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Product: MapInfo Professional
Version: 8.0
Platform: Citrix; Windows 2003 Server Enterprise; Windows 98 SE; Windows NT 4.0 SP6A; Windows XP Home; Windows XP Home SP1A; Windows XP Home SP2; Windows XP Professional; Windows XP Professional SP 1A; Windows XP Professional SP 2; Windows 2000 Professional SP4
Category: Layer Control

Summary:
Inserting styles into tables (MapInfo Professional v8.0).

Question:
Inserting styles into tables (MapInfo Professional v8.0).

Answer:

There are two kinds of styles in MapInfo Professional. Global styles are set in the Style Preferences dialog box and persist every time MapInfo Professional is started. Session styles are styles created during an edit session and only exist for that session. Session styles apply regardless of the table being edited. This new feature allows a table-based insert style to be defined that can be used to add new features to an editable table. The style information is saved as metadata in the table record and so persists beyond the session.

To insert a table-based style:

1. From the File menu, click Open and select a map to display.
2. Click to display the Layer Control dialog box.
3. Make the layer desired to insert the style for editable by selecting the editable checkbox beside it. The Insert Style button enables:



4. Click the Insert Style button to display the Insert Style dialog box.

Figure: Insert Style



If the layer selected contains a region style, the Region Style button displays as in this dialog box. It may also contain the Line Style button and the Symbol Style button, depending upon the type of layer being edited.

Note: Text Styles are currently not supported

5. Click the button(s) in this dialog box to select the style options you want for this layer.
6. Click OK to save the style options you selected to the table.
7. Click OK in the LAYER CONTROL dialog box to display the styles on the current map. To see this “persistent” quality of the insert style command, save the Map window and close MapInfo Professional. Then start MapInfo Professional again and display the map again.

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