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Click to sort tables based on the order they were opened. The most
recently opened table displays first. In tree view mode, the table type Recently Opened
First
nodes always display in ascending order. The sorting criteria persist
across different MapInfo Professional sessions.
About the Table List Menu Options
Right-click on a table in the Table List to view a pop-up menu with the following options:
• Select All from - Select this option to select all the rows in the table together. If a table is selectable,
this menu item includes the table name. For unsupported tables, this menu option is unavailable.
• Browse - Select this option to open a table in a Browser window and edit records, copy records, add
new records, or delete existing records.
• Open in new Map Window - Select this option to open the table in a new Map window.
For more information, see Opening MapInfo Tables in the Help System.
• Export - Select this option to open the Export Table to File dialog box to export the table. You can
export graphics and tabular data to MapInfo Professional format (MIF). Only tabular data can be
exported to Delimited ASCII (*.txt), dBASE DBF (*.dbf), and Command delimited CSV (*.csv).
• Refresh - Select this option to refresh WFS, Universal Data, and DBMS tables. It is enabled for single
selection only.
WFS table - It refreshes the WFS layer based on the WFS server settings and the filter options set
for WFS Refresh in the Web Services Preferences. It is enabled for a WFS table when connection to
the Internet or intranet is established.
Universal Data table - It refreshes the Universal Data table, such as AutoCAD ® , Microstation Design ® ,
and ESRI ArcSDE datasets.
DBMS table -It refreshes a MapInfo Professional linked table with the most recent data residing on
the remote database for that linked table. It is enabled when there are no pending edits against the
table.
• Table Structure - Select this option to specify the field name, field type, number of characters (width),
and whether the field is to be indexed for each field in your new database. You also indicate whether
or not the table is mappable by associating graphic objects with records and, if so, whether the map
is to be an earth or a non-earth map. Collectively, this information is the structure of your database.
For more information, see Modify Table Structure Dialog Box in the Help System.
• Create Points - Select this option to create point objects for a database that has X and Y coordinates
or longitude/latitude coordinate information. These points can be displayed on a map. If you do not
have coordinates in your table, then use Geocode to match some other geographic information (such
as street address) against a table that already has graphic objects.
For more information, see Create Points Dialog Box in the Help System.
• Update Column - Select this option to change a column's value by updating a table based on its own
data values or by updating a table based on data from another table. This dialog box remembers the
column that was updated the last time update was run and the expression that was used for updating
a column the last time an update was run.
For more information, see Update Column Dialog Box in the Help System.
• View/Edit Metadata - Select this option to view the metadata of a managed table.
• Add to Library - Select this option to create a metedata record for the layer in the MapInfo Manager
Library. You can perform this operation only after selecting the Catalogs and Library Mode preference
for library services and while at least one unmanaged native table is open.
For more information, see the Catalog Browser Help System.
To set preferences for library services: on the Options menu point to Preferences, select Web
Services, and click the Library Services tab.
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