Where can I find the subdirectory that the MapInfo symbol style library is stored, such as for MapInfo Cartographic, MapInfo Oil and Gas, etc.
And what file extension do these files have? Are all *.TTF, and / or something else?
This is using MapInfo 9.5 on Windows 7.
Many thanks,
Bill
David Reid
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For v6.5 of MI, the standard symbols installed with Mapinfo are all truetype fonts categorized as "symbol" in their respective fontset and are located in your %System%\Fonts folder [eg C:\Windows\Fonts]
The font file names [at least on MI 6.5] follow the naming: TTMICG__.TTF for Mapinfo Carographic and TTMIOG__.TTF for Mapinfo Oil & Gas... etc. etc.
The Mapinfo 3.0 Compatible "symbols" if still around on your version of MI, are mere vector grapics contained in the Mapinfo "font file" *.FNT.
Depending on your installation of MI, the *.FNT file may be found in the MI program directory, or under the "_:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\MapInfo\MapInfo\Professional\[YOUR MI VERSION NUMBER]\Mapinfow.fnt"
MI "Custom" symbols created from bitmap images [*.bmp] are stored yet in another location, usually in the user's "Documents and Settings" folder as above.
I've read the User Guide, I've tried Google searches with every term I can think of, but I cannot figure out how to make MapInfo 11.5 save a new symbol style without saving a copy of the table! I've chosen my new symbol style [from the plain old MapInfo 3.0 Compatible set] in the Layer Display tab of Layer Properties and the map updates properly, but the Save Table option is not available. Neither is the Revert Table button, implying I haven't made any changes to the table at all. I don't understand!
How do I save a new symbol style for a table?
asked Jul 20, 2013 at 0:08
Hate to point out the obvious, but are you sure you are making changes to the layer, and not just doing a style override? Style Overrides only apply to the workspace and do exactly what they say on the tin, they override the layers style. To actually change the style you need to make sure the layer is editable, select all the objects in the layer and then change the style using the Symbol Style options, not the Style Override options.
If you are already doing this and are still coming up with the problem let us know exactly what you are doing, which buttons you are pressing [maybe with screenshots] so we can see where you might be going wrong.