hi i have a requirement to convert shape files to tab files. I tried converting it to mif files and then use mitab tool. now i want the tab files to be...
Sent to both MI-L and MITAB list: This e-mail was sent to me from Bill Wemple, MapInfo Corp after my reply to Jaromir Svasta about where to find datum...
Hi I have a requirement of conversion of shape files to tab files. We converted shape to mif and then using tab2tab tried creating tab files. Now, the...
... In you add an "Index..." line to the MIF header then tab2tab will read it and will index the specified fields, e.g. Version 300 Charset "Neutral" Delimiter...
... Very nice. I have created a bug in the MITAB bugzilla about updating the MITAB tables: http://www.maptools.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=608 If someone...
... The m_bSmooth flag corresponds to the PLINE's SMOOTH keyword in the MIF spec. The MIF spec only says that when this is set then the polyline is smoothed,...
Hi, I am using tab2tab.exe with great success from the command prompt. I also have an application which executes tab2tab with the Shell command in Visual...
Manfred - The sourcecode zip file for MITAB includes a VB example called mitab_vb_test.vb. It contains vb procedures to read and write MapInfo files. Ive...
Thanks, that's great. I missed that file when I was trying to figure out how to use the mitab.vb... :) It would be great if future releases would contain a...
Hi, Does anybody know how to plot symbols WITHOUT the circling ring around the symbol. My code looks something like this (Delphi 7): mitab_c_set_symbol(ft, 34,...
Compiling with Visual C++ Toolkit (free from Microsoft) This solution worked for me on WinXP. You need to install Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit 2003. Download...
I have edited and compiled the tab2tab.cpp into a dll for use in Visual Basic. I'm not sure everything was correct, the dll was almost as big as mitab.dll (784...
I'm looking for an utility to modify Mapinfo .tab files. I have to change values. I don't know if Mapinfo GUI, or if an Hexadecimal editor can do that. thank...
I'm Looking for an Utility (for Windows) to edit .tab files. I have to change values, and I don't know if I have to use Mapinfo Gui, or Hexadecimal utility, or...
... The black edge is controlled via the "font style" property of truetype symbols (TABFC_FontPoint) and text labels, but I just realized that there is no way...
Hi Torben - Try to change the line: ft := mitab_c_create_feature (ds,TABFC_Point); CatchMitabError; To: ft := mitab_c_create_feature (ds,TABFC_FontPoint);...
Hi Daniel, No - I am creating the file from scratch. I have a data container passing data to a function creating a tabfile, here is the whole function (hope...
... BTW, mitab_vb_test.vb was already included in the contrib directory of the mitab-1.4.0.* packages that you can download on the http://mitab.maptools.org/...
Hi Bo Thanks ! It worked like a charm – no more halo’s – perfect :-) But (as I am a difficult and demanding person) I am now wonder how to control the...
Is there anything in the MITAB api that would allow me to do an "within" type of query? Basically I'd like to be able to select all the polygons within a...
... Andy, You can call SetSpatialFilter() on any OGRLayer (which is a base class of TABFile) to set a query rectangle. Then only features whose geometry ...
Frank, Thanks for the quick response. I also use your shapelib project quite a bit, is there anything similar to SetSpatialFilter within shapelib ? Thanks, ...
... Andy, I think there is a utility program (shputil?) that does rectangular query but I didn't write it and don't know too much about it. The shapelib is...
Frank, I ended up using SetSpatialFilter with an OGRLinearRing and it works great. It filters my selection from 247,203 polygons down to 218 extremelly fast. ...
I am setting a spatial filter as Frank suggested in response to my earlier post. I am setting it with an OGRLineString that has five points in it. However the...
Please disregard my message however for anyone who wants to know or who has the same problem I was having this is what the problem was. When I Spatially...
... Unfortunately SetSpatialFilter() is only available when you use the C++ classes. It is not exposed via the C API which is what we use from VB. -- ... ...
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