Pitney-bowes MapInfo Professional Manual de usuario

MapInfo ProfessionalVersion 12.5Install Guide

1Before you InstallMapInfo Professional is a comprehensive computer mapping tool that lets youperform complex geographic analysis such as redistrictin

IntroductionThis document is organized in two parts. The first provides information and instructions necessary forinstalling MapInfo Professional to a

Table 1: MinimumMonitorGraphicsDisk SpaceMemory1024x768resolution orbetter16- or 24-bit Color1.5GB or better512MB RAM with a 1GHzPentium processorTabl

Table 6: RecommendedMonitorGraphicsDisk SpaceMemory1024x768resolution orbetterDedicated GPU: AMD RadeonHD 2000 series, NVIDIA GeForce8 series or bette

Visual Studio NotesVisualStudio 2010 UsersIf you have VisualStudio 2010 on your computer, you may see a prompt to install the Visual C++ 2010SP1 Redis

• Raster image files – (*.bil, *.sid, *.gen, *.adf, *.img, *.ntf, *.ecw, *.url, *.tif, *.grc, *.bmp, *.gif, *.tga,*.jpg, *.pcx, *. jp2, *.j2k, *.png,

• filename.* – Controlled Image Base (CIB) format• ECW – Enhanced Compression Wavlet (ECW) format handler by ER Mapper• EMF – Enhanced Metafile Format

Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) Format SupportMapInfo Professional installs with the Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) 2014, which lets you opendata

UpgradingIf the MapInfo Professional installer detects a current version of the product, or detects that the producthad been previously installed, the

There are no special installation instructions for installing MapInfo Professional in a Citrix environment.In addition to the product serial number an

2Installing MapInfoProfessionalThis chapter provides instructions for installing MapInfo Professional on yourdesktop. In addition, there are instructi

Installing MapInfo ProfessionalYou must have Administrator rights to run the Installer, and the Installer requires that your TEMP variablebe set to a

9. Click Next to continue.10. Do one of the following:• If your organization purchased node-locked licenses, the third character of your serial number

• Click Change to create a new path on the Change Current Destination Folder screen. Type thenew path in the Folder name field and click OK to continu

9. On the Complete screen, click Finish.Continue to Installing Data or to Starting and Activating MapInfo Professional.Installing DataTo help you get

Custom Data InstallationMake sure you have completed the directions in Installing Data before beginning these instructions.Choose this option to insta

Installing the ECW CompressorWe recommend that you exit all Windows programs before installing.The ECW raster handler allows you to open and display r

To view PDF format documentation files, you will need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is afree download from www.adobe.com.Troubleshooting y

On Windows 8 for example, from the Desktop menu select Control Panel > Programs and Features.Right-click on MapInfo Professional 12.5 and select Un

Notices

3Starting and ActivatingMapInfo ProfessionalThe first time you start MapInfo Professional you are asked to activate your productusing the serial numbe

Determine the Type of License you haveThe serial number and access code that you enter during the installation indicates to MapInfo Professionalwhat t

2. Select when you want to activate MapInfo Professional. Select one of the following:• Activate Now–Select this option to start activation now. For f

Automatic ActivationSelect the Automatic Activation option if you have an Internet connection. The Activation Wizard willmake a one-time connection wi

The Activation Request contains your serial number and access code, plus information that identifiesthe computer you are activating on.3. The Save thi

6. In the Process Email Activation Response dialog box, click Next.An activation message opens telling you that the activation was successful.7. Click

• Use MapInfo Professional – Select this option if you have not received an Activation Responsefile yet and you want to use MapInfo Professional under

Automatic TransferSelect the Automatic Transfer option if you have an Internet connection. Your license will be automaticallytransferred to Pitney Bow

Uninstall Transfer OptionsIf you have a node-locked license and you uninstall MapInfo Professional, you have the option oftransferring the license to

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitmenton the part of the vendor or its representatives.

Connecting after InstallationIf you did not specify the license server name and port number during product installation, you will beprompted for that

Connection FailuresFailure to connect to the license server can occur for several reasons.First, although you may know the license server name and por

2. Open MapInfo Professional.A dialog box opens to tell you on what date the borrowed license is going to expire.3. Click OK.4. Choose Help > Licen

The server name is in the format \\yourlicenseserver, and is the name or IP address for themachine that the license server is installed to. The port n

Before making any hardware changes to your PC (such as disk re-formatting) please rememberto return your activated license back to Pitney Bowes Softwa

• MapInfo Professional 11.5 on January 1st 2014• MapInfo Professional 12.0 on January 1st 2015• MapInfo Professional 12.5 on January 1st 2016To contin

AWorkgroup Installations forSystem AdministratorsMapInfo Professional is a desktop application that places user data on a map tosimplify business anal

Understanding the Workgroup Installation ProcessThis workgroup installation allows users to retrieve the Application Data Files (such as the MAPINFOW.

4. On the Custom Setup screen, you have the option of selecting how a feature is installed (if it willinstall and where it installs to). Customize how

Products named herein may be trademarks of their respective manufacturers and are hereby recognized.Trademarked names are used editorially, to the ben

• To change the current destination folder for application data, highlight the Application Data Filesentry and click Change.After making your selectio

As part of your application’s installation process, the MapInfo Professional installer creates a local copyof these Application Data Files for your us

The shared location displays in the Workgroup Directory field.Note:3. Select one of the following options to reset the Workgroup folder:• To set a new

BSilent InstallationProceduresThis chapter helps a system administrator install MapInfo Professional using acommandline.All of the Microsoft supported

Silent Installation Procedures for SystemAdministratorsSilent installations allow you to repackage MapInfo Professional for deployment within your com

• RETLIC = True. For silent return licenses.• LICLOG = Filename for log files• BORROW = #days or True. If no specific number of days are entered, True

To work around the problem, use the /qb option in the command line when you run the silent install. Thisoption gives the installation a basic user int

Activating and Returning Licenses SilentlyInformation Technology engineers may want to activate or return MapInfo Professional node-locked ordistribut

Returning a License SilentlyBefore making any hardware changes to your PC (such as disk re-formatting) please remember to returnyour activated license

The uninstall key is unique to each version of MapInfo Professional. To silently uninstall an olderversion of MapInfo Professional, you would need to

CAdvanced ConfigurationOptions for SystemAdministratorsThis section helps a system administrator configure MapInfo Professional.In this section:• Cont

Controlling Advanced System SettingsMapInfo Professional has some advanced system settings that cannot be configured through a dialogbox. These settin

of tables you can edit at one time (the number of tables that have unsaved edits). The default value is29. If you need to work with more files simulta

Default LocationFilenameprogram directoryMapInfow.mnuper user, roamingMapInfow.penprogram directoryMapInfow.prjper user, roamingThmTmpltper user, roam

DTroubleshooting YourInstallationThis section provides troubleshooting notes for installing MapInfo Professional.In this section:• Installation Issues

Installation IssuesDebug Startup Issues by Turning Off AutoLoad at StartupTo help you debug MapInfo Professional startup issues, launch MapInfo Profes

To correct this issue, and install .NET to the machine, you must download the Microsoft .NET Framework4.5 from Microsoft’s website and install it.Mess

ContentsChapter 1: Before you Install...11Introduction...

Installing Related Programs and Resources.....26Installing the ECW Compressor...

Installing RSS Registry Keys..................56Activating and Returning Licenses Silently...