Making path references relative

[newoptionz]

Hi

Is there a way to automatically make the references in the '.WOR' file
relative instead of absolute? I work on my C drive, but back up the
data to a network drive - and would like the Map to be opened by
others from the network.

Also is there a easy way to check for missing references in the '.WOR'
file and resolve them without having the map crash when it opens up?

Thanks

[Mike Jamieson]

The easiest way to accomplish this is to use the "workspace packager" on
the tools menu when you transfer the workspace onto the network drive.
It gives you the option of copying all the associated files as well as
writing the workspace to the network drive and sets up the .wor with the
"new" file locations.

It won't make the path's relative, but should solve the problem.

Mike

[Spencer Simpson]

If you don't keep your workspaces in a folder above all your data you're
going to have to live with absolute paths to tables, and make re-linking the
tables part of your workspace publishing process.

However, before you go through any more gyrations, you may want to look into
using the Workspace Packager tool to do the actual publishing.

When MapInfo saves a workspace, it always writes the Open Table statements
with relative paths for tables in the same directory as the workspace
itself, or in a directory under that one. It writes the Open Table
statements with absolute paths for tables in other directories. Let's say I
have a mapped drive named T: I create a table at "T:\Foo.tab" and a table
at "T:\Bar\Baz.tab". If I save the workspace into T: the workspace begins
with

!Workspace
!Version 600
!Charset WindowsLatin1
Open Table "foo" As foo Interactive
Open Table "bar\baz" As baz Interactive

But if I save it in My Documents, it begins with

!Workspace
!Version 600
!Charset WindowsLatin1
Open Table "T:\foo" As foo Interactive
Open Table "T:\bar\baz" As baz Interactive

Or, if I used UNC paths when opening the tables,

!Workspace
!Version 600
!Charset WindowsLatin1
Open Table "\\bmc\dfs\temp\foo" As foo Interactive
Open Table "\\bmc\dfs\Temp\bar\baz" As baz Interactive

which insulates you from the vagaries of people mapping different drive
letters.

I'm not really clear on how you're publishing your data and your workspaces
out to the network (I really don't know why you feel the need to work on the
C: drive, but that's for a different discussion). This is going to affect
how you publish the workspaces.

Notice that each Open Table statement has the word "Interactive" in it.
This means if it can't find the table, MapInfo will prompt you for the
correct location. You may have to make re-linking the tables part of your
workspace publishing process.

Besides the Workspace Packager, you could publish a workspace like this:

1. Copy the .WOR file out to the network.
2. Log in from a computer that doesn't have copies of your data on the C:
drive.
3. Open the .WOR file. As it prompts you for the location of each table,
browse to the network location of the network copy of that table.
4. Once the workspace opens itself fully, save it to the final location,
overwriting the "unfixed" copy if you put it there.

Another way is to invest in a text editor like TextPad and create a script
to automatically do the search and replace for you.

________________________________

Spencer M. Simpson, Jr.

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[Martin A Spiers]

To make paths relative, the .wor file needs to be edited. AFAIK, there's no way of getting MapInfo to always use relative paths.
I'm not sure how well I can explain this right now, but I'll have a go.
In the case where your TAB files are in one directory and your WOR files in another, and both are subdirectories replace each instance of <path to TAB Files>/<Name of tab> with ../<TAB directory>/<Name of tab>.

Ensuring that all layers are set to open interactively will help prevent the workspace failing to open. The "Worinter" mbx tool makes this easier: obtain it from http://www.paris-pc-gis.com/ppcc/moreworinter.htm


Yours,

Martin Spiers
Senior Engineer
MWH
Kenburgh House,
Manor Row,
Bradford
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[Rob Schneider - Aurchem Exploration]

I also believe that this will NOT move associated raster files (only the
actual tab), these will have to be copied separately.

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