

ustom tool handler. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wohlgemuth, David Remi Francois (David) Sent: August 20, 2001 05:27 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: MI-L Scale bar - Add unit to

Divide the value for one millimeter by the length of the unit in millimeters. A chain = 66 feet = 66 * 12 * 25.4 = 20116.8 mm Parameter would be 111319933.8/20116.8 = 5533.68 Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message

RE: MI-L Getting the name of the thematic layers

e(1) (first and only created). If you add a new thematic to the same table its name > table_name(2). If you remove (1), the other remains (2) (a little bit like the queries with their ever increasing ID) Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-g

MI-L news from the MapBasic_Ressource Center and the MLC site

. Accessible under "MLC INI applications" at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/mlc/mlc_main_en.htm I take that opportunity to thanks all those who have contributed one way or the other to my on-going projects. I hope you will continue showing your interest and sharing your experience, and that ma

MI-L RE: redirecting results from message window to text file

esults run command "Run Program ""Notepad.exe"" & "" "+c+" "" " Hoping this will stimulate more operationnal ideas. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message-

MI-L run command and print #

enclosed in quotes", wouldn't you have interpreted that as all the restrictions we were warned about? I expect to learn I am right and I already hate it. Any work around? Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___

RE: MI-L CoordSys clause bounds from MapperInfo

As this a possible track to investigate and not a sure explanation, I would appreciate confirmation of it. Thanks Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf O

RE: MI-L output to PDF

laying them with no border and add the chopped up border plines to regain the details. There may be some tiny gaps, if you zoom c;soe enough. I would rather have a greater number of objects with the original details then fewer and coarser ones. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasi

MI-L split polygon (beta mbx)

love to hear your comments in that domain. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsu

RE: MI-L Getting WindowIDs

WinNavig.mbx that can "flick" through all open mappers and browsers is part of the MLC_INI applications available at www.paris-pc-gis.com/mlc/mlc_main_en.htm Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- Fr

RE: MI-L Set zoom to layer in .tab file

mage is open. ZoomLayr is an MLC_INI application in http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/mlc/mlc_main_en.htm Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Franco P. Pet

RE: MI-L Help With Windows API

note "problem with call to GetDiskFreeSpaceEx" end if end sub '=== Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Fe

RE: MI-L Set zoom to layer in .tab file

, and I, are looking for is to be able to intervene in the automatic procedure that MI uses when opening a raster file for fixing the zoom layering bounds, or correcting in a "permanent" way those parameers. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-

MI-L dimensions of an ellipse

? Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put

MI-L rowid of selected object

eractively with the MapBasic window, it is very easy to find if the selected object is the last record; there will be only one line in the browser. Awaiting for some good challenges. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-

1st sum: MI-L rowid of selected object

answer, except such a tool is required to get the answer. I am still looking for a way to do it without outside resources. I am sure that there is something lurking in the shadows... Light, please Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com

sum: MI-L rowid of selected object

That's it, I knew it was around, as simple as commandinfo(2) to get the rowid of the selected object in its base table, or the rowid of the first one (in the table order) if more than one are selected. Spencer, where do you want the flowers to be delivered? Jacques Paris e-mail [

RE: MI-L Fetch

le order of all selected objects). After packing, rowids will be updated to eliminate the "empty" records. The question is how to interpret your "... if the selection has deleted rows above it, they don't get counted" Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/Map

RE: MI-L Label Expressions

d be compensated by the fact of having "real" labels if that is the aim. In both cases, any change to the base table (graphic or data) may mean redoing the entire operation. All that to say that a conditional labelling tool would be more than welcome. Jacques Paris e-mail [

sum: MI-L rowid of selected object, correction

elected<<< If more than one records are selected, commandinfo(2) will return the one that was SELECTED LAST. I was still working with the way "find query" works and expanded my experience without checking properly my conclusions. My apologies to all and my thanks to Peter. Jacqu

MI-L MapBasic_Resource Center and MLC project news

"print chr$(12)" that is drowned in ten+ lines of code just for getting the "Open Book" icon operational. A click on it and it wipes clean the Message window. This is an app that will never warrant a MultiLingual treatement. It comes with its source code. I will keep it i

RE: MI-L (no subject)

ier = 1 No displacement : xdisplacement, ydisplacement = 0 The four parameters are required. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Septembe

RE: MI-L Creating Layouts in MapBasic - How to autosize legend frames

principles should apply with variations in relative alignment of the various frames. Now, all that is pure abstraction, but the little tests I conducted indicate that it is a potential way to build a solution. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-

MI-L clip2layout

listed some ideas. As I have already sketched some solutions, this tool is going to evolve fast, even faster if you react quickly. Keep looking at the site to find its latest evolution. Clip to Layout is installed in the Beta area at http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/index.html Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL

RE: MI-L MapBasic question - Style override

. In your case, I would use windowinfo(frontwindow(),15) that returns a string with all the statements required for cloning the window. Scanning through it to find SET MAP ... LAYER (right layer id) DISPLAY and read the following word as OFF, GRAPHIC or GLOBAL Cumbersome to code but executes in a jiff

RE: MI-L Duplicate running of a MBX

I could not replicate this strange behavior with M) 6.0 and Windows 2000 Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: October 5, 2001

RE: MI-L Why is it faster?

, MI will create a "native" file .DAT (you do not have to export/import in MID/MIF to do it). That dat file has a database structure (in fact it is essentially a dbf file) that can support indexing (a txt file cannot). This is the essential difference in the speed for creating thematic maps

RE: MI-L creating lines

This kind of tranformation as well as many others are described in details in "Global operations on objects within MapInfo" that you will find in http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/mb_r/doc/doc_start.htm Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-

RE: MI-L Querying an objects attributes

If you just want RGB, why don't you use a "general" app such "WhatColor.exe" by Hikaru Nakahara. If you register, the US$8.00 will be well spent (http://order.kagi.com/cgi-bin/r1.cgi?QIF ) Download at http://www.hikarun.com/e/wcolors.htm Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PR

MI-L bmp formats for custom symbols

the design is exactly the same. I would apprciate confirmation that there are indeed several bmp formats and that MI does not recognize all of them. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-

RE: MI-L colours

I believe that you will get a better output from the "Printest.zip" set of tables David Berrian made available "long" time ago on http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/ Load the Filtests.wor and print. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://

RE: MI-L bmp formats for custom symbols

/mxr/gfx/index-hi.html for some useful graphiic file information. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jacques Paris Sent: November 14, 2001 20:00 To

RE: MI-L joining polylines for regions

ecessary fixing, and start again. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Isaacs, James 9749 Sent: November 21, 2001 09:51 To: 'Paul Simpson'; &

RE: MI-L calling some functions while drawing or digitizing

to be proven wrong and find a solution to this problem. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of sreejit n Sent: November 26, 2001 00:06 To: [EMAIL

RE: MI-L calling some functions while drawing or digitizing

MapInfo 6.0 and 6.5." Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of George M Smith Sent: November 26, 2001 11:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MI-L cal

RE: MI-L W32.Badtrans.B@mm Virus

Yesterday a message with only the attachment "Setup.Doc.Scr" was stripped by my Outlook. The sender's address (somewhat ending in .it) was unknown when I replied. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Me

MI-L MI: colors in create styles

ave a clue? I would appreciate finding an explanation to something that has been bugging me for a long while. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com ___ List hosting p

RE: MI-L MapBasic Freeze

the MI/ME coupling. Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapInfo/MapBasic support http://www.paris-pc-gis.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Booth Sent: October 12, 2001 06:00 To: MapInfo-L Subject: MI-L MapBasic Freeze Hi Everyone,

RE: [MI-L] Ghana National (War Office Spheroid) UTM coordinates

It may be a problem of transcription but there is some thing strange in that line: False Easting: 274319.51 m (90,000 Gold Coast Feet) with 1 Gold Coast foot = 0.3047997101815 m Perhaps it is 900,000 Gold Coast feet? Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto

RE: [MI-L] flow charts?

I have added quite recently Strings2Stripes.mbx that would create stripes with widths proportionate to values of a column and based on lines or polylines, to the BETA section of www.paris-pc-gis.com/download.htm Jacques Paris e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] MapBasic-MapInfo support http://www.paris

RE: [MI-L] deleting or isolationg duplicate records

Do you mean that www.paris-pc-gis.com/download.htm does not work? Skimall.mbx is in the PPCC section jacques paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Gagnon Sent: 20 janvier 2006 12:11 To: Mapinfo List Subject: [MI-L] deleting or

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

expecting much requests and I put it on the French page only; sorry about it but I am sure you will find it. Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pease Sent: 1 février 2006 16:12 To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com Subject:

RE: [MI-L] Settle a bet - Is MapBasic Programming or Scripting?

program becomes a .EXE). The question of the "distance" between a programming language and pure machine language is quite beyond what I think the basic difference between scripting and programming is in fact. Jacques Paris ___ MapInfo-L m

RE: [MI-L] Determining how many polygons occupy the same area

(frontwindow(), centroidx(obj), centroidy(obj))-1   Jacques Paris   PS I have had lots of problems some years back writing a mosaics program because of left over splinters between objects due to slight changes in geometry resulting from splits and erases. I am wandering if the one-shot approach I mentioned

RE: [MI-L] Text to Date

production tool, but as soon as I consider the conversion functions stabilized (it all depends on you) I will make them available for reuse in your programs,   Thank you   Jacques Paris -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry McDonnell Sent

[MI-L] logical to numeric

num_logic(1)*num_logic(2)*…   I would appreciate any comment on that issue and proposed solution. TIA   Jacques Paris ___ MapInfo-L mailing list MapInfo-L@lists.directionsmag.com http://www.directionsmag.com/mailman/listinfo/mapinfo-l

RE: [MI-L] logical to numeric

” operations (I guess because the variable types are checked before the operation is carried out and that nobody allowed for the logical type to be treated numerically)   It is one more example of the “niceties” MapBasic contains that can documented only by experience.   Jacques Paris -Original

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