Purpose
Combines points, linear objects, and closed objects into a single object. The collection object displays in the Browser as a single record. You can issue this statement from the MapBasic window in MapInfo Pro.
Syntax
Create Collection [ num_parts ]
[ Into { Window window_id | Variable var_name } ]
Multipoint
[ num_points ]
( x1, y1 ) ( x2, y2 ) [ ... ]
[ Symbol... ]
Region
num_polygons
[ num_points1 ( x1, y1 ) ( x2, y2 ) [ ... ] ]
[ num_points2 ( x1, y1 ) ( x2, y2 ) [ ... ] ... ]
[ Pen... ]
[ Brush... ]
[ Center ( center_x, center_y ) ]
Pline
[ Multiple num_sections ]
num_points
( x1, y1 ) ( x2, y2 ) [ ... ]
[ Pen... ]
[ Smooth... ]num_parts is the number of non-empty parts inside a collection. This number is from 0 to 3 and is optional for MapBasic code (it is mandatory for MIF files).
num_polygons is the number of polygons inside the Collection object.
num_sections specifies how many sections the multi-section polyline will contain.
Pen is a valid Pen clause to specify a line style.
Brush is a valid Brush clause to specify fill style.
Example
create collection multipoint 2 (0,0) (1,1) region 3 3 (1,1) (2,2) (3,4) 4
(11,11) (12,12) (13,14) (19,20) 3 (21,21) (22,22) (23,24) pline 3 (-1,1)
(3,-2) (4,3)
dim a as object
create collection into variable a multipoint 2 (0,0) (1,1) region 1 3
(1,1) (2,2) (3,4) pline 3 (-1,1) (3,-2) (4,3)
insert into test (obj) values (a)
create collection region 2 4 (-5,-5) (5,-5) (5,5) (-5,5) 4 (-3,-3) (3,-3)
(3,3) (-3,3) pline multiple 2 2 (-6,-6) (6,6) 2 (-6,6) (6,-6) multipoint 6
(2,2) (-2,-2) (2,-2) (-2,2) (4,1) (-1,-4)See Also: