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Q10489 -  Please explain, step by step, the procedure for acquiring and properly activating the retail version of the TatukGIS product that I have purchased. The full procedure to acquire and activate a purchased TatukGIS product is described below. 1) Obtain the retail version of the ... (Modified: 2006-09-18)

Q10199 -  How is the DK trial version limited (by time, functionality, etc. The trial version of the Developer Kernel 8. x (VCL, ActiveX, and . NET versions) is limited in the following ways: i) the trial period is limited to 21 days, ii) the running time of any application created from the trial version is lim ... (Modified: 2007-06-20)

Q10590 -  Does the DK Trial version fully reflect what I will get if I purchase the DK product? TatukGIS invests the time to update the DK trial version, and to update the samples to work with the updated trial version, only every 6 - 18 months or so. Therefore, the latest DK retail version which is available ... (Modified: 2004-12-15)

Q10593 -  Please list the DK samples provided by TatukGIS with a brief description of the functionality demonstrated by each sample? The DK samples are organized by sets as listed below. All of samples in the list are provided as DK-VCL samples (in Delphi and C+Builder) and as DK.NET samples (in C# and VB.NET ... (Modified: 2008-06-06)

Q10177 -  Does the DK work with layers? Which kind of data can a layer contain? Yes, the DK supports an unlimited number of layers in a project. Each layer can contain raster/pixel data (such as the TIFF/GeoTIFF, BMP, JPEG, SPOT, ECW, RPF, or PixelStore formats) or vector data (such as the SHP, E00, MID-MIF, ... (Modified: 2004-04-14)

Q10764 -  How to integrate map data into the DK? Do you use you own internal data format when integrating data? No. TatukGIS directly supports industry standard data formats and the formats of other leading companies in the GIS industry, e.g. ESRI, MapInfo, Intergraph, Bentley, Lizard Tech, ERMapper, the lead ... (Modified: 2007-07-18)

Q10500 -  Is it possible with the DK to interactively correlate raster data (scanned maps or aerial photography) with vector data? Yes, the raster and vector data can be georeferenced to the same geographic coordinate space (system) and used together in the same project. The DK can be used, if required, to ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10183 -  Does the DK include ready-to-use dialog boxes (components for GUI building) to control layout, map position and visibility, rendering properties, attributes, drawing tool, etc. Does DK offer something like this? The DK includes a single comprehensive visual Legend control for all aspects of the map ... (Modified: 2005-02-10)

Q10186 -  What kind of format is used by the DK to manage vector data internally? The DK (and other TatukGIS products) uses no unique internal disk format. Each supported vector file type is handled natively on disk. So opening a file of any supported type in the DK is just a matter ... (Modified: 2007-11-23)

Q10187 -  Can I use the DK to read an E00 file (or DXF) and save the resultant file as a SHP file? Can I use the DK to convert between other vector formats? Yes, certainly. The DK v. 8 can convert vector map data between any read supported file type, e.g. SHP, E00, MIF/MID, TAB, DXF, DGN, GML, VPF, DLG, SDTS ... (Modified: 2006-05-01)

Q10189 -  What database management system is used by the TatukGIS DK and IS products? Is it object orientated or relational? Does your DMS see the database as a huge area or do you split geometrically the database into pieces? The DK may be joined in a relational manor to most SQL-type databases via ADO or ... (Modified: 2007-12-05)

Q10618 -  How difficult is it to port a GIS application/solution between different versions of the DK (VCL, ActiveX, and manageable .NET) and the present and upcoming native, manageable .NET version of the TatukGIS Internet Server? The API and source code is exactly the same for the DK-VCL and DK.NET products ... (Modified: 2006-01-24)

Q10591 -  How do I create a new project file from the layers that I have open in the DK viewer? How do I save data changes to my vector layers? Use the DK function GIS.SaveProjectAs to create and save a new project file, which will control the organization of the layers, the rendering of the data in each laye ... (Modified: 2006-10-18)

Q10176 -  Which features of the DK-VCL have existing customers indicated are important to them? These are some of the main points in which DK customers offer positive feedback: i)native to Delphi and C+ Builder, ii) compiles into a single executable file, presenting an exceptionally small footprint, iii) logi ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10483 -  Is it possible to localize (by language) the dialogs and messages built into the DK and DK-ActiveX? Yes. The DK is language friendly. Be familiar with two functions: - GisLocalizedStringsFromString This allows you to localize the dialogs from the provided string. So you can embed the localized strin ... (Modified: 2006-09-01)

Q10589 -  The DK-ActiveX samples are developed under Visual Studio 2003. How to run them under Visual Studio 2002? Change the first line of the solution files (sIn) from Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 8.00 to Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 7.00 Modify the Project ... (Modified: 2004-12-09)

Q10180 -  Does the DK include vector data manipulation and modification tools? Yes. The DK supports vector editing features and some topological operations as a development tool, to allow developers to build shapefile drawing and editing functionality into their custom GIS applications. Refer to the DK Editor ... (Modified: 2007-07-31)

Q10181 -  What kinds of raster data processing are possible with the DK, e. g. modification, filtering, classification, etc. Color adjusting, filtering by color, filtering by color zones, color remapping, histogram equalization, false color operations. ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10178 -  Is it possible to draw textured polygons in separate layers? Yes, any shape on any layer can be filled with texture. ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10180 -  Does the DK include vector data manipulation and modification tools? Yes. The DK supports vector editing features and some topological operations as a development tool, to allow developers to build shapefile drawing and editing functionality into their custom GIS applications. Refer to the DK Editor ... (Modified: 2007-07-31)

Q10190 -  Does the DK support SQL databases in an object oriented or relational manner? Relational.. ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10191 -  How are spatial data attributes managed in the DK? Spatial attributes are always handled in the native format (e.g. SHP, E00, MIF, TAB, DXF, and DGN - every format supported by the DK is handled as a native format) but can also be stored in any SQL database via a join based on a unique record identifier. ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10193 -  Does the DK database management system handle a coverage as one huge area or does it geometrically split the database coverage into pieces? Generally vector SQL coverages are seen as one huge database, but can be split into segments as well. Regarding the storage of raster imagery coverages to SQL ... (Modified: 2004-07-28)

Q10195 -  How old is the DK? Is there electronic documentation for the product? The DK was developed since 1997 and version 4.0 was introduced in early 2000, version 5.0 in the spring of 2001, and version 6.0 in November, 2001. Electronic help files and samples may be downloaded with the product. ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10196 -  I am not familiar with Borland terminology. What does it mean when you say that the DK is a "native Borland Delphi/ C+ Builder VCL" Is the source code Delphi or C+ Builder? The DK source code is written in the Borland Delphi language. But a DK component can be compiled under C+ Builder, because C+ ... (Modified: 2003-11-21)

Q10598 -  For use with the DK product, do you recommend the purchase of Delphi Professional or is the Delphi Personal version adequate? I am new to Delphi. Delphi Personal is i) lacks the database connectors and ii) cannot be used to develop or deploy any commercial application. As the name implies, Delphi ... (Modified: 2004-12-31)

Q10300 -  My development background is in C language, and I am considering which strategy makes more sense if I convert the development of my application over to the DK - move to the ActiveX control, to Delphi, or to C+ Builder. My application was originally developed in C because it is very CPU intensive. ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10365 -  We notice that TatukGIS supports the OpenGIS standard on the storage of data. What are your future plans on the issue of OpenGIS conformance? Our focus is really on maximizing the interoperability (compatibility) and the utility of the DK toolkit. We have found that following OpenGIS guidelines ofte ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10458 -  Exactly what kind of editing operations does the DK support relating to the SHP format? The DK includes an Editor class that can be used for basic editing functionality and a user interface for this class supporting editing with the use of the mouse curser. Any DK write supported vector format is ... (Modified: 2004-12-17)

Q10499 -  Is it possible to create new attributes for vectors and how? New attribute fields can always be added (and existing attributes can be modified or deleted) and saved in the native vector format of the opened layer or in a connected SQL database. The DK can save both the vector geometry and attributes ... (Modified: 2004-12-13)

Q10510 -  Is WYSIWYG printing of the displayed map supported by the DK? Yes. For guidance, please refer to the PrintPreview sample in DK Sample Set#4. ... (Modified: 2005-12-22)

Q10559 -  Occasionally some of my vector files load to the Viewer slower than I would expect. Can you offer any explanation? 1. If you have the R-tree indexing turned on, the Viewer must build the R-tree the first time that a vector file is opened in the Viewer. Perhaps this is the explanation. This will not ... (Modified: 2005-03-03)

Q10720 -  When opening a file in a DK application, how to ensure that DK layer type matches the format of the file? Is there a way to filter in the windows file opening dialog box to present the user of the DK application only with the files that are of a TatukGIS supported file type? - The DK function XGIS_U ... (Modified: 2006-10-10)