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  • 1.  MapBasic v2021 now available

    Employee
    Posted 11-02-2021 09:08
    As @Andrei Veselov just wrote in the MapInfo Pro Community, we have made MapBasic v2021 is available for download:
    MapBasic v2021 Download.

    Here's a list of the new and enhanced features for MapBasic v2021 divided into a few groups:

    Functions and statements for the ribbon interface
    • Create Ribbon Tab statement: This statement creates a MapInfo Pro ribbon tab.
    • Create Ribbon Context Tab statement: This statement creates a MapInfo Pro ribbon contextual tab.
    • Create Ribbon Context Tab Group statement: This statement creates a MapInfo Pro ribbon contextual tab group.
    • Set Ribbon Tab statement: This statement updates a MapInfo Pro ribbon tab.
    • Set Ribbon Context Tab statement: This statement updates a MapInfo Pro ribbon contextual tab.
    • Set Ribbon Control statement: This statement updates a MapInfo Pro ribbon control.
    • Set Ribbon Clear statement: This statement removes any tabs, contextual tab groups, groups and controls added to the ribbon by a running MBX.
    • Set Ribbon Context Tab Group statement: This statement updates a MapInfo Pro ribbon contextual tab group.
    • RibbonInfo() function: This function returns a property value of a ribbon control.
    • RibbonItemInfo() function: This function returns a property value of a collection item under a control.
    • Execute Ribbon Control Handler statement: This statement executes the MapInfo Pro ribbon control handler.
    Tasks
    • TaskInfo() function: This function returns the ID of a running or completed background task.
    • Set Task Statement: This statement executes an operation on a task with the given task ID.
    Regular Expressions
    • RegExReplace$() function: This function replaces all or single RegEx matches in a string.
    • RegExMatch$() function: This function matches the given RegEx pattern with the input string.
    • RegExSearch$() function: This function gets the index of first the substring matching the given RegEx pattern with the input string.
    Date/Time functions
    • DateAdd() function: This function adds or subtracts a value in date units from the date variable.
    • DateTimeAdd() function: This function adds or subtracts a value in date/time units from the datetime variable.
    • TimeAdd() function: This function adds or subtracts a value in time units from the time variable.
    • DateSnap() function: This function snaps or rounds the date as per the given date units.
    • TimeSnap() function: This function snaps or rounds the time as per the given time units.
    • Age() function: This function returns the calculated age in the specified unit.
    • CurrentAge() function: This function returns the calculated age in the specified unit based on a given input date/time/datetime argument with respect to the current time period of the front time-series enabled map window.
    • FormatDateTime$() function: This function formats the input DateTime value into a specified format and Locale.
    • StringToDate() function: Added two new optional parameters to specify the Date Format and the Locale.
    • StringToDateTime() function: Added two new optional parameters to specify the DateTime Format and the Locale.
    • StringToTime() function: Added two new optional parameters to specify the Time Format and the Locale.
    • FormatDate$() function: Added two new optional parameters to specify the Date Format and the Locale.
    • FormatTime$() function: If the string parameter is passed as empty, MapInfo Pro time format would be the default time format.
    Adornment and Smart Text
    • ​Create Adornment statement: Added a new Smart Text Clause.
    • Set Adornment statement: Added a new Smart Text Clause.
      Tables and Data Access
      • Register Table statement: You can now register OGR files.
      • Commit Table Statement: Has a new token: Background
      • Export Statement: Now allow exporting a table in an OGR file and exporting in the background.
      • TableInfo() function: Added one new attribute.
      Maps and Layers
      • Set Map Statement: Add a new Filter Where clause that applies a filter condition to a layer in a map. Added a new Time clause for time-related map properties.
      • LayerInfo() function: Added three new attributes for the map layer filter. Added thirteen new attributes for time-related layer properties.
      • MapperInfo() function: Added 30 new attributes for time-related map properties.
      Layouts
      • LayoutItemID() function: Updates to the frame parameter properties.
      • LayoutItemWinID() function: Updates to the frame parameter properties.
      Miscellaneous functions
      • MapCad Tools: MapCAD Tools that are executable using the MapBasic Exec() function
      • SessionInfo() function: Has new attribute parameters: SESSION_INFO_TOKENS_ALL and SESSION_INFO_TOKENS_RESERVED
      • CommandInfo() function: Has new attribute parameters for ribbon controls: CMD_INFO_NAME and CMD_INFO_FULLNAME
      • FormatNumber$() function: Adds a new parameter, precision. You can now format a float number as per the precision value.
      • Select Statement: You can now update a WHERE clause condition of a query and also refresh the query without recreating a new query table.
      • IsNull() function: This function determines if a value is null
      We hope you find these new functions and statements useful. If you have any questions, please ask!

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      Peter Horsbøll Møller
      Principal Presales Consultant | Distinguished Engineer
      Precisely | Trust in Data
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    • 2.  RE: MapBasic v2021 now available

      Posted 11-15-2021 16:22

      Is there a timeline for when the User Guide and Reference pdfs will be updated?

      The only options I see are for 2019.3 when I look here.

      Thanks,



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      John Hollingsworth
      Clear Channel Outdoor Holding Inc
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    • 3.  RE: MapBasic v2021 now available

      Posted 11-15-2021 16:25
      Hi John,

      Check here: https://support.precisely.com/products/mapinfo-pro/

      You will need to select version 2021

      Andrei

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      Andrei Veselov
      Precisely
      Troy NY
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    • 4.  RE: MapBasic v2021 now available

      Posted 11-15-2021 16:52

      Found them. Thanks, Andrei! 



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      John Hollingsworth
      GIS Director
      Clear Channel Outdoor
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