Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional User Manual

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Deciding to work with Linked or Live Access Tables....................................183

Comparing and Contrasting Live and Linked Access to a Table..............184

Opening a DBMS Table in MapInfo Professional...........................................185

Opening a DBMS Table............................................................................185

Creating a New DBMS Table ...................................................................187

Refreshing Live and Linked Remote Tables ............................................189

Unlinking a Table from a Remote Database ............................................189

Saving a DBMS Table ..............................................................................190

Conflict Resolution when Multiple Users Access a Remote Table ..........190

Disconnecting from a Remote Database..................................................192

Working with Styles in DBMS Tables........................................................192

Working with Remote Tables from Specific Databases.................................193

Working with SQL Server Tables..............................................................193

Working with SQL Server with SpatialWare Tables..................................194

Working with PostGIS Tables...................................................................194

Working with Oracle Spatial Tables..........................................................195

Chapter 8: Drawing and Editing Objects.......................................................201

Understanding the Drawing and Editing Tools..............................................202

Using the Drawing and Editing Commands..............................................202

Adding Nodes to an Object (Overlay Nodes Command)..........................203

Drawing Objects................................................................................................203

Specifying an Object's Spatial Attributes .................................................203

Reverting to a Previous Version ..............................................................204

Using the Ruler Window as You Draw......................................................204

Object Styles............................................................................................205

Printing Fill Patterns.................................................................................205

Drawing Polygons and Polylines.....................................................................205

Converting a Polyline to a Region............................................................207

Converting Objects into Polyline Objects ................................................207

Drawing Symbols..............................................................................................208

Changing a Symbol Style on a Map.........................................................208

Supported Fonts for Symbols...................................................................208

Working with Custom Symbols.................................................................209

Working with Text on the Map .........................................................................210

Editing Objects.........................................................................................211

Positioning and Sizing your Map Objects.................................................211

Changing your Map Object Attributes.......................................................214

Reshaping Map Objects...........................................................................215

Using "Snap To" to Select Nodes and Centroids......................................216

Setting Snap Preferences for a Visible Snap Area...................................217

Autotracing Objects..................................................................................218

Smoothing and Unsmoothing Lines..........................................................219

Converting Regions to Polylines...............................................................219

Merging One Map into Another ...............................................................219

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