MI-L Problems with Layer Control Command

Hello, I have a map system with a lot of normal layers as well as a lot of thematics. I encounter problems when using the standard Layer Control Menu command from within Mapinfo Professional to turn on and off the display of a particular thematic layer. When I use the Layer Control menu command,

MI-L Status Window: Building Thematic Objects dialog window blinking

When running scripts to build large map systems with a lot of thematic layers, Mapinfo seem to require that you have the Mapinfo Professional window active all the time, otherwise it stops and the icon on your desktop starts blinking, and you need to click on it to move on. Is there any way around

MI-L Zoom layering - Area layering ?

Hello, It is easy to program a specific layer to be visible only in a specified zoom range. Does anyone know if it is possible to program a specific layer to be visible only in a specific geographical area? Regards Jan - List

MI-L Transparent slices on Thematic Layers Pies is filled with garbage

Hello, I have problems with Pies with Transparent slices. My pies seem to work in most situations, but slices with transparent contents is sometimes filled with garbage pattern (non-transparent fill). The pies are programmed using the Shade command, and the pattern of the problematic slices have

MI-L Using coln to reference columnname in a table

Hello, I am using the coln (i.e col4 or col6) to reference an unknown Columnname (i.e. the column name is defined during run time) in a Mapbasic program. The coln reserved word is used in a Shade statement to create a thematic map layer on top of a normal mappable table. In my application I need

MI-L Converting labels to text on a global map

Hello, I would like to convert the labels to text boxes on a global map, and my problem is that I need to have a zoom width of approx 100x100km in order to get the right sized textboxes. Since the Transfer Current Label function of the Labeler Tool only work inside the visible rectangle of the map

MI-L Pushing Mapinfo to the limit with respect to no of columns in thematic maps

Hello, I am trying to come round the following known limitations of Mapinfo/Mapbasic: 1) Max number of columns in a table = 255 2) Max number of fields in a pie chart = 30 My challenge is that the information I want to display in thematic maps consists of far more than 255 information fields/col

MI-L Using Mapinfo in a presentation with a Projector

Hello, I will do a presentation/demo tomorrow, and I am wondering if it is possible in any way to control the MAPINFO setup in such a way that the audience do not see my control menus++ on the projector screen? I.e the only thing I want to show on screen is a map window, and not menus, bars and w

MI-L Shade statement - Pie Chart Map problem

Hello, I have a Mapbasic program which generates pie-chart diagrams on a group of objects. Simplified is the command like this: Shade vartablealias With col4, col5, col6, pie Angle 90 Max Size 1 Units "cm" At Value 1000 vary size by "SQRT" bor

MI-L Thematic Map - Bar Chart Bug ?

Hello, I have a question about strange behavior in my Thematic Map: Problem: I am drawing a thematic bar chart with a mapbasic program using the command Shade The data input comes from a table with 30 fields/columns. Most of them contains 0 (zero). When I draw a barchart based

MI-L Free Mapinfo Global Layers

Hello, I am searching for Mapinfo Layers of global nature, preferably free: -Ocean -Bathymetry Depth maps -Oil fields -Oil and Gas Pipelines -Country borders -Main cities -Airports -Main roads Any tips? Thanks Jan

MI-L Maximum number of parts in a pie chart thematic

What is the maximum number of parts in a pie chart thematic ? Cheers Jan

MI-L Need help to control individual colors in bar or pie charts from column fields

Need help to control individual colors in bar or pie charts from column fields. How do I set the colors of individual parts of bar or pie charts. Example: Lets say that I have a stacked bar chart consisting of the following two Field Elements from a table: Cars=10, Bikes=20 If I create a