TAB files created in the latest 64-bit version of MapInfo Pro cannot be opened by 3rd party applications, such as Leapfrog Geo. They may also not be supported (in rare cases) in 32-bit Mapinfo Pro 15.0.
Solution
There are a number of enhancements to the TAB file format, which may not be backwards compatible with 3rd party programs.
For advanced users:
The following Mapbasic statement (typed into the MapBasic window) will save a table with a backwards compatible blocksize (512) and charset (WindowsLatin1), and as a standard NATIVE (non-unicode, whereas the new NATIVEX is unicode).
Commit Table TABLE_TO_SAVE As "C:\myfolderpath...\newtablefilename.tab" TYPE NATIVE Charset "WindowsLatin1" blocksize 512 Interactive
Where TABLE_TO_SAVE is the TABLE_TO_SAVE.tab you currently have opened in MapInfo.Note this new tab file may not preserve all data from your original tab file (i.e. it may involve data loss).
