Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 186)

To open a database table:
1. Select File > Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, from the Files of type list, select the DBMS connection to work with.
The DBMS connections that you created previously (as described under Creating a Data Source
Connection ) are at the bottom of the Files of type drop-down list. If you have more than one
connection, then the connection name contains a sequential number indicating the order in which
the connection was added.
The Select One or More Tables to Open dialog box opens.
3. In the Database Tables list, select a table to open by adding a check mark beside the table name.
You can select one or more tables. Only the tables that have a check mark beside them will open.
4. Optionally, select how you want the data to display on the map by selecting (highlighting) the table
name and clicking Style.
This opens the Change Table Object Style dialog box where you can specify the display style for
geometry (spatial object types), such as symbols, lines, and regions in the table. The custom styles
that you set only apply to the table that you highlighted (whether it has a check mark beside it or not).
To select more than one table, press Ctrl while selecting table names. Your style choices are made
to all of the tables that you select (that are highlighted in the Database Tables list).
5. From the Preferred View drop-down list, select the view you want of this data .
• Automatic - MapInfo Professional chooses the most appropriate view. If the data is mappable (for
example, graphic objects are attached to the data), for example, MapInfo Professional opens the
table in a Map window. If you have a Map window displayed and the table you want to open is
mappable, MapInfo Professional will automatically open the table in the current Map window. If
the data is not mappable, MapInfo Professional will attempt to open the table in a Browser window.
If the table cannot be mapped or browsed, MapInfo Professional opens the table using the No
View option (no data is displayed).
• Browser - MapInfo Professional attempts to open the table in a Browser window.
• Current Mapper - MapInfo Professional attempts to add your data to the current Map window.
• New Mapper - MapInfo Professional attempts to open the table in a new Map window.
• No View - MapInfo Professional opens the table making the data available for other uses, but no
data is displayed.
When you open a table and select an option in the Preferred View drop-down list, MapInfo
Professional remembers what you selected and uses the same option the next time you open a
table.
6. Click OK.
If a MapInfo message dialog displays asking if you want to overwrite the existing file, click OK. You
have previously opened this file and there is a temporary copy of the file on your machine. MapInfo
Professional will overwrite this temporary copy.
The table, or tables, from your selection open in a Map window (or in a Table browser if the data is not
mappable).
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Opening a DBMS Table in MapInfo Professional