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Create a new .TAB or .MIF dataset. 
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Note that it is not possible to open a file for update (i.e. read+write) with the current version of the library.<p>
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>filename</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the complete filename (including extension .TAB or .MIF) of the file to create. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>mif_or_tab</em>&nbsp;</td><td>one of "mif" to create a .MIF dataset or "tab" to create a .TAB dataset. The default is to create a TAB dataset if this parameter's value is NULL or an empty string. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>mif_projection</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the projection to use for the dataset, in the same format that is used in the "CoordSys" line of a MIF file header. If this parameter's value is NULL or empty then a LAT/LON coordsys is assumed. See also <a class="el" href="mitab__capi_8cpp.html#4b2485ecf008b4773ec6ec1e23fb5263" title="Get the MIF CoordSys string from an opened dataset.">mitab_c_get_mif_coordsys()</a>. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>north</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the upper dataset bound. Note that valid bounds are required for a .TAB dataset otherwise data may not be stored properly in the file. MITAB knows the default bounds only for the most common MapInfo coordinate systems, passing north,south,east,west as 0,0,0,0 will instruct MITAB to attempt to use the default bounds for that projection. If no default bounds are found for this projection then your data may not be stored properly in the file unless you provide valid bounds via the north,south,east,west parameters. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>south</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the lower dataset bound. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>east</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the right dataset bound. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>west</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the left dataset bound. </td></tr>
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Create a new mitab_feature object to be written to a dataset created using <a class="el" href="mitab__capi_8cpp.html#00001954939919bc111937e9b82adce3" title="Create a new .TAB or .MIF dataset.">mitab_c_create()</a>. 
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>handle</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the handle of the dataset opened for write access. </td></tr>
    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>feature_type</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the type of feature object to create. At this point, only the following types can be created by this C API function: TABFC_NoGeom (0), TABFC_Point (1), TABFC_FontPoint (2), TABFC_CustomPoint (3), TABFC_Text (4), TABFC_Polyline (5), TABFC_Arc (6), TABFC_Region (7), TABFC_Rectangle (8), TABFC_Ellipse (9), TABFC_MultiPoint (10) and TABFC_Collection (11) </td></tr>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>the new mitab_feature object, or NULL if creation failed. Note that the new object will have to be released using <a class="el" href="mitab__capi_8cpp.html#ffaa82053bac8720d7a0bf5179b3c9aa" title="Destroy a mitab_feature object and release all memory associated with it.">mitab_c_destroy_feature()</a>. </dd></dl>

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Destroy a mitab_feature object and release all memory associated with it. 
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Get an object's brush background color property. 
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Applies to region, ellipse and rectangle objects.<p>
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<dl class="return" compact><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt><dd>the brush background color (24 bits RGB value). </dd></dl>

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Get an object's brush foreground color property. 
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Applies to region, ellipse and rectangle objects.<p>
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    <tr><td valign="top"></td><td valign="top"><em>feature</em>&nbsp;</td><td>the mitab_feature object. </td></tr>