MapInfo Forum 2014

MapInfo Professional

TIPS & TRICKS

Tony Maber – Senior Consultant Location Intelligence

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• A MapInfo table does not provide control over the

display order of map objects.

• A query made from a MapInfo table is drawn in the

order that the data appears in the query.

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Use the "MapInfo Dispersed Groups" font.

• Thematic maps or queries

Each color block represents a group of symbols that do not overlap when on the same coordinates

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nTime = Timer()

Drop Index your table (YOUR COLUMN )Update Addresses Set (YOUR COLUMN ) = (YOUR COLUMN EXPRESSION )Commit Table your table Interactive

Create Index On your table(YOUR COLUMN )Print "Done after " + (Timer() - nTime) + " secs"

The above can be done through the user interface.

Use the Table > Maintenance > Table Structure command to get rid of

and restore the index.

This can also

be done through

the user interface

Drop the index.

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Drop the index and use the FastEdit option.

nTime = Timer()

Drop Index your table (YOUR COLUMN)Set Table Addresses FastEdit On Undo Off

Update Addresses Set YOUR COLUMN = YOUR COLUMN EXPRESSIONCommit Table your table Interactive

Set Table Addresses FastEdit Off Undo On

Create Index On your table(YOUR COLUMN)

Commit Table your table Interactive

Print "Done after " + (Timer() - nTime) + " secs" The FastEdit setting

can only be turned on

through MapBasic.

If the FastEdit option is turned on there is NO ability to revert the changes to

the table. So be very careful using this!!!!!

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Ever tried printing to PDF and found stray lines appear

on your printout?

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Go to Options>Preferences>Output Settings>Printing

Turn on “Polygon Mode” and the lines should be gone!

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This option is found in the

Layer Properties >Layer Display tab.

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• Map Objects

• Labels

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In the Browse->Pick Fields

dialog box…

• If you do not need to see all of your

columns, use the Save As Default Browser View option.

Not a permanent change

to your table.

• Columns are hidden, not removed.

• To remove or modify permanently

use Table Maintenance->Table Structure

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Rather than

having to

generate a

thematic

layer every

time you open

a base table,

retain the

preferred

thematic view

as the default

view for that table. Simply choose to “Associate Theme

with Table” from the Modify Thematic Map dialog

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Use the Tool Manager dialog box to effectively

manage the tools you use

• Automatically run a tool every time MapInfo Professional is started

• Avoid using Autoload for too many tools!

• Remove tools you do not need

• Bring your commonly used tools to the top of the list

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Often we create a

trade area display that

actually draws focus

to areas outside the

catchment.

Using the “Mask” tool

from the available

MapBasic Utilities, we

can create a focus on

our catchment area.

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In Layer Control, you can suspend map redraws and

make multiple changes to layer settings.

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