[mapguide-users] Re: Access and Mapguide

[Andrew DeMerchant]

Ah yes...I should have asked you about your table / field names....I've 
pointed out that 'space' bug in the FDO before, but it has yet to get 
fixed. You can't have spaces in your table of field names (though, 
fields not used for geometry can have spaces)...they don't need to be in 
caps though.

I don't particularly want to add another field to my database....I'm 
totally content without using that FDO just yet, because for me, it's 
really slow. But maybe that should be listed as another bug.

As for your last comment, I've seen that listed as an enhancement 
request for future releases...so hopefully, it will get implimented as 
some point.

Andrew

Jean-François Laflèche wrote:

> hey,
>  
> Andrew, if your key is alpha numeric, I dont think that should be a 
> problem.  All it requires is creating a new column with long integer 
> numbers that increment throughout your list.  this should be easily 
> accomplished by copy pasting from excel or something.  I haven't tried 
> it without it being the key, but i don't believe that it would make a 
> difference. 
>  
> As for creating points, I've managed to figure out what to do, by 
> trial an error.  What the problem was in fact, was the formating of my 
> table.  It seems the title of the columns can't have spaces and must 
> be all in capital letters.  Also, I only managed to make the points 
> show up if X, Y and Z columns were all present, even if the Z column 
> isnt used. 
>  
> These small restrictions seem kind of bizare, although I'm not much of 
> a programmer, so maybe they're quite obvious for most people...  Or 
> maybe it was all coincidence.
>  
> I do have one question about points in general though.  They just seem 
> very hard to select.  Is there any way to increase the area of effect 
> of the select button around a point?  Stuff like water valves which 
> show the GPS coordinates would be easier to find if clicking them made 
> that information appear.  It's just hard to hit the very middle of the 
> points.
>  
> Anyways, just wondering if there exists a solution to this.
>  
> Thanks for all your help guys,
>  
> JF


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