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Does anyone know if it is possible to make a range label go over more than one line in MapInfo when doing thematic maps?
My legend has a limited width and I have not been able to find a way to get MapInfo to do this. The customize legend dialog doesn't seem to allow you to add text over two or more lines.
In the example below each item is wider than the frame on the layout that contains the legend. The frame is 7cm wide, and the legend items need 10cm when the text is on the same line.
Never mind. Managed to play around with the code and an answer from somewhere else. I'm going to post it in case
Include "MAPBASIC.DEF"
Dim sLabinput As String
Dialog
Title "Section Ref"
Control statictext
Title "Enter section ref field"
Control edittext
Value sLabinput
into sLabinput
Control OKButton
Control CancelButton
if commandinfo (CMD_INFO_DLG_OK) then
Else
End Program
End if
Dim nMID, nLayer As Integer, sLayer As String
nMID = FrontWindow()
For nLayer = 1 To MapperInfo(nMID, MAPPER_INFO_LAYERS)
sLayer = LayerInfo(nMID, nLayer, LAYER_INFO_NAME)
If sLayer Like "%AllG%" Then
Set Map Window nMID
Layer nLayer
Display Global Global Line (1,2,45056)
ElseIf sLayer Like "%roup0%" Then
Run Command "Set Map Window " & nMID & " Layer " &nLayer
& " Label With " & sLabinput
Set Map Window nMID
Layer nLayer
Display Global Global Line (2,2,16711680)
Arrows On
Label Auto ON Font ("Arial",257,9,0,16777215)
'**add extra cases here below if you need to
'**ElseIf sLayer Like "%zz%" Then
'** Set Map Window nMID
'** Layer nLayer
'** Display Global Global Line (2,2,16711680)
'** Arrows On
End if
Next
One thing to check is whether the table you try to open is a classic tab file (NATIVE) or the new Extended tab file (NATIVEX).
However, the Extended tab file can only be created with MapInfo Pro 15.2 64 bit.
The Extented Native table format has a number of benefits compared to the classic native table format: it supports file sizes larger than 2 GB and it does support Unicode (UTF-8 as well as UTF-16)
There is a preference where you can specify your preferred tab format that will be used when you create a new table (PRO > Options > System Settings):
Best Answer
Not pretty but I have shortened the legend text and then added my own text (box) to the end and just group the graphics together.