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Index Type
Select the spatial index type of the column that has the spatial information in the DBMS table. The spatial
index provides a fast way for MapInfo Professional to access the spatial data in the table. The seven
index types to choose from are SpatialWare, Oracle Spatial, Oracle Annotation Text, SQL Server Spatial,
PostGIS Spatial, MapInfo Professional, and XY Coordinates. (You use the XY Coordinates option when
there is no index.)
Index Column
Required for all index types except XY Coordinates. Choose the name of the spatial column, or in the
case of a MapInfo Professional index type, choose the name of the MICODE column.
X Coordinate, Y Coordinate
Required only if you chose the XY Coordinate or MapInfo Professional index type. Choose the X and Y
columns that contain the point data you wish to map.
Object Type
For spatial databases, select point, linear, or region object types. (Defaults to point object type for MapInfo
Professional and XY Coordinates index types.)
Point: indicates the table only can contain point objects
Linear: indicates the table can only contain lines and polylines
Region: indicates the table can only contain region objects
Per Row Styles
Activates per row styles for the table, which enables you to use different object styles on the remote
table. You can modify the styles of individual objects or groups of objects and save them to the DBMS
table.
This option is only available when the MapInfo_MapCatalog has the structure to support styles; it contains
the columns RENDITIONTYPE, RENDITIONCOLUMN, and RENDITIONTABLE, and when the table
has a minimum of one Char (character) column.
Style Column
When the "Per Row Style" check box has been selected, you must also pick a Style Column from the
drop-down list of candidate columns. Any column that is a character column is a candidate. Since this
column will be overwritten with the style when tables are modified within MapInfo Professional, do not
select a column that contains information.
Once this is done, the table is enabled for per row styles. If none were previously loaded into the tables
column, the default style stored in the MapInfo_MapCatalog SYMBOL column will be used. You may
set new styles simply by modifying the style in the Map window and saving the table.
If the chosen column is read-only (it holds more than 254 characters for example), then your
map data is read-only. Note:
Object Style
Depends on the object types that the mappable table can contain. You can set the default style that the
objects will use for display when they are downloaded.
Symbol: Displays the Symbol Style dialog box where you can select a default symbol for the point data.
Line: Displays the Line Style dialog box where you can select a default symbol for the line data.
Region: Displays the Region Style dialog box where you can select a default symbol for the region
data.
Projection
Opens the Choose Projection dialog box. Specify the projection for the DBMS table. The projection
must match the projection used by the corresponding remote database table.
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