[Qgis-user] MapInfo tab files?

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hey Mats,

QGIS doesn't support as it just hasn't been don't yet, no one has cared
enough to really fund it or develop it.  QGIS uses OGR which does support
basic styles from tab files, however QGIS doesn't use the style information
returned from OGR.....yet

>From what I have seen, the MapInfo OGR driver only supports returning basic
style information e.g no font symbol support; only width and colour etc.

I did look at adding support at one stage but I have no time currently to
work on something like that.  If it was needed enough and some money was
given I'm sure you could find a developer to add it in.

Regards,
Nathan

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 7:43 PM, Mats Elfström <mats.elfstrom at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi!
> On the MapInfo list, someone wanted to know why map styles in a MapInfo
> tab file does not show in Qgis.
> The answer was that the Qgis reader does not support it.
> This is a pity since one of the tab file advantages is the ability to
> store map styles.
> I would like to know if this is a deliberate decision by the Qgis
> developer, or if the libraries that Qgis uses are the problem.
>
> Regards, Mats.E
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