With the introduction of the MapInfo Viewer, we needed to visually distinguish between the two ways of running MapInfo Pro. For this, we have introduced new styling to MapInfo Pro and the MapInfo Viewer.
The Viewer uses a subdued gray theme, while MapInfo Pro has been updated to use a little more colorful blue theme.
If for any reason the old styling for MapInfo Pro is desired you can change the "OverrideDefaultStyle" key to "true" in the styles\MapInfoProStyle.xml file under the MapInfo Pro installation folder. (Same for MapInfo Pro Runtime)
The Viewer version of MapInfo Pro also has a slightly different icon in the Windows Task bar and MapInfo Pro main window. The Welcome window and About backstage pages both show which subscription plan is in use - typically 'Viewer'.
In addition to the limitation described above you will notice some visual differences. Parts of the MapInfo Pro user interface that are not needed are hidden to simplify the Viewer experience. The SPATIAL Tab is hidden for example, along with some groups from the Map and Table Tabs. Other commands on the ribbon are hidden or disabled. If a command is disabled due to not being available in the current plan, its tool-tip will indicate that.
- MapInfoPro.RibbonState_Viewer.<language_code>.xml
- MapInfoPro.DockingState_Viewer.xml