MapInfo Pro

Version 15.0.1

Release Notes

Contents:

MapInfo Pro 15.0.1 Release Notes 2

Upgrading MapInfo Pro 2
Advanced Installation for System Administrators 2
MapInfo Pro 15.0.1 4
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MapInfo Pro 15.0.1 Release Notes

This document provides information on new and enhanced features that are introduced into MapInfo
Pro. It also provides information about resolved issues and known issues that are important to
MapInfo Pro users.

Upgrading MapInfo Pro

Your computer must be connected to the Internet to download the MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release.
You may install this Maintenance Release provided any of the following products are installed:
• MapInfo Pro 15.0
• MapInfo Pro Runtime 15.0
To upgrade MapInfo Pro to version MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release:
1. On the PRO tab in MapInfo Pro, select About, and click Updates. The Maintenance Releases
for MapInfo Pro web page displays.
2. On the web page, click the download link and follow your web browser's instructions for opening
and running the patch file.
The file is called MapinfoPro15.0.1MaintenanceRelease.exe, should you choose to save
and run it later.

3. Follow the instructions to complete the upgrade.

It is important to wait until the installation completes.

Advanced Installation for System Administrators

This section is for the system administrator installing this Maintenance Release using a command
line, and the network system administrator installing this Maintenance Release across the network
using a Microsoft Patch (MSP) file.

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Upgrading Using a MSP File

The MSP file for the MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release updates the English release of MapInfo Pro
15.0. It does not update:
• Non-English versions of MapInfo Pro 15.0
• MapInfo Pro Runtime 15.0
The MSP file is available for download from:
www.pbinsight.com/support/product-downloads/item/MapInfo-Pro-v15.0.1-Maintenance-Release-MSP-file
Install this Maintenance Release with elevated privileges. To do this, right-click on the Command-Line
Interpreter (cmd.exe) and select Run as Administrator from the popup menu, then continue with
the following instructions.
To run the Maintenance Release MSP file, type:

msiexec /p <path to the MapInfoPro15.0.1MaintenanceRelease.msp file>

REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus

Where:
• /p = applies the latest patch
You may see a prompt for permission to continue. Click Allow or OK to proceed (if you do not
respond and the message times-out, then the upgrade is unsuccessful).
You can upgrade silently by adding a silent parameter switch to the command, such as /qb, /qn, /qr,
or /q. For example:

msiexec /p <path to the MapInfoPro15.0.1MaintenanceRelease.msp file>

REINSTALL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=omus /qb

Where:
• /qb = to see a basic progress dialog box during the installation

Upgrading in Silent Mode

To run the MapInfo Pro Maintenance Release installer in silent mode, from a command prompt
change directories (cd command) to where the Maintenance Release .exe file is, and then type:

MapInfoPro15.0.1MaintenanceRelease.exe /s /v"SILINST=True"

Where:
• /s = runs the setup.exe silently

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• /v = passes the parameter "SILINST=True" to suppress the GUI.

A progress dialog box may display during the installation.
You may see a prompt for permission to continue. Click Allow or OK to proceed.

MapInfo Pro 15.0.1

This section lists the updates made since the release of 32-bit MapInfo Pro 15.0.

New Features

Two new ellipsoid definitions are included with this 15.0.1 release, GSK-2011 and PZ-90.11.
Using a new ellipsoid in any TAB, MIF, or WOR file upgrades the file version to 1501. However, the
ellipsoid definition does not exist in MapInfo Pro 15.2.x and 16.0, so the following occurs when using
these versions of MapInfo Pro with a 1501 table:
• Opening a table causes the CoordSys of the table to default to the WGS84 ellipsoid definition.
• Opening a workspace that uses a Set Map CoordSys statement with the new ellipsoid generates
an invalid ellipsoid error and the map CoordSys defaults to the WGS84 ellipsoid definition.
• Issuing a MapBasic Set CoordSys from an MBX or MapBasic Window generates an invalid
ellipsoid error.
• Importing a MIF file that uses a new ellipsoid in a Coordsys clause generates an invalid ellipsoid
error.

Ellipsoid Number Ellipsoid Name Major Semi Axis Inverse Flattening (1/f)

56 GSK-2011 6378136.5 298.2564151

57 PZ-90.11 6378136.0 298.25784

For further information, see:

• Datum parameters (page 3) for GSK2011:
https://www.fig.net/resources/proceedings/fig_proceedings/fig2015/ppt/ts02g/TS02G_karpik_gienko_7538_ppt.pdf
• Datum parameters (page 11) for PZ-90.11:
http://geophy.uni.lu/users/tonie.vandam/REFAG2014/SESS_IV_Reg_Ref_Frames/Tatevian.pdf

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Progress and Resolution of Outstanding Issues

MapInfo Pro

Issue Number Description and Resolution

MIPRO-21266 The raster reprojection preference is not applied to images when opening a new map with a raster.
Setting Image Processing > Reprojection to Always or Optimized when the Map window was
created by initially adding a raster layer causes the reprojection to not work properly and the image
to display without the reprojection.
Resolution: Fixed. The Map window now correctly honors the reprojection preference.

MIPRO-43569 I am unable to change the object style of the points in an Access ODBC table.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-44181 Clearing the selection from a seamless table causes MapInfo Pro to close unexpectedly.
This issue occurs after making a selection from a table that is part of a seamless table and then
clearing the selection by clicking elsewhere in the Map window, or when unselecting all. This also
occurs when closing a named selection table created against a seamless table.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-47246 There are multiple issues that occur when using the Windows Device Clipping clip region options
(found in Map Options):

• There are issues drawing outside the clip region, or sometimes not drawing inside of the clip
region.
• Some issues are seen on-screen and others are only seen when printing or exporting.
• Some issues involve a stand-alone Map window, while others involve putting the Map window
into a layout frame.
• The clip region behavior may vary depending on if Enhanced Rendering was turned on or off.
• There are redraw issues when moving labels in a map that has a clip region.
• There are redraw issues when panning a Map window that contains a clip region.

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-47756 Label Visibility is being set to Off instead of enabling the zoom range while writing to a .MWS
workspace.
Resolution: Fixed. Label visibility was incorrectly being set to Off when the feature layer visibility
was off, even though label settings had a zoom range specified. This is now fixed.

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Issue Number Description and Resolution

MIPRO-48121 Printing Pie Charts from MapInfo Professional 12.0 causes the legend to display incorrectly.
This issue also affects Bar charts, and both Pie and Bar Theme legends are printing at the wrong
size.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-56013 Interleaved objects are not drawn on the cosmetic layer.

Resolution: Fixed. Starting with version 10.5 interleaved line styles were no longer being drawn
correctly in the cosmetic layer which is now fixed.

MIPRO-62171 When printing, the label line appears when it should not.
Resolution: Fixed. Issues during print and screen draws when zooming in very close on label
callouts have been resolved.

MIPRO-62691 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-64064 There is an issue when changing the value of the Ignore Zeroes and Blankscheck box on character
columns in the Create Thematic Map dialog and switching between pages 2 and 3 of the dialog.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-63311 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-63947 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-64006 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-64014 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-64198 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

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Issue Number Description and Resolution

MIPRO-65233 When Exporting a layout the area does not scale to the image size.
Exporting from a Layout Designer window using the Save Window As command does not scale
the layout and its contents to the specified custom size.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-65433 Printing large symbols sometimes can cut off part of the symbol.
This issue occurs, because the 32-bit versions of MapInfo Pro is running on a 64-bit operating system
and is not able to read a registry setting.
Resolution: Fixed. MapInfo Pro now reads the registry setting.
When this occurs, enable the following DWORD registry key MBRExtraPoints under
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MapInfo\MapInfo\Common]. Set the value
to be the extra number of points to add to the search Minimum Bounding Rectangle (MBR) used
when drawing objects. For example, if the largest symbol style to be drawn is 150 pts, then set the
value of MBRExtraPoints to 150 (as a decimal value).

MIPRO-71494 Setting the transparent color in the Adjust Image Styles dialog is not applied when choosing a color
other than black.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-71572 In the English version of MapInfo Professional, legends are missing in the Layout window in a
workspace when it was created using Danish MapInfo Professional.
MapInfo Professional uses a DWORD registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MapInfo\MapInfo\Common\WriteWindowTitle
with value 1 to create workspaces that can be shared across locales. If the registry is present on
the machine, MapInfo Professional explicitly sets the title of the various windows in the workspace.
However, this is not happening for Legend Designer windows.
Resolution: Fixed for Legend Designer and cartographic Legend windows. This is a system
limitation and is not fixed for standard MapInfo Pro theme legend windows.

MIPRO-71906 Copying data from one table to another creates a pending edit on the original table.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-72517 The Style Override dialog can be moved behind the Layer Properties dialog.
This issue exists with xvt modal dialogs for integrated mapping applications.
Resolution: Fixed.

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Issue Number Description and Resolution

MIPRO-75531 Image processing settings do not save to the workspace (*.WOR) unless the map contains raster
layers.
Resolution: Fixed. MapInfo Pro saves image processing settings to the Workspace (*.WOR), even
when there are no raster layers in the map. MapInfo Pro also continues to save image processing
settings when the map contains raster layers and Image Processing is set to Always or Automatic
or if the Resampling Method is set to Cubic Convolution.

MIPRO-77610 see MIPRO-47246

Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-79376 The following MapBasic application error displays in MapInfo Pro 15.0: "Unable to translate the
Spatial Constraint".
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-81232 The Unselect All button is active when the Browser window is open and nothing is selected.
Switching from the Map window to the Browser window when there is no selection causes the
Unselect All button to become active when it should be inactive.
Resolution: Fixed.

MIPRO-83395 The AGIS Browser closes unexpectedly with .Net Framework 4.6.2
This issue is caused by .Net Framework 4.6.2, which is part of the Microsoft Anniversary Update,
and happens when putting a Browser into a layout, printing a Browser, or exporting a Browser
(using Save Window As).
Resolution: Fixed. Microsoft will offer a Hot Fix for this issue that includes a more comprehensive
fix. Watch for this upcoming Hot Fix to apply it to other versions of MapInfo Pro.

MIPRO-86473 It can take a long time to open workspaces after installing the Microsoft Anniversary Update on
Windows 10.
Resolution: Fixed.

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