MapInfo Pro Version Release Notes

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1 MapInfo Pro Version This document provides information on new and enhanced features that have been introduced into MapInfo Pro since version It also provides information about resolved issues and known issues that are important to MapInfo Pro users. Contents: UNITED STATES Technical Support: support.pb.com Before You Continue Upgrading MapInfo Pro New Features in this Release Progress and Resolution of Outstanding Issues CANADA Technical Support: support.pb.com EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM Technical Support: pitneybowes.co.uk/software/support ASIA PACIFIC/AUSTRALIA Technical Support: pbinsight.com.au/support

2 Before You Continue Before You Continue This release upgrades (only 64-bit English) installation of MapInfo Pro to version Follow the instructions provided in this document under Upgrading MapInfo Pro. Upgrading MapInfo Pro Your computer must be connected to the Internet to download the MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release. You may install this Maintenance Release provided either or both of the following products are already installed on your computer: MapInfo Pro MapInfo Runtime If both of these products are installed, then the installer upgrades them at the same time. You do not need to run this installer multiple times. Installing MapInfo Pro You must have Administrator rights to run the Installer, and the Installer requires that your TEMP environment variable be set to a valid directory. To upgrade MapInfo Pro to version Maintenance Release: 1. On the PRO tab, in the About group, click Updates. The Pitney Bowes web page displays. 2. On the web page, click the downloads link and follow your web browser's instructions for opening and running the patch file. The file is called MapInfoPro12.5.3MaintenanceRelease.exe, should you choose to save and run it later. 3. Follow the instructions to complete the upgrade. It is important to wait until the installation completes. Advanced Installation for System Administrators This section is for the system administrator installing this Maintenance Release using a command line, and the network system administrator installing this Maintenance Release across the network using a Microsoft Patch (MSP) file. Upgrading in Silent Mode To run the MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release installer in silent mode, from a command prompt change directories (cd command) to where the Maintenance Release.exe file is, and then type: MapInfoPro12.5.3MaintenanceRelease.exe /s /v"silinst=true" Where: /s = runs the setup.exe silently /v = passes the parameter "SILINST=True" into the setup.exe to suppress the GUI. A progress dialog box may display during the installation. You may see a prompt for permission to continue. Click Allow or OK to proceed. 2 MapInfo Pro

3 MapInfo Pro Support Notices SQL Server 212 If connecting to a SQL 212 server with Windows 7 or higher, use the SQL Server Native Client 212 (also known as SQL Server Native Client 11.). Bing Maps Expiration Date Bing Maps has a limited license period, which is specific to each version of MapInfo Pro. The Bing Maps and the Add Bing Roads to Map and the Move Map To features cease working after this date: MapInfo Pro 12.5 on January 1st 216 MapInfo Pro 12. on January 1st 215 Customers with a current maintenance package who would like to continue to use earlier versions of MapInfo Pro (1.5.3, 11..x, 11.5.x, or 12..x) are entitled to use Bing services until January 1st 216. For details, contact your account representative. Locating Your Documentation MapInfo Pro documentation, in the form of PDF files, installs with MapInfo Pro in to the Documentation subfolder. You must have the Adobe Acrobat reader installed to view PDF files. To download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to Installation Instructions are Available in the Install Guide on the DVD For system requirements, installation instructions, and System Administrator notes for performing a workgroup installation, see the MapInfo Pro Install Guide. You can view this document from the DiscStarter application, which launches automatically when you insert the MapInfo Pro DVD in to your machine s drive. From the DiscStarter application: Click Reference and then MapInfo Pro Install Guide, or Click Browse DVD. This launches an Explorer window. Under the PDF_DOCS folder, double-click the MapInfoProInstallGuide.pdf file. Instructions for Activating your License are in the Install Guide Instructions for activating your MapInfo Pro license are in the MapInfo Pro Install Guide. The same information is also in the MapInfo Pro Licensing and Activation Notes (ActivatingYourProduct.pdf). The MapInfo Pro Data Directory Document is on the DVD MapInfo Pro s sample data comes with the MapInfo Pro Data Directory document, which describes the sample data. You can view this document from the DiscStarter application, which launches automatically when you insert the MapInfo Pro DVD into your machine s drive. From the DiscStarter application: Click Reference and then MapInfo Pro Data Directory, or Click Browse DVD. This launches an Explorer window. Under the PDF_DOCS folder, double-click the MIProDataDirectory.pdf file. All Documents Install with your Software After installing MapInfo Pro, you can find documentation files under the Documentation folder where MapInfo Pro is installed (for example, C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\Documentation). Documentation is also available on our website at 3

4 New Features in this Release New Features in this Release Tools and Applications In MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release we have added the following tools. CommandEditor The CommandEditor tool allows you to edit the following commands' resources in MapInfo Pro. Key gesture (Command keyboard shortcut) MenuItem text MenuItem toggle text ToolTip description ToolTip text ToolTip Disabled text Note: The MAPINFOPRO.MNU file is not updated by this maintenance release. However, we have updated the commands' resources in the MAPINFOPRO.MNU file which you can download from You must restart MapInfo Pro for the changes to take effect. SpiderGraph The SpiderGraph tool creates lines between objects in a single table, or between objects from two different tables based on a common identifier. For example, if you have Stores and Customers as two tables, and both tables have a store identifier column then the SpiderGraph tool can create a new table with lines connecting customers to their store. The resulting table contains the lines as well as chosen attributes from the input table(s), along with a column that stores the length of each line. The lines can be color-coded based on their attribute of origin. To obtain more MapInfo Pro resources and downloads, visit Note: If you have already started MapInfo Pro before installing the maintenance release, you will have to add the new tools manually. Layer List Enhancements The following enhancements have been made in the layers list for the Layer window and the Explorer window. The Layers list now supports new keyboard and mouse actions, to make it easier to navigate through the list using arrow keys. As in the previous versions, clicking on a map name brings that map to the front. After you click on a map name, you can use the Up arrow key or the Down arrow key to move the selection up or down within the Layers list. If you double-click a map name, the focus goes to the map window, so that the arrow keys pan the map. This gesture is useful when you want to put the focus in the map window, but you do not want to click in the map window because doing so might clear a table selection. Within the Layers list, when you use the Up arrow key or the Down arrow key to change the selected map name, that map does not automatically come to the front. With a map name selected in the layer list, press Enter to bring that map to the front. Afterwards, you can continue to use the arrow keys to move through the layer list. With a map name selected in the layer list, press Ctrl+Enter to bring the map to the front, and put the focus on the map (so that subsequent arrow keys pan the map). This gesture is useful when you want 4 MapInfo Pro

5 MapInfo Pro to put the focus in the map window, but you do not want to click in the map window because doing so might clear a table selection. Minimized Windows now treated as Hidden The main purpose of a minimized window in older versions of MapInfo Pro was to get them out of the way and in effect make them invisible. In MapInfo Pro version , we introduced the concept of hidden windows. However, we ran into several problems. The minimized windows started to obstruct the status bar. In version , while reading a workspace created by older versions of MapInfo Pro, we bring up the normal windows as tabbed windows. But minimized windows are considered floating windows even though their non-minimized state would be tabbed. Due to such issues and other inconsistencies, in version , we treat minimized windows as hidden. You can use the Window List or Workspace Explorer options to access these hidden windows. New Features in MapBasic The following features have been added/updated in MapBasic: Removing frames from Layout Designer windows You can delete frames from Layout Designer windows using the MapBasic program. The Remove Designer Frame statement, which originally worked only on Legend Designer windows, can now be used on Layout Designer windows as well. If the Window clause specifies a Layout Designer window ID, the statement removes frames from that Layout. If you omit the Window clause, the statement operates on the frontmost open window, that is either a Legend Designer or a Layout Designer window. Altering Text frames in Layout Designer windows MapBasic programs can now alter text frames from Layout Designer windows. The Alter Designer Text statement, which originally worked only on Legend Designer windows, can now be used on Layout Designer windows as well. The MB Syntax is has not changed. But it now supports text frames in the Layout Designer. The following statement can be used to alter the text string, font style, or text position. Alter Designer Text [ Window window_id ] [ ID textframe_id [ [ Text frame_text ] [ Font... ] [ Position ( x, y ) [ Units paper_units ] ] ] ] If you omit the Window clause, the statement operates on the frontmost open window, that is either a Legend Designer or a Layout Designer window. Altering frame position in Layout Designer windows MapBasic programs can now alter frame positions from Layout Designer windows. The Alter Designer Frame statement with the Position clause can now be used on Layout Designer windows as well. The MB Syntax has not changed but it now supports moving frames in the Layout Designer using the Position clause. The Position clause in the following statement can be used to alter the layout designer frame position. Alter Designer Frame [ Window legend_window_id ] Id { frame_id } [ Position ( x, y ) [ Units paper_units ] ] [ Title [ frame_title ] [ Font... ] ] [ SubTitle [ frame_subtitle ] [ Font... ] ] [ Columns number_of_columns ] [ Height frame_height [ Units paper_units ] ] [ Region [ Height region_height [ Units paper_units ] ] ] 5

6 New Features in this Release [ Region [ Width region_width [ Units paper_units ] ] ] [ Line [ Width line_width [ Units paper_units ] ] ] [ Auto Font Size { On Off } ] [ Order { Default Ascending Descending { Custom id id : id [, id id : id... ]... } } ] [ Style [ Font... ] [ ID { id } Text { style_name } ] [Line Pen... Region Pen... Brush... Symbol Symbol... ] ] [,... ] The other clauses are not supported for layout frames. If you omit the Window clause, the statement operates on the frontmost window, that is either a Legend Designer or a Layout Designer window. Refreshing Image frames in Layout Designer windows MapBasic programs can refresh an image frame in a Layout Designer window if the underlying image source file has changed. The new Refresh Designer Frame statement can now be used to refresh image frames. Refresh Designer Frame [Window window_id] ID frame_id [, frameid...] where, "window_id" is a Layout Designer window's integer window identifier. If no window is specified the command assumes the frontmost Layout Designer window. "frame_id" is a number that specifies which frame within the Layout Designer window you want to refresh. Frames are numbered 1 to n, where, n is the number of frames in the layout. Note: As this is a new MapBasic command it cannot be used directly in a compiled MapBasic application using the existing 12.5 compiler. It can be used within a Run Command statement in a MapBasic application or the.net Do method in an integrated mapping application. New Coordinate Systems New Datums added: JGD211 - Datum for Japan Timbalai 1948, Everest 1968 GDM2 MAGNA-SIRGAS The following table lists the Datum parameters: Datum parameters: 6 MapInfo Pro

7 MapInfo Pro New Entries for the Japanese Coordinate Systems These are not included with the Maintenance Release, you can add the following entries in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file manually. The file is located under the Tools folder where MapInfo Pro is installed (for example, under C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional). "Longitude / Latitude (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 1, 162 "Longitude / Latitude (Timbalai 1948, Modified Everest Ellipsoid)", 1, 163 "Longitude / Latitude (MAGNA-SIRGAS)\p4686", 1, 165 "Longitude / Latitude (GDM2 Datum)", 1, 164 "Japanese Zone I (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 129.5, 33,.9999, "Japanese Zone II (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 131, 33,.9999, "Japanese Zone III (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 36, "Japanese Zone IV (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 133.5, 33,.9999, "Japanese Zone V (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 36, "Japanese Zone VI (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 136, 36,.9999, "Japanese Zone VII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 36, "Japanese Zone VIII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 138.5, 36, "Japanese Zone IX (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 36, "Japanese Zone X (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 4, "Japanese Zone XI (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 14.25, 44, "Japanese Zone XII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 44, "Japanese Zone XIII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, , 44, "Japanese Zone XIV (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 142, 26,.9999, "Japanese Zone XV (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 127.5, 26,.9999, "Japanese Zone XVI (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 124, 26,.9999, "Japanese Zone XVII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 131, 26,.9999, 7

8 New Features in this Release "Japanese Zone XVIII (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 136, 2, "Japanese Zone XIX (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 154, 26,.9999, "--- Universal Transverse Mercator (Japan Datum 211 JGD211) ---" "UTM Zone 51 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 123,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 52 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 129,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 53 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 135,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 54 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 141,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 55 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 147,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 56 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 153,.9996, 5, "UTM Zone 57 (Japan Datum 211 JGD211)", 8, 162, 7, 159,.9996, 5, New Projections 35 Added support for Rectified Skewed Orthomorphic projection used in Malaysia. The following is a list of required parameters to be used with the new projection type. For example, for the Peninsular RSO GDM2 Datum entry the parameters are: Parameters Name Projection Number Datum Units Origin Longitude Origin Latitude Azimuth of Central Line Rectified Skew to Grid Scale Factor False Easting False Northing Descriptions Peninsular RSO GDM2 Datum 35 New projection type: Rectified Skewed Orthomorphic 164 GDM2 (based on GRS8 ellipsoid) 7 Units in meters 12.5 Origin of Longitude for projection 4 Origin of Latitude for projection Azimuth of Central Line Rectified to Skew Grid Scale factor False Easting in meters False Northing in meters The new projection #35 will create a version 1252 TAB, MIF, and WOR file. The other new datum numbers will create a version 1252 WOR and MIF file, however, they may not require a TAB version change to 1252 as they use an already supported ellipsoid. The TAB version change depends on other features used in the data, see MapInfo Pro help topic for "File Versions and TAB, MIF/MID, and WOR Support". New Entries for the Malaysian Coordinate Systems These are not included with the Maintenance Release, you can add the following entries in the MAPINFOW.PRJ file manually. 8 MapInfo Pro

9 MapInfo Pro The file is located under the Tools folder where MapInfo Pro is installed (for example, under C:\Program Files\MapInfo\Professional). "Peninsular RSO GDM2 Datum", 35, 164, 7, 12.25, 4, , ,.99984, 84671, "Peninsular RSO Kertau Datum", 35, 47, 7, 12.25, 4, , ,.99984, , "East Malaysia (BRSO) GDM2 Datum", 35, 164, 7, 115, 4, , ,.99984, "East Malaysia (BRSO) Timbalai Datum", 35, 163, 7, 115, 4, , ,.99984, Known Issues Issues with keyboard focus There are some situations where the keyboard focus is not being set to the active window when moving from docked to tabbed to floating. Calculate Statistics The Calculate Statistics command is missing in this release. Issue with dual monitors You may lose floating windows when moving from two monitors to one. On the HOME tab, in the Window group, click Recover Off Screen Windows to restore the windows. Issue with shortcut key in Layer window In the Layer window window, the short cut key (F2) to rename a map may not work properly. If you select a map and press F2, it highlights the entire text, but once you click inside the cell it turns uneditable. Issues with Layout Designer When you have a large number of maps open, the Map drop-down list in the LAYOUT tab may not work correctly. Ribbon items not displaying properly Items added to the ribbon when a tool is loaded through the Tool Manager do not appear when a map window is in a floating mode. View/Edit Metadata option does not exist in this version The View/Edit Metadata menu option is not available when you right click on a map in the Layer Control window. This option is present in the earlier versions. CTRL + F4 does not close Tool windows. Pressing CTRL + F4 does not close Tool windows. It does, however, close other document windows. MapBasic types which contain strings may not be passed correctly to WinAPI DLLs in 64-bit If a DLL function takes a struct type input argument, you can declare a type in MapBasic equivalent to the API struct a function is declared. For structs defined with a string pointer member, there are problems calling into the x64 WinAPI DLLs if you define this equivalent struct member as a String type. Instead, you need to define the struct member as an IntPtr type. For 32-bit MapInfo Professional, the equivalent WinAPI DLL struct could be defined with a String type. 9

10 Progress and Resolution of Outstanding Issues Error message when accessing help from any dialog Users experiencing an issue using the Help System after installing MapInfo Pro should delete the mapinfopro12_5_64bit cache folder under the AppData folder (for example, C:\users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\mapinfopro12_5_64bit). Progress and Resolution of Outstanding Issues MapInfo Pro Issue Number MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO-5913 MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO-4986 Description and Resolution Exporting a map with translucent layer using bitmap fill patterns sometimes does not export colors correctly. The exported images, from Save Window As, now look as good as they appear on the screen. Error opening a WFS-Service in MapInfo Pro. We write a WFS Table Description file (which uses an XML file type) to go along with the TAB file. The file contains information about the server, tables on the server, columns, and any filters used. Due to an XML namespace issue, the Microsoft DOM reader (and in turn MapInfo Pro) is unable to read the file. The default output format for the DescribeFeatureType request (which returns a schema with the table structure) was changed between WFS 1. and WFS 1.1. We were correctly using the new default if the server supports POST requests, but not if the server only supports GET requests. If the server also only supports WFS 1.1 and not the older schema format, it produces an error. Oracle Spatial 12c : In the Open DBMS Table dialog box, do not show the index tables of type MDXT%. Now any Oracle table name starting with MDXT_ are filtered out in the Open DBMS Table dialog box. Users should not name their Oracle tables starting with MDXT_. Inaccuracy in Ruler Tool when zooming in/out. The issue with calculating the first point position to display the distance result in the ruler tool as been fixed. We now calculate the position of all points identically, which produces more consistent results. If the cutter/target object has some polygons with 3 points, the exterior polygons were not getting correctly classified and some object processing operations like overlap calculations and erase were giving incorrect results. The MWS file with an empty BitMap XML element created with MapXtreme Workspace manager, fails to open in MapInfo Pro. 1 MapInfo Pro

11 MapInfo Pro Issue Number MIPRO MIPRO-5688 MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO Description and Resolution In some cases, MapInfo Pro does not show any data for columns type nchar and nvarchar from SQL Server tables. Printing of transparent bitmap fill patterns to PrintOSBM. Improved print quality of bitmap fill patterns for transparent backgrounds. This applies for the Map windows that are being printed using the "Print using Off-Screen Bitmap (OSBM)" print method, or for map frames in a Layout Designer window when the Map has enhanced rendering turned on. The bitmap fills should look similar to the quality of the non-transparent bitmap fills, except that the background is transparent. Provide option to print bitmap fill pattern without smoothing. Added the ability to control whether bitmap fill patterns appear smooth or not when printed using the Print OSBM print method. The Map Option for "Smooth Lines & Borders" is used to specify whether to smooth the bitmap fill patterns. Previously bitmap fill patterns were always smooth for Print OSBM. Certain transparent bitmap fill patterns did not print properly. The output of certain patterns looks slightly different when printed due to the addition of extra pixels in the bitmap pattern. This is most noticeable with region fill patterns B4, D4, and C5. Problems with printing certain hatch patterns to PDF If you are using fill styles C1-H1 and you are printing to the PDF printer, you need to set the correct option in the MapInfo PDF Printer. If your PDF output has fill styles that go outside the bounds of the region(s), you should turn on the following option. In the MapInfo PDF Printer, Properties > Advanced Options > check Enable Postscript Simulation. If you are printing regions that use fill styles D1, E1, or H1, and your Map Options have Enhanced Rendering turned on, you can now toggle smoothing on/off for those fill styles. In the Map Options dialog box, use the Smooth & Lines to adjust the display of those 3 fill styles. If you choose Anti-alias, the fill patterns will be smoothed (this was the old behavior). Now, you have the option to turn off smoothing for those fill patterns by choosing None. MapInfo Pro linked table issue. MapInfo Pro did not reuse a DBMS connection when refreshing/updating a linked table if the connection string in the linked.tab file is modified by changing parameters order or adding spaces. It also happened when working with a linked table created using a connection opened by Server Connect MapBasic function (when connection string parameters order is different from the one generated automatically using GUI). Update to DBMS database causes MapInfo Pro to crash. The crash occurred when the mapcatalog had some invalid data in a column preceding 'coordinatesystem' column (unsupported spatial type for example). Double quotes in column content causes an ORA-136 error in MapInfo Pro. 11

12 Progress and Resolution of Outstanding Issues Issue Number Description and Resolution MIPRO-2267 MIPRO-5831 MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO MIPRO-573 MIPRO MapInfo Pro crashes when exporting or printing a map or a layout with a map that contain polygons with holes. LayoutDesigner - Problem with printing certain text / font combinations. The appearance of certain text strings when using some fonts such as, "tt" and "ff" sometimes get converted to a single character or do not print properly. This happened with the text in the layout designer frames, legend designer frames, or browser windows (or browser frames in layout designer). A specific example of the problem was the word "button" with font Calibri in the layout designer. The letters now print properly. L1N: German: "Create Legend" dialogue - wild card not getting expanded The wildcard strings # and % are used to insert map layer name and legend symbol type into legends. They used to be stored in mires.dll string resources but have been moved out to avoid being inadvertently translated. MapInfo Pro 12.5 crashes when registering a tool using TOOLTABL.DLL The root cause of the issue was that the RegisterTool() signature was changed by introducing one more parameter for ImageUri in x64. As a result, a MapBasic program having the old RegisterTool() function call was causing MapInfo Pro to crash because of signature mismatch. A new function (RegisterToolWithImageUri) has now been introduced containing the new ImageURI parameter. The ImageUri parameter has been removed from the RegisterTool function to support backward compatibility. Minimized windows obstruct the status bar in MapInfo Pro Minimized windows will now be handled as hidden. Use the Window List or the Workspace Explorer to display these hidden windows. An error occurs in some non-english locales when processing a Workspace with minimized or floating windows. "Clear Map Objects Only" command is missing on the Ribbon interface. The functionality was missing in MapInfo Pro , but it is now integrated on the Ribbon interface. Now, the command "Clear Map Objects" is available on the TABLE and the SPATIAL tab in the Edit group. Layout Designer text frames are too small, causing text to wrap onto the second line. When opening a Workspace with a Layout Designer window, there are times when text frames in the Layout Designer are not wide enough, which can cause some of the text to wrap down onto the second line. Previously, the only work-around was to use the mouse to manually resize such text frames to be wider. Now when you open the Workspace, the text frame is wide enough to avoid unintended text wrapping. Polygon Select tool selects outside the polygon if the polygon was not closed by the user. 12 MapInfo Pro

13 MapInfo Pro Issue Number Description and Resolution Now, if the user forgets to close the polygon the application adds the last segment automatically to close the polygon. MIPRO Bing license gets corrupted and stops working after upgrading OS from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1. Now, Bing licenses are unaffected by the OS upgrade. 13