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Nightmare :( we have only decided to use MapPoint on the assumption that it could handle post-code/reverse look-ups..

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Thanks for the response peeps :)

Has anyone got an example without any underlying features i.e. a function that has been written specifically to do the job of reverse look-ups, its hard enough translating VB code to Delphi it just makes it 10 times harder when there is a load of irrelevant code :(

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Update :(

I spent a bit of time this afternoon translating the above function from VB to Delphi, and im encountering the same problem, in the VB code you are able to access FindResults.Item[i].StreetAddress but in Delphi you must typecast the FindResults.Item[i] as a Location type BUT when I type case an Item from FindResults as Location it throws an exception:

e.g. "(Location(mpResults.Item[oleItem]).StreetAddress"

I believe this is due to the fact that FindResults can contain objects other than Location and the item I am attempting to type cast is not of Location type, trouble is Delphi does not allow me to do use standard "IS object of Type" expression with these objects :(

I have even started to think about resorting to API calls to the MapPoint application but thats going to be a nightmare due to the threaded nature of this application.

Double Doh!

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Since my last post I have actually made some significant progress :) I've used Walt Cygan idea of taking two points on the globe and using them as a cross section to work out the Lat/Long of a given location, I have then used this Lat/Long to find the nearest Road which I can then obtain the needed details from.

Im a happy bunny yet again :)

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