Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 499)

To transform quadrant 2 data into quadrant 1 data, use the following transform clause:
TRANSFORM -1,0,0,0
The zeroes instruct MapInfo Professional to ignore that parameter.
When you have an application which creates MIF files in quadrant 2, you can:
• Add the TRANSFORM clause to the MIF files
• Change the application so that it creates coordinates in quadrant 1
• Change the application so that it adds a TRANSFORM clause to the MIF files
Columns
Specify the number of columns. Then, for each column, create a row containing the column name, the
column type, and, for character and decimal columns, a number to indicate the width of the field.
Field names cannot have spaces. Note:
Valid column types are:
• char (width)
• integer (which is 4 bytes)
• smallint (which is 2 bytes, so it can only store numbers between -32767 and +32767)
• decimal (width,decimals)
• float
• date
• logical
This is an example of the columns section of the header:
COLUMNS 3
STATE char (15)
POPULATION integer
AREA decimal (8,4)
For the database specified in this header, the MID file has three columns:
• a 15 character field that represents the STATE column,
• an integer field that represents the POPULATION column,
• an AREA column that consists of a decimal field with up to 8 total characters (digits, decimals points,
and optional sign) and 4 digits after the decimal.
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Appendix D: MapInfo Map Interchange Format