Anyone out there use the MITab Library in association with ASP and VBScript? If you have, I'd be really interested to learn how you did it! Thanks! - Ian...
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Shamim Ahmad Ameer Al...
shamimameer
Apr 11, 2002 1:13 am
You can create a wrapper COM server application which access the MITAB library. From the ASP , you just need to create the COM object and access it through...
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Dave Langley
langleyworld
Apr 11, 2002 1:47 pm
Hello, I'm currently using the MITAB library as a mechanism to transport MapInfo tables from SQL Server (Spatialware) to MapXtreme JAVA. The reason being that...
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listas002
Apr 18, 2002 7:19 pm
Dear Listers Does anybody happen to know where can I find a source code to create "buffers" in polylines. Tanks in advance, Scatena...
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URA
ura@...
Apr 22, 2002 6:42 pm
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pegroups
Apr 25, 2002 1:36 pm
Hello All, Please where can I find the TAB format documentations? I have the MIF/MID from the MapInfo site but no search there could give the TAB format...
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Uffe Kousgaard
haansus
Apr 25, 2002 1:49 pm
There is no official description of the TAB format. You may try this document: http://www.directionsmag.com/tools/index.php?file_id=252 I have an updated...
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Paul Selormey
pegroups
Apr 26, 2002 12:01 am
Hello Uffe, ... Thanks so much. ... Of course, I am very much interested. Can you mail it to me directly? or show me where to download it. Best regards, Paul....
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Uffe Kousgaard
haansus
Apr 26, 2002 6:34 am
Here it is. You will need the original document to compare with, if you want to see exactly what changes I have made. ... From: "Paul Selormey"...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 3, 2002 3:03 am
Hi, I'm using the mitab.pas unit supplied to this list by Bo Thomsen (thanks Bo!). However, through testing I've found a couple of issues, and they're probably...
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Daniel Morissette
dan_morissette
May 3, 2002 4:17 pm
Hi, I have posted a new release of the MITAB library (version 1.2.0) on the website at: http://pages.infinit.net/danmo/e00/index-mitab.html This new release...
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Daniel Morissette
dan_morissette
May 3, 2002 4:23 pm
... A similar bug was fixed in MITAB 1.2.0 ... Added in MITAB 1.2.0 (Oppsss... I just realized that they were not added to Bo's mitab.pas, etc...) ... Differs...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 3, 2002 4:39 pm
Daniel, ... Thanks. ... I'll rebuild it... ... Here are the current mitab.pas signatures: function mitab_c_get_field_name (handle: mitab_handle;...
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Daniel Morissette
dan_morissette
May 3, 2002 5:28 pm
... If you update them then please send them to me so that I can include them in a future release. Or if Bo Thomsen is reading this then maybe he could send...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 3, 2002 8:22 pm
Daniel, Did you by any chance, change how the mitab.dll was compiled, or change one or more compile-time options? I've had to change all the original mitab.pas...
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Daniel Morissette
dan_morissette
May 3, 2002 8:40 pm
... Well, in his notes about the interface (contrib/README_VB.TXT), Bo Thomsen mentioned that in order to use his interfaces you have to use /Gz in the...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 3, 2002 8:45 pm
I'm using the DLL as it was distributed, from the primary web site. So you're saying that Bo recompiled it so that he could get it to work with VB? (It was...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 3, 2002 9:12 pm
Updated to v1.2.0. Does not require recompile of mitab.dll. I've not tested all the function declarations, so it's possible I've not gotten the correct index...
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Daniel Morissette
dan_morissette
May 3, 2002 9:22 pm
I compiled a MITAB_VB.DLL with the /Gz option. Can you please give it a try, and if it works then I'll include it in the distribution. You can download it...
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bvt@...
geobthomsen
May 4, 2002 3:13 pm
Hi all - Sorry for being late for the party, I'm just moving from one office to another.. I've attached the api definition files for pascal/cdecl,...
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bvt@...
geobthomsen
May 4, 2002 3:21 pm
Just another point - when you compile the c-api with the /Gz qualifier the entry points (or function name) changes in the dll. ex: "doSometing (int i, int j)"...
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Uffe Kousgaard
haansus
May 4, 2002 3:50 pm
In the 2 pascal definition files, the return type of the 2 last functions is missing. They should be "longint". It would probably be a good idea, if there only...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 4, 2002 4:07 pm
Uffe, Are you referring to the mitab.pas I emailed to the group yesterday? The .pas would not compile if there was a funcion declaration without a return type....
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 4, 2002 5:03 pm
Hi, I'd like to suggest that if a recompiled DLL is necessary to support an additional language, the DLL name should change accordingly. This will allow...
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Ian Erickson
pariah162
May 4, 2002 6:06 pm
I would second this motion. I really don't like using VB, I'd rather use Delphi but I know that some would really make use of an API compiled explicitly for...
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bvt@...
geobthomsen
May 4, 2002 7:00 pm
To Uffe - Sorry, I was shooting from the hip (and didn't compile/test it).. The definitions should be: function mitab_c_get_field_width (handle:...
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bvt@...
geobthomsen
May 4, 2002 9:28 pm
It is not my day for writing english... To Magellan - Yes, Delphi can use both cdecl and stdcall (and other) calling convention, but VB and MapBasic can only...
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Uffe Kousgaard
haansus
May 4, 2002 9:53 pm
I was referring to the 2 mitab.pas, which Bo had just posted. My idea is this: If one DLL can be used by both C, Delphi, VB and Mapbasic, there is no need to...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 4, 2002 10:31 pm
... Bo indicated that stdcall would be faster than cdecl...I don't know. I would agree that one DLL would be better if it's possible without sacraficing too...
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Magellan
mapdudicle
May 4, 2002 10:45 pm
Here's an updated version of mitab.pas (for Delphi) that relies on the function name matching the mitab.dll function name rather than by using indexes. -M...
