Will MIPro 2023 run old mbx?

[Roger]

Hello,

I had developed several mbx's in MIPro 15, I'm setting up a new workstation and planning on acquiring a new MIPro license.

Will this new version run the old mbx?

Feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Hi Roger

 

Many/most tools developed for the older 32-bit version of MapInfo Pro will also run on the new 64-bit MapInfo Pro.

 

If your tools are “plain” MapBasic tools, you will probably not have any issues.

 

There may be a few caveats though.

When we switched to 64-bit we made some changes and removed support of a few features.

 

Fully Qualified Paths

When creating new tables or files through MapBasic code, you need to specify a fully qualified file path.

We no longer allow you to create a table in the current directory by leaving out the path of the tab file.

 

Layout

The classic Layout window was replaced by the new interactive Layout Designer window.

This works in some areas differently to the old layout.

 

Graphs

We removed the graphs in MapInfo Pro 64-bit.

They are no longer available.

 

Crystal Report

We removed Crystal Report in MapInfo Pr0 64-bit.

You can no longer create reports using Crystal Report

 

32-bit versus 64-bit

If you have external resources or functionality in DLLs, this will only work if they have been compiled to also work on 64-bit.

 

Ribbon versus Menu-based Interface

We switched to the modern and context-aware ribbon interface.

We have however done a lot to make your tools load and integrate into the ribbon interface.

If your tool normally would add it’s capabilities to the Tools menu, you can now find these menu items on the Tool itself in the Tools window.

If your tool created buttonpads, the buttons from these will be created on groups on the Legacy tab.

 

Query Performance

As the new Layer List/Explorer Window shows a list of tables and layers, we have some cases where a tool that does a lot of queries is slower on 64-bit.

This can be fixed by closing the Explorer Window before running the tool or by using the “NoSelect Hide” keywords on Select statements and by ensuring to selecting into a name query.

 

I think I have covered most of the issues you may run into

 

You can download a trial of MapInfo Pro v2023 and give it a go.

If you run into issues, let the list here know and we can find a workaround.

 

Peter

 

 

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Peter Horsbøll Møller

Principal Sales Engineer - Distinguished Engineer

Precisely.com

 

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[Roger]

Hello Peter,

Thank you for the prompt response!!

The mbx are simple routines (i.e. import .dxf file, do some line changes, create thematic maps, etc.). It does create several new tables, I have to check, but I believe I had specified the full path. 

I will download the trial version and let you know if it worked.

Regards,

Roger

[Roger]

Peter,

Upon installing 2023 I registered the tool developed in MIPro 15 and registered under the Legacy tab as you stated.

I ran it, but it crashed MIPro 2023, I have no idea which line of code caused the crashed. In the past there was a window which stated the line of code where the program ran into problems.

How could I debug or find out the point of failure?

Thanks in advanced.

Roger

[Peter Horsbøll Møller]

Hi Roger

 

Is there by any chance anything in the Event Viewer under Windows?

 

I typically use the Message Window for debugging using the Print statement.

If I run in to these situations I start by adding a few Print statements like this throughout the code.

 

Print "A"

Print "B"

Print "C"

Print "..."

 

One thing I may have forgotten is that writing to the HomeDirectory$() now is an issue.

I also recommend using the temp folder.

You can get to that path using this expression:

sTempPath = PathToDirectory$(TempFileName$("")

 

If you are happy to share your code, post it to the forum or if you don’t want it to go public, feel to send it to me at peter....@precisely.com.

 

Thanks

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[Roger]

Peter,

Thank you for time, help and guidance.

Indeed MIPro 2023 will run an old 32bit, as you pointed out the problem that caused the crash was the layouts that were generated. Other than that, the tool executed.

Is time now to tweak the source to adjust it to the 64bit environment.

Thanks again!!!

Roger