DOCUMENT:Q241101 27-JUL-2001 [automap] TITLE :Streets and Trips: Description of the Pushpin Conversion Tool PRODUCT :Microsoft Automap PROD/VER:WINDOWS: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbtool kbimu ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Expedia Streets and Trips 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article describes how to use the free Pushpin Conversion Tool to convert pushpin sets created in any of the following programs - Microsoft Expedia Streets 98 - Microsoft Expedia Streets 98 Deluxe - Microsoft Expedia Trip Planner 98 - Microsoft AutoRoute Express Great Britain 98 - Microsoft AutoRoute Express Europe 98 to a format that is recognized by the following programs: - Microsoft Expedia Streets and Trips 2000 - Microsoft AutoRoute Express Great Britain 2000 - Microsoft AutoRoute Express Europe 2000 - Microsoft MapPoint 2000 - Microsoft MapPoint 2000 Great Britain The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: PushpinConversionTool.exe (http://download.microsoft.com/download/expediastreets98/Utility/1.0/W9XNT4/EN-US/PushpinConversionTool.exe) Release Date: Jun-29-1999 For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file. MORE INFORMATION ================ To install the Pushpin Conversion Tool, download the PushpinConversionTool.exe file from the Microsoft Download Center and save it in a folder on your hard disk. To use the Pushpin Conversion Tool, double-click the PushpinConversionTool.exe file. If multiple programs that use pushpins are detected, all existing pushpin sets are converted simultaneously. Also, if both Streets and Trips 2000 and MapPoint 2000 are installed on your computer, you can convert the earlier pushpin sets into both of the later pushpin formats. After you successfully convert the pushpins, the converted pushpin sets are available in the Pushpin Explorer in Streets and Trips 2000, and the converted pushpin template is available when you click New on the File menu in MapPoint 2000. NOTE: The Pushpin Converson Tool is provided in English, French, and German versions. However, all dialog boxes and messages in the tool are in English. This tool is provided by Microsoft "as is" without warranty of any kind. No technical support is provided for this tool. Additional query words: est2000 auto-map amap import ====================================================================== Keywords : kbtool kbimu Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbExpediaSearch kbExpediaStreets2000 Version : WINDOWS: Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.