Limitations
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The source code has been provided so that you can extend the program to remove some of the current limitations such as:

·    Inability to use LABELS on QUERY tables.
This is a limitation of the LabelFindByID mapbasic command which searches for RowID  in the BASE table and not the QUERY table and hence returns the wrong label.  Possible solution is to iterate through the labels and then lookup the actual object in the base  table.

·    Does not convert MapInfo object styles
This was deliberately left out for compatability reasons. Polygons were converted to outlines by default since some computers have problems displaying filled polygons in Google Earth.

·    Does not create polygons with cutouts
The KML format can support this, you just need to be able to determine if a polygon is an  inner boundary or an outer boundary.

·    Modifies the settings of the current map window
Changes the current map window to Lat/Long WGS84 projection and turns on duplicate and overlapping  labels. Note: RASTER layers have priority for map projection and must be in Lat/Long WGS 84 or  turned off.

·    Front window must be a map window which is not Minimised nor Maximised and does not use Scroll Bars.

·    Length of a Description  is currently limited to around 243 characters by Mapinfo's maximum label text size of 256 (less the size of object name).

See also:
Key Features
Introduction