Setting up a mapinfo workspace to open on start
RhodriC
Thomas Bacon
Rhodri,
A simple MBX set to autoload in the tool manager should do the trick.
e.g.
Include "MapBasic.def"
Declare Sub Main
Sub Main
Run Application "c:\some\workspace\path.wor"
End Sub
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Hi,
I think you can do this even more simply.
MapInfo has a special (normally empty) workspace called startup.wor which you will find in the MapInfo programme folder (normally something like c:/programs/mapinfo).
This is always read when you start mapinfo. So if you overwrite it with one of your own (i.e. still in the same place and still called startup.wor) then it should always run whenever MapInfo is started.
I always mention this in our training courses, but yours is maybe the first time I have ever seen somebody wanting to use it!
Tim
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Subject: [MI-L] Setting up a mapinfo workspace to open on start
Afternoon,
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Fra: Thomas Bacon
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Til: mapi...@googlegroups.com
Emne: RE: [MI-L] Setting up a mapinfo workspace to open on start
Rhodri,
A simple MBX set to autoload in the tool manager should do the trick.
e.g.
Include "MapBasic.def"
Declare Sub Main
Sub Main
Run Application "c:\some\workspace\path.wor"
End Sub
Tom Bacon
GIS Engineer, Mouchel
T 01444 472380 │ E thomas...@mouchel.com │ W www.mouchel.com
Our values: innovation │ excellence │ integrity │ responsibility
From: mapi...@googlegroups.com [mailto:mapi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of RhodriC
Sent: 17 July 2014 15:30
To: mapi...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [MI-L] Setting up a mapinfo workspace to open on start
Afternoon,
I've been asked to set someone's machine up so that a specific workspace opens up by default when they start Mapinfo.. I have no idea how to do this as we normally just set people up to have a blank screen and they can go from there as most of our users use more than one workspace.
Can someone please tell me how I can do this? (or even if it as at least possible to do so)
Thanks in advance
Rhodri
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Nicholas G Lawrence
Isn’t this exactly what Startup.WOR is for?
MapInfo will run startup.wor when the user starts MapInfo.
I quote from the help file for MapInfo
Creating a Startup Workspace
STARTUP.WOR is the name you give to a workspace from which MapInfo Professional is run. You can create it so that MapInfo Professional automatically opens various tables and windows on startup. When you use STARTUP.WOR, MapInfo Professional performs the startup actions regardless of what you did in your previous MapInfo Professional session or how you have set preferences for MAPINFO.WOR.
1. Open the tables and windows you want in your workspace. Size and position them as you please.
2. Choose File > Save Workspace.
3. Name your workspace "Startup" and save the workspace into your "home" directory. By "home" directory we mean your private Windows directory.
When you run MapInfo Professional, the following occurs in the order shown:
1. If there is a STARTUP.WOR in the MapInfo Professional program directory, it is run.
2. Then, if there is a STARTUP.WOR in your home directory it is run. (When there is a STARTUP.WOR in both the MapInfo Professional program directory and your home directory, both will= run.)
3. Then, if any file names are given on the command line-or if you double-click a document, MapInfo Professional loads those files. MapInfo Professional support adding workspaces (.WOR), running applications (.APP), and opening databases (.TAB) on the command line.
4. Only if MapInfo Professional did not add a workspace or run a program from the command line does it then check the AutoLoad preference and load MAPINFOW.WOR from the user's home directory. When the preference is set, and the file is found, it is loaded. Note that if we had a workspace or application on the command line, we skip the AutoLoad.
5. Finally, if MapInfo Professional didn't load a workspace or run an application from the command line, and it didn't AutoLoad MAPINFOW.WOR, then MapInfo Professional shows the Tool palette.
Cheers,
Nick
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Nicholas G Lawrence
I always mention this in our training courses, but yours is maybe the first time I have ever seen somebody wanting to use it!
In my workplace, we use startup.wor to load toolbars with custom tools we have built for our users.
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Grant Roberts
Mapinfo will ask you if you want to open the last workspace when it starts... And will also offer to open the last saved one
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