RE: [MI-L] Frame Scale

2006-10-20 Thread Spencer Simpson
Some interest was shown in how I was calculating frame scale. I'll post the code in a separate message. As I said in my previous message, all methods are convoluted and inaccurate. Perhaps too inaccurate to meet anyone's needs. That ObjectInfo() or ObjectGeography() call for a frame window

RE: [MI-L] Frame Scale

2006-10-18 Thread Spencer Simpson
As you probably know, the frame scale is not the same as the map scale, because of the way MapInfo fits a map view into a frame. But in a layout, of course, it's the frame's scale that matters. It would sure be nice if there were just an ObjectInfo() or ObjectGeography() call for this, but