Project Files

The Shape Name Utility has been written using Visual Basic 6. Although this getting old, it is good for quick MapPoint development, and is widely available. You will need Visual Studio 6 to build the Shape Name Utility files.

The installer is an NSIS script. NSIS is a powerful open source scripting system for building installers. It includes support for registry modification and DLL version updates - both of which are essential for a MapPoint add-in.

The PDF manual is built using Help & Manual v4.5. Help & Manual is a commercial help authoring system, but is very powerful and easy to use.

The source code is split amongst three files. frmAbout.frm, frmShape.frm, and Connect.dsr. frmAbout.frm is the standard VB6 About Box but with the default text fields filled out. The other two files are explained on the next two pages.