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1. Discover 12.0.31 Patch is now available.
   Encom Discover v12.0 Build 31 is now available for download. This update to Discover 12.0 resolves a number of reported issues with the drillhole, geochem and 3D modules. The update installer can be downloaded directly via the Discover Help>Check for Update menu option on the Discover menu. ...
2. I am planning a regional exploration work program. What tools are available in Discover?
   Occurrence How do I: A. Add coordinates to a series of discrete point locations such as proposed regional RAB/aircore drill targets, and then add an incrementing identifier (e.g. HoleID) to each location? B. Convert a series of proposed regional traverse lines/polylines into grid pegs/sample loc ...
3. Error: "You can only run a single application at a time in standard mode."
   Occurrence When attempting to open a tool, the following message is received: "You can only run a single application at a time in standard mode." Solution By default, Discover 11 and later restrict the user to only opening a single tool at a time. This is the same behavior as MapInfo Professio ...
4. Error: "Raster engine unable to recognize image file format"
   Occurrence This error occurs when attempting to open a TAB file linked to a Surface Grid. Solution This issue is due to MapInfo Pro not being able to find your grid handler files. This can occur for two reasons: 1. If MapInfo Pro has been upgraded or patched on the computer, the grid handler ...
5. What are the system requirements for Discover?
   Encom Discover version 12.0 requires MapInfo Professional version 9.0 or later. Discover 12.0 requires Windows® 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows® Vista (Service Pack 1, 32-bit or 64-bit) or Windows® XP Professional (Service Pack 2) operating system to run. - Apple Macintosh OSX and Li ...
6. Discover 11.1 startup is slow, the ELC keeps resetting it's start location or the Autostart option is re-enabled after a manual start.
   Occurrence With version 11.1 of Discover ONLY (NOT previous versions): 1/. When launching MapInfo Professional, Discover takes a long time to load 2/. Upon starting MapInfo Pro/Discover, the ELC ignores the last position it was moved to, and resets to the default location. 3/. If the Autostart o ...
7. Discover Windows Vista and Windows 7 support
   Occurrence Are Discover and Discover 3D supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems? Solution The following versions are supported on Windows Vista (32 bit or 64 bit) - MapInfo Professional 9.0 or later Discover 9.0 or later Discover 3D 3.0 or later The following versions ...
8. Can I run Discover under a Standard User account?
   You can run Discover under a standard user account (non-administrator). However you will need to change the Configuration and Temporary file directories to a Current User location. To do this, go to Discover>Configuration>Settings and click on the button next to Configuration Files or T ...
9. Does Encom software support dongle licensing?
   All Encom geophysical and GIS products (including Discover, Discover 3D, the Engage suite and Profile Analyst) can be licensed by a USB dongle. This allows the product license to be easily transported between computers. Please contact our Sales department for further information (software@encom. ...
10. How do I determine the projection of a mapper window?
    Right click in the mapper window and select the Current Mapper Projection from the pop-up menu.
11. Video Tutorials
    A library of tutorial, product demonstration and webinar videos can be found on the Encom website here.
12. How to restore a scaled map window size or scale to display correctly in a Layout Window
    Occurrence The Scaled Output utility enables a portion of a map window to be automatically displayed in a layout frame at a specific scale for a selected page size. The newly created map window is synchronized to the layout frame so that if the source map window is zoomed, panned or re-size ...
13. What data formats can I import?
    Discover and MapInfo Professional can import an extensive range of industry standard and 3rd party data formats. The attached PDFs (bottom of the page) list all supported formats under the following categories, and for each format details the location of the required import tool. Tabular and ...
14. Error "Library legend.dll was not found. Unable to link to external library legend.dll"
    Occurrence Occurs while during Discover Startup Solution Download the latest Discover 9.1 installer from the Encom website. Reinstall Discover (your licence will be unaffected), and make sure to tick 'Force installation of all supporting windows component files'. Please contact Encom support (di ...
15. Can you use Discover to create stacked geological, geophysical and geochemical sections/ profiles?
    Discover has a number of tools that can produce profiles. The Surfaces>Draw Grid Profile uses a line or polyline drawn across multiple grids (e.g. soil geochemistry, FVD aeromagnetics, DEM) to generate a stacked profile as below: Additionally, one of the profiles can be coloured by any over ...
16. What are the "\pXXXX" codes at the end of a projection name?
    The "\pXXXX" numeric codes that appear at the end of projection names in some projection selection dialogs are the corresponding EPSG code for the projection. These are used by Encom Discover tools when converting MapInfo projections to corresponding ERMapper projections.
17. Is it possible to extract/update to columns the X/Y coordinates for all of the points of polygons or polylines?
    Yes, use the Discover>Data Utilities>Extract Nodes tool. This will extract every node into a new table, with X and Y coordinates automatically listed for each point.
18. Error 'Could not find file C:Program Files\MapInfo\Professional\Discover\Config\Discover.prj'
    Occurrence Occurs when trying to set a projection for the output table. Solution Run the Discover>Map Window>Favourite Projections tool (this will create the discover.prj file in the Config directory), then close it. Then rerun the original tool.
19. How do I select or clip points in a TAB file that lie above or below a grid surface?
    Occurrence For example, a topographic grid has been created of an open cut pit (e.g. by overlaying a DEM grid with a series of donutted polygons representing pit bench levels using the Surfaces>Grid Utilities>Overlay tool). You would like to examine those portions of the original explor ...
20. Discover does not automatically load when opening MapInfo Professional
    Occurrence After installing Discover or another user logs onto the computer loaded with Discover the software fails to automatically start when loading MapInfo. How do I enable Discover to open automatically? Solution To start Discover automatically, open MapInfo and navigate to Tools>Run M ...