STARTUP.WOR is the name you give to a workspace which MapInfo Pro run at startup. You can create it so that MapInfo Pro automatically opens various tables and windows on startup. When you use STARTUP.WOR, MapInfo Pro performs the startup actions regardless of what you did in your previous session or how you have set preferences for MAPINFOPRO.WOR.
To create a workspace:
- Open the tables and windows you want in your workspace. Size and position them as you please.
- On the HOME tab, in the File group, click Save Workspace.
- Name your workspace "Startup" and save the workspace into your "home" directory. By "home" directory we mean your private Windows directory.
When you run MapInfo Pro, the following occurs in the order shown:
- If there is a STARTUP.WOR in the MapInfo Pro program directory, it is run.
- Then, if there is a STARTUP.WOR in your home directory it is run. (When there is a STARTUP.WOR in both the MapInfo Pro program directory and your home directory, both will run.)
- Then, if any file names are given on the command line-or if you double-click a document, MapInfo Pro loads those files. MapInfo Pro support adding workspaces (.WOR), running applications (.APP), and opening databases (.TAB) on the command line.
- Only if MapInfo Pro did not add a workspace or run a program from the command line, does it then check the AutoLoad preference and load MAPINFOPRO.WOR from the user's home directory. When the preference is set, and the file is found, it is loaded. Note that if we had a workspace or application on the command line, we skip the AutoLoad.
- Finally, if MapInfo Pro did not load a workspace or run an application from the command line, and it did not AutoLoad MAPINFOPRO.WOR, then MapInfo Pro shows the Tool palette.