Save As/Import Into or Create New Table Dialog Box - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

This dialog box allows you, (depending on your task) to:

• Choose a table to save to.
• Choose a table to import into.
• Create a new table.

To specify a default projection, on the PRO tab, click Options, and Map Window. This projection is used when a dialog box displays prompting you to enter a projection.

Save in:

Choose the drive, folder, and, file for saving, importing, or creating the table.

Up One Level button

Displays the directory one level up form the current directory.

View Desktop button

Displays your desktop.

Create New Folder button

Displays a new folder with a temporary name.

List button

Displays a list of files and folders without details such as file size etc.

Details button

Displays a list of files and folders with details including name, size, type, and modified.

DBMS Connection Mode

The following controls only display if a DBMS connection has been established.

Owner

Displays the owner list for the selected connection. Disabled if the connection does not support owners (Access, Excel, etc.). Only tables belonging to the selected user are shown in the table list. Each time you switch connections MapInfo Pro, the default owner is selected. If no default owner exists, then the first item in the list is selected.

Filter Tables

Displays the Filter Tables dialog box where the user can choose to filter system tables, views, synonyms/alias or regular tables. The default filtering excludes only system tables. Changes made to the filtering persist through out the session. The default is not reset; even if you select another connection or exit, then reenter the Open dialog box.

New Connection button

This button is located in the top right corner of the Open/Save dialog box. Pressing this button displays the Open DBMS Connection dialog box. The button is always available if DBMS support is on (for example either of the DBMS dlls are present).

If a new connection is opened, then it will be selected in the Files Of Type drop-down list when you return to the Open/Save dialog box. You can open a connection prior to invoking the Open/Save dialog box on the HOME tab, in the File group, on the Open list, by clicking Database Table. You van also specify a DBMS connection that will be opened each time MapInfo Pro starts using the Startup Preferences Dialog Box.

Description Box

This shows the folders and files in the selected location. You can also double-click a folder or file in that box to open it.

Places Bar

The four buttons on the Places Bar are associated with the following directory preferences: Tables, Remote Tables, Import Files, and Workspaces. Pressing one of these buttons switches the current directory of the dialog box to the directory associated with the button.

By default, MapInfo Places Bar is always displayed, even on 98/NT40, where there is no standard Places Bar. On systems that support a standard Places Bar, a set of option buttons, labeled MapInfo Places and Standard Places, allows you to toggle between the two.

File name

Displays the name of the file with a .TAB extension. You can change the file name. MapInfo Pro supports long filenames. This allows you to use up to 260 characters when naming your file. In addition, any one name within your directory path can be up to 255 characters. You can insert spaces in the filename and long filenames can have more than one "." in them. When using more than one ".", you must remember to type in the file extension in order to save the file correctly. For example you can name a table as follows: \\STATE\CITY.TAB

Save as type

A list of DBMS connections will appear if a connection has been established. When you select a collection from the list, the dialog box goes into DBMS Connection Mode, (see above), and DBMS specific controls display.

If creating a new table, there are several formats to choose from, such as MapInfo (*.tab), MapInfo Extended (*.tab), dBase (.dbf), Microsoft Access database (.tab), SQLite database (.tab). When saving to dBase, the data file is saved to both DBF and MapInfo format. If you want only a DBF file, use the Export command (on the TABLE tab, in the Content group, click Export).

If importing into a table, you can choose either MapInfo (*.tab) or MapInfo Extended (*.tab) format. When importing a file that has more than 2GB of data, select MapInfo Extended (*.tab). This format expands record and field lengths along with the number of fields per table, so that you can work with more data without using seamless tables.

Database

Displays when in DBMS Connection Mode. Located at the bottom of the dialog box, this text control displays the name of the database corresponding to the selected connection.

Open new table using view

Save in Background

Select the Save in Background check-box to execute the save operation in background.

Projection

Choose a projection category and choose one of the projections in the category.

Charset

Click the Charset button to open Select a Charset dialog boxho and choose a character set from the list of those available.

Navigation Buttons

Save

Click Save to save your table.

Cancel

Cancels the operation.

See Also:

Saving a Table or a Copy of a Table

Using Data Files in Any Language or Character Set