Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 15)

Visual Studio Notes
VisualStudio 2010 Users
If you have VisualStudio 2010 on your computer, you may see a prompt to install the Visual C++ 2010
SP1 Redistributable files when installing MapInfo Professional. This does not alter any existing files for
Visual Studio 2010; it only adds an additional file named msdia100.dll to the computer. You can uninstall
either VisualStudio 2010 or the Visual C++ 2010 SP1Redistributable without negatively affecting the
other.
VisualStudio 2012 Users
If you have VisualStudio 2012 on your computer and have not applied Update 3 (Visual Studio 2012.3),
then the Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package (x86) installs. If you have Update 4 (Visual
Studio 2012.4) on your machine, then Update 3 does not install.
MapInfo Professional Database Connectivity and
Support
MapInfo Professional supports the following spatial database servers:
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (also called SQL Server Spatial)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (also called SQL Server Spatial)
• PostgreSQL 9.0.3 with PostGIS 1.5
• PostgreSQL 9.2.2 with PostGIS 2.0
• SQLite 3.7.13
• Oracle Spatial 11g R2, 12c R1
In order for MapInfo Professional to access a remote database, you must install a client or driver. The
following are ODBC drivers that MapInfo Professional supports:
• Microsoft Access ODBC
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client 11.0
• PostgreSQL ANSI ODBC driver 9.01.02 (which comes with PostgreSQL 2.0.x)
• FDO ToolKit 3.7 (used by SQLite and installed with MapInfo Professional)
• Oracle Instant Client version 12.1.0.1.0
You can also open tables of data from the following and make them mappable, but only for point data:
• Microsoft Access 2010 and 2012
For more about working with remote database information, see Accessing Remote Data and Setting
your Database Connection Preferences in the Help System.
MapInfo Professional Data File Support
You can open the following file types in MapInfo Professional on the File menu by pointing to Open:
• ACCDB – Microsoft Access 2007 or later files
• CSV – Comma Delimited files
• DBF – dBASE DBF files
• MDB – Microsoft Access files
• TAB – MapInfo .TAB files
15 Install Guide
Chapter 1: Before you Install