Save Window to File Dialog Box - MapInfo_Pro - 2023

MapInfo Pro Help

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The Save Window to File dialog box allows you to specify a file name for the image, directory, file format, and drive.

Save in:

Choose the drive, folder, and, file for saving the workspace.

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.

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 MapInfo 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 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

Type a 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.

Save as type

Choose the file format for the exported image. Windows Bitmap (.BMP) is the default format. You can also choose from formats such as, Windows Metafile (.WMF), Windows Enhanced Metafile Format (.EMF), EMF+ Metafile (.EMF), EMF+ Dual Metafile (.EMF), JPEG File Interchange Format (.JPEG 2000), Portable Network Graphics Format (.PNG), Tagged Image File Format (.TIF), and Photoshop 3.0 (.PSD).

Navigation Buttons

Cancel

Cancels the operation.

Save

MapInfo Pro places the file in the directory that you specified.