Pitney Bowes MapMarker USA - Manual (Page 184)

Adding Attributes to Your Table
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Stopping Attribution
Once attribution is set up for your table, MapMarker does attribution on your table every time you
geocode until you instruct it to stop. Attribution is enabled every subsequent time you open the table
as well, until you manually stop attribution for the table. Stopping attribution does not remove the
attribution information for the table, rather, it stops any further attribution for the table while it is open
in MapMarker. To completely remove all attribution information for the table, see
Clearing Attribute
File Selections .
To stop table attribution:
1. If it is not already open, open the MapInfo table.
2. Select Table > Add Attributes > Stop Attribution.
When you stop attribution, MapMarker no longer does attribution on the table while the table is open,
but the attribution settings are still defined within your table’s metadata. You can view the metadata
by opening the a TAB file in a text editor.
The attribution information is located at the bottom of the metadata, and resembles the following:
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes" = ""
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes\InputTables" = "1"
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes\Layer0" = "c:\program
files\mapinfo\mapmarker\sampdata\cntydemo.tab"
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes\Layer0\BindOnPoint" = "1"
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes\Layer0\Attribute0" = "Ctyname
County_nam"
"\MapMarker\AddAttributes\Layer0\AttributeCount" = "1"
Clearing Attribute File Selections
If you decide that you do not want to perform attribution for your table, you can clear the attribute file
selections for your table. The table is no longer set up for attribution. When you clear attribute file
selections, all attribution information in your table’s metadata is removed permanently. If you want to
do attribution on your table in the future, you must configure new attribution settings for your table
(See
Table Attribution with MapMarker on page 175 for the basic steps to setting up and doing
attribution.)
To clear attribute file selections:
1. If it is not already open, open the MapInfo table.
2. Select Table > Add Attributes > Clear File Selections.
If you want to stop the attribution process without removing the attribution metadata from your table,
see
Stopping Attribution on page 184 .
Tips for Using Attributions
Consider the following when using attributes:
• The Add Attributes feature is available only after you have selected the input and output columns
for your geocoding table.