RE: MI-L clipping multiple regions......

2005-09-21 Thread Milo van der Linden
You should create a new shape from the combined polygons: - Select all required polygons - Copy them into a new table using Save copy as (selection) - Open the newly created table - Objects - Combine - create a single shape - Change display settings so they won't disrupt your map - Select the new

Re: MI-L clipping multiple regions......

2005-09-21 Thread Data Directions
Mark, Maybe make the Cosmetic layer editable, select your multiple polygons, and do a CNTL-C folllowed by CNTL-V (cut and paste). Then choose Objects Combine to combine all polygons in the Cosmetic layer. Then use this merged polygon for your clip region. Regards, Bill

RE: MI-L clipping multiple regions part 2

2005-09-21 Thread Milo van der Linden
Make sure you save the changes to the table first because I asume you cannot clip on a In Memory object, only on MapInfo Object that is physically in a table. I think for that same reason that it cannot be done on the cosmetic layer -Original Message- From: Brown, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL