//?$Id:?MiApi.csv?1.2?2005/03/24?17:02:06?dmorissette?Exp?$
//

using?System;
using?System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using?System.IO;
using?System.Collections;

namespace?EBop.Mapobjects.MapInfo?{

	//?feature?type?values
	public?enum?FeatureType?{
		TABFC_NoGeom?=?0
		TABFC_Point?=?1
		TABFC_FontPoint?=?2
		TABFC_CustomPoint?=?3
		TABFC_Text?=?4
		TABFC_Polyline?=?5
		TABFC_Arc?=?6
		TABFC_Region?=?7
		TABFC_Rectangle?=?8
		TABFC_Ellipse?=?9
		TABFC_MultiPoint?=?10};

	public?enum?FieldType?{?
		TABFT_Char?=?1
		TABFT_Integer?=?2
		TABFT_SmallInt?=?3
		TABFT_Decimal?=?4
		TABFT_Float?=?5
		TABFT_Date?=?6
		TABFT_Logical?=?7};

	public?enum?Justification?{
		TABTJ_Left?=?0
		TABTJ_Center?=?1
		TABTJ_Right?=?2};

	public?enum?TextSpacing?{
		TABTS_Single?=?0
		TABTS_1_5?=?1
		TABTS_Double?=?2};

	//?test?linetype
	public?enum?LineSpacing?{
		TABTL_NoLine?=?0
		TABTL_Simple?=?1
		TABTL_Arrow?=?2};

	///?

	///?Wrapper?functions?for?the?version?1.3.0?of?the?MapInfo?Tab?API.
	///?

	///?
	///?Requires?mitab.dll?（www.maptools.org）
	///?See?http://mitab.maptools.org/
	///?
	///?Graham?Sims
	///?Environment?Bay?of?Plenty?Whakatane?New?Zealand
	///?http://www.envbop.govt.nz
	///?
	public?class?MiApi?{

		private?MiApi（）?{
		}
		
		///?

		///?Returns?the?version?of?the?library.?
		///?

		///?An?integer?representing?the?current?version?of?the?MITAB?library?in?the?
		///?format?xxxyyyzzz?e.g.?returns?1002004?for?v1.2.4.??
		///?
		[DllImport（“mitab.dll“）]
		public?static?extern?int?mitab_c_getlibversion（）;

		///?

		///?Get?the?last?error?message.?
		///?

		///?
		///?Fetches?the?last?error?message?posted?with?CPLError（）?that?hasn‘t?been?cleared?by?CPLErrorReset（）.?
		///?The?returned?pointer?is?to?an?internal?string?that?should?not?be?altered?or?freed.?
		///?
		///?A?pointer?to?the?last?error?message?or?an?empty?string?if?there?is?no?posted?error?message
		[DllImport（“mitab.dll“?EntryPoint=“mitab_c_getlasterrormsg“）]
		private?static?extern?IntPtr?_mitab_c_getlasterrormsg（）;
		public?static?string?mitab_c_getlasterrormsg（）?{
			return?Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi（_mitab_c_getlasterrormsg（））;
		}
		
//		[DllImport（“mitab.dll“）]
//		public?static?extern?int?mitab_c_getlasterrormsg_vb?（
//			[MarshalAs（UnmanagedType.LPStr?SizeConst?=?260）]?string?errormsg?int?l）;

		///?

		///?Fetch?the?last?error?number.?
		///?

		///?This?is?the?error?number?not?the?error?class.?
		///?The?error?number?of?the?last?error?to?occur?or?CPLE_None?（0）?if?there?are?no?posted?errors
		[DllImport（“mitab.dll“）]
		public?static?extern?int?mitab_c_getlasterrorno（）;

		///?

		///?Open?an?existing?.TAB?or?.MIF?dataset?for?read?access.?
		///?

		///?The?function?automatically?detects?the?format?（.MIF?or?.TAB）?of?the?specified?file.
		///?Note?that?i