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RE: How to quickly restore Tool Windows to default of docked on the left-hand side

Posted By Nick Lawrence 04-20-2026 20:56
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I am looking for a "Click this button and it just works" solution. And using your clues, I have found it. Options > Application > Tool Windows > Delete State File Also; uncheck Tool Windows > Save on Exit Exit and re-start MapInfo Now the positions of the Tool Windows revert to the defaults ...

RE: How to Register a COG GeoTiff with a mapbasic command

Posted By Nick Lawrence 03-25-2026 20:23
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The COG GeoTiff is a 500MB file, half a GB I have lodged a Support Case PRE-00896875 ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) Brisbane QLD ------------------------------

How to quickly restore Tool Windows to default of docked on the left-hand side

Posted By Nick Lawrence 03-25-2026 02:37
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Most of the MapInfo Pro users in my organisation prefer to have the Tool Windows docked on the left-hand side. Just like it is when you install MapInfo Pro for the first time. Sometimes a Tool Window goes Floating, or disappears from sight. Is there a quick way to restore the Tool Windows to being ...

RE: How to Register a COG GeoTiff with a mapbasic command

Posted By Nick Lawrence 03-25-2026 02:30
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Yes, I experimented by using a Register Table command in the MapBasic tool Window. I specified a CoordSys but deliberately did not specify control points, to allow MapInfo to read the control points embedded in the image. But it failed. It created a TAB file, but with (0,0) for all control points. ...

RE: How to Register a COG GeoTiff with a mapbasic command

Posted By Nick Lawrence 03-23-2026 20:12
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Thank you Peter, Your second method achieved what I want. I am still curious though, why is the "Open Table" button able to read the coordinates embedded in the COG GeoTiff and the "Register Table" MapBasic command not able to read the embedded coordinates? ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence ...

How to Register a COG GeoTiff with a mapbasic command

Posted By Nick Lawrence 03-19-2026 18:04
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Hello all, I have a large number of COG GeoTiff files stored on my file server. I want to write a mapbasic script that loops through all geotiffs in one folder and builds tab files for them, so that other MapInfo users can open them. I only have the GeoTiff, there is no associated TFW file What ...

Silent Install RSS Registry Keys

Posted By Nick Lawrence 01-12-2026 20:15
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Hello all, I am looking at the documentation here on Silent Install and Installing RSS Registry Keys Installing Silently • MapInfo Pro Install Guide • Welcome to the Precisely Help Center It mentions five registry keys: FeedTimeOut, ProductUpdate, ProductUpdateFrequency, NewsFeed, and NewsFeedFrequency ...

GDA2020 / Australian Albers EPSG:9473

Posted By Nick Lawrence 01-08-2026 18:59
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Hello all, GDA2020 / Australian Albers EPSG:9473 GDA2020 / Australian Albers - EPSG:9473 Please can this be included amongst the available CRS in MapInfo Pro Thanks, Nick ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) ...

RE: Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-14-2025 19:42
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Hi Peter and Warren, I am comparing the code that you both supplied (thanks!) and I noticed this difference. Warren has; rc = CreateProcessA(0, cmdLine, 0, 0, 0, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS+CREATE_NO_WINDOW, 0, 0, si, pi) Peter has; nRetVal = WAPICreateProcess(0, sCmdLine, 0, 0, 1, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, ...

RE: The MapBasic Common Libraries

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-12-2025 01:13
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Is there a function to return the File Size of a specified file? And a function to return the Last Write Time of a specified file? Knowing these attributes of a file would allow me to replicate the functionality of robocopy, and trigger the over-writing of a file if and only if the destination was different ...

RE: Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-12-2025 00:44
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Hi Peter, Yes, the idea that I raised is still relevant. I thought that the functionality was important enough that it was worthy of being included in mapbasic ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) Brisbane QLD -- ...

RE: MapInfo Monday: String Manipulation with Python

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-09-2025 21:33
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Is there a function to pad a string with whitespace to achieve a string of a specified length? For example, pad with whitespace on the right so that the string is now 20 characters wide? ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads ...

Can a MBX be run from a read-only folder?

Posted By Nick Lawrence 09-29-2025 22:08
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In my organisation, I write MBX scripts for other users. These users run MBX files from a folder on our file server. On occasion, I need to update an MBX script, but I cannot over-write the MBX file because it is locked by a user who has it open. I am wondering, can an MBX script be run from a ...

RE: Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 09-22-2025 20:59
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Compilation Successful Thanks! Now I have to build the rest of my code around this ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) Brisbane QLD ------------------------------

RE: Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 09-16-2025 19:40
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Sorry, it did not compile For line 53 rc = CreateProcessA(0, cmdLine, 0, 0, 0, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS+CREATE_NO_WINDOW, 0, 0, si, pi) The error is Found [___] while searching for [)]. ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main ...

RE: Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 09-09-2025 02:54
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Thanks! I will try this out ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads (QLD) Brisbane QLD ------------------------------

Wait until Run Program has finished

Posted By Nick Lawrence 09-09-2025 02:01
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I want to write a mbx that executes a RoboCopy command to copy specific MapInfo tables to the user's C: drive, for fast access. I want to use RoboCopy because it will only run if the source files are different to the destination files. This saves unnecessary work. Is there a way to make the mbx wait ...

RE: What happened to the Table structure manager feature in the 64 bit version?

Posted By Nick Lawrence 04-28-2025 22:47
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Hello, I am hoping to run Table Structure Manager in MapInfo Pro v2023. Has the tool been ported to 64-bit? Thanks, Nick ------------------------------ Nick Lawrence Senior Spatial Science Officer Department of Transport and Main Roads Brisbane QLD ------------------------------

RE: Set Window map_win_id Front does not work

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-10-2024 19:10
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I am pasting here code that demonstrates the behaviour that I consider an issue This mapbasic script creates a ribbon with two tool buttons, and one Exit button The second tool button starts off disabled Using the first tool button and clicking inside the map window is supposed to Enable the second ...

RE: Set Window map_win_id Front does not work

Posted By Nick Lawrence 12-09-2024 22:30
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I think I have solved it Though I do not like my solution. My code is supposed to Enable a greyed-out button after the user clicks inside the Map Window, so they can proceed to the next step of the workflow. The bad behaviour occurs when the Map Window is active, then I use my custom Tool button ...