I am trying to use the showdatamappingwizard function on the datasets object, but I am running into a slight problem. I run my program and I try to specify the startpage parameter, but MapPoint ignores it and just displays the default window. Also I am specifying a dataset and it is not nothing. The dataset also exists in the datasets collection that I am calling this function on. Here is my code

m_objmap is a object of mappoint.map type

Public Sub addDemographics(ds As DataSet)
m_objmap.Parent.Visible = True
m_objmap.DataSets.ShowDataMappingWizard , ds, geoDataFieldsPage
End Sub

Eamon,

This is the only thing I could find that might explain the problem: The geoDataFieldsPage is Valid as a start page only for an existing data map. Not valid for Pushpin maps.

Thanks for the help.I read that part in the help too. I tried to create a small program that show this behavior except with a pushpin and geoPushpinSetPage. I Just created a from with two buttons, and I have an access database with a table of locations in table customers. I just want to know if any one can replicate this behavior.Sorry about the tabs. This doesn't seem to want to keep formatting when I post code.

Option Explicit
Private m_app As New MapPoint.Application
Private m_map As MapPoint.Map

Private Sub cmdImport_Click()
Const strCnn As String = "E:\customers_sample.mdb!CUSTOMERS"
m_map.DataSets.ImportData (strCnn)
End Sub

Private Sub cmdWizard_Click()
Dim ds As DataSet
Set ds = m_map.DataSets(1)

m_map.SaveAs "C:\test.ptm"
m_map.DataSets.ShowDataMappingWizard , ds, geoPushpinSetPage
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
Set m_map = m_app.NewMap
m_app.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub Form_Unload(Cancel As Integer)
m_app.ActiveMap.Saved = True
m_app.Quit
End Sub

oops that was me.I forgot to login :D

Eamon,

Replace your Sub cmdWizard_Click() with this and give it a try.

Private Sub cmdWizard_Click()
Dim ds As DataSet
Set ds = m_map.DataSets(1)
Dim objDataMap As MapPoint.DataMap

m_map.SaveAs "C:\test.ptm"

Set objDataMap = ds.DisplayDataMap(geoDataMapTypeDefault, , geoShowByRegion1, geoCombineByDefault, _
geoRangeTypeDefault, geoRangeOrderDefault, 15)

objDataMap.LegendTitle = "Test"

m_map.DataSets.ShowDataMappingWizard , ds, geoDataFieldsPage

End Sub

ahh much better many thanks ;)

So what we learned here today is that you can't call datamappingwizard with the startpage parameter unless the dataset has a datamap object. Hooray for Forums!