[Mapserver-users] mapinfo

[Stéphane MOREL]

Sylvain Beorchia a écrit :

> Hi list,
>  
> Anyone has already used the MITAB library to create object in a 
> mapinfo layer ?
> I try to use it, but i'm not sure it is possible to open an existing 
> mapinfo file to add some objects.
> It seems to be only possible to create some new ones and add objects...
> Anyone can confirm, or better, tell me that it's possible to update 
> the file ?
> Thanks. 
> Sylvain.


I use mitab too and I can't manage to update an existing file. It's 
clearly mentionned in the documentation file

mitab_handle MITAB_STDCALL mitab_c_open 	(  	const char *  	  
/pszFilename/ 	)  	

  	

Open an existing .TAB or .MIF dataset for read access.

The function automatically detects the format (.MIF or .TAB) of the 
specified file.

_*Note that it is not possible to open a file for update (i.e. 
read+write) with the current version of the library.*_

*Parameters: *
    /pszFilename/  	the complete filename (including extension .TAB or
    .MIF) of the file to open.

*Returns: *
    a valid mitab_handle, or NULL if the file could not be opened. 

 Stephane
PS :  I guess it's not the right newsgroup for discussing round mitab