GetMITABInfo()

Collects summary information on the contents of a MapInfo TAB file.

tab_info = GetMITABInfo(string tab_file_name)

Argument	Contents
tab_file_name	The path and file name of the MapInfo TAB file

An array of information as follows:

Element	Type	Contents
1	Array	An array of two strings and an array. The first string is the projection: "None", "Local", or the name of the projection. The second string is the projection parameters, or null if there is no projection. The array contains four real numbers defining the bounding coordinates of the file: {x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max}
2	Array	An array of four real numbers with a scale and offset linear transformation: {real X_multiplier, real Y_multiplier, real X_offset, real Y_offset}
3	String	The TAB file version number, for example "300"
4	Array	An array of strings with the names of the fields
5	Array	An array of arrays, one for each entity type: Points, Lines, and Areas; each array contains two elements, the name of the entity type and the number of entities of that type

// This call...

tab_info = GetMITABInfo("c:\\USA.tab")

// Returns this type of information...

// tab_info = {

// {"None", , {-187.551936, 18.913826, ...}}, (projection and bounding rect)

// {1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0} (linear transformation)

// {"300"} (version number)

// {"URL","Total_Area"...}, (field names)

// {{"Points", 0},...}, (entity types)

// }

Error Type	Meaning
NotFound	There is no MapInfo TAB file with the given path and file name
Error	The file is not a valid MapInfo TAB file

Function	Summary
AddMITABLayer()	Adds a layer from a MapInfo TAB file to a map
AddMITABLayerToWorkspace()	Adds a MapInfo TAB file layer to an application without it appearing in a map or dataview