Windows updates break MS Common Controls Tree Control This is a replacement blog-post, based on our developing understanding of the problem and users' experiences. It appears that the update that disrupts the operation of 'tree' controls in HBSMR v3 and ... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 16 August 2012 Categories: HBSMR Microsoft Office MS Access Comments(0)
HBSMR Consultation Stages not displaying correctly HBSMR Consultation Stages not displaying correctly. Fixed by updating screen driver. Posted by 08 August 2012 Categories: HBSMR Comments(0)
Using fusion log to look for missing dlls This allows you to log details on all unresolved dll references in detail Script to enable / disable logging can be downloaded from (see end of page)... read more Posted by 08 August 2012 Comments(0)
Ensuring scale bars and measurements are accurate on projected OpenLayers maps Make sure you set geodesic: true when adding a ScaleLine or Measure control to an OpenLayers map that uses a projected coordinate system - particularly spherical mercator, which is very inaccurate ... read more Posted by Andy Brewer 08 August 2012 Categories: OpenLayers Comments(0)
When a new installation of MapInfo Pro prompts for MAPINFOW.FNT etc On starting MapInfo Pro, it prompts for the location of MAPINFOW.FNT (and a few similar files). A file search shows that these files do not exist on the machine. This typically occurs when an ... read more Posted by Crispin Flower 03 August 2012 Categories: MapInfo Professional Comments(3)
MapServer Templates: Item tags to modify output data You can add item tags to the [] in MapServer template files. Useful for tidying number fields, strings etc and coping with NULL fields name: the name of the attribute to be... read more Posted by 12 July 2012 Categories: MapServer Comments(0)
Installing IIS and configuring for .NET Framework 4 Installing IIS on Windows 7 Follow the instructions in http://razibdeb.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/how-to-install-iis-on-windows-7 with the additional step of ticking on the IIS Management Console in ... read more Posted by 09 July 2012 Comments(0)
Setting up Remote Desktop Gateway This describes how to setup a remote desktop gateway on a Server 2008 R2 machine which is not on a domain. Note that this is not a truely recommended structure as ideally the gateway should be on a... read more Posted by 04 July 2012 Comments(0)
Configuring .ini files to use in-built and custom MS Access functions When configuring the mapping section of an .ini file for any exeGesIS product it is important to understand the limitations that apply to the use of functions when specifying the data to be transfered from relational database to GIS. ... read more Posted by 03 July 2012 Categories: MapLink Comments(0)
How to avoid version dependency when developing mojoPortal custom features When developing custom modules for mojoPortal, the standard guidance (e.g. see http://www.mojoportal.com/developmentonwindows.aspx) is to develop against the latest source code. However we have... read more Posted by Stewart Bellamy 18 June 2012 Categories: mojoPortal Visual Studio Comments(0)