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This would indicate the answer is yes. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brent Fraser <bfra...@geoanalytic.com> > To: "mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org" <mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org> > Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 11:05:28 AM > Subject: [mapserver-users] attribute bindings for SYMBOL and FONT? > > The short story: > ---------------- > Is it possible to bind a CLASS's SYMBOL object to an attribute (i.e store > the > symbol name as a attribute of a feature)? And the LABEL objects FONT name? > > The Long Story: > --------------- > I've been working with the yet-to-be-released Feature Editor in Geomoose v2. > It > allows the user to digitize features (points, lines, and polygons) and assign > attributes, then stores them in PostGIS. > > I want to allow simple styling and don't want to have a map file the size of > "War and Peace", so I thought I would use the attribute/item/column binding > abilities of Mapserver's CLASS and LABEL objects. > > To that end, one of the columns the feature table will be "style name" (or > maybe > "feature class"), which I'll use to join to a style table (with COLOR, WIDTH, > etc columns) to get the feature rendered in a simple style. > > After a quick review of Mapserver's doc, most of the most important objects > can > be bound to attributes, with two exceptions, SYMBOL 'name' and FONT 'name': > > CLASS > STYLE > ANGLE [angle] > COLOR [color] #R G B > OUTLINECOLOR [olcolor] #R G B > SIZE [size] > WIDTH [width] # v5.2 > > SYMBOL 'name' # in SYMBOLSET > > END #STYLE > > TEXT ([label]) > LABEL > ANGLE [label_angle] > COLOR [label_color] > OUTLINECOLOR [label_olcolor] > PRIORITY [label_priority] > SIZE [label_size] > > FONT 'name' # in FONTSET > > END #LABEL > END # CLASS > > How difficult would it be to have attribute binding for SYMBOL and FONT? I > suppose I could use mapscript, but I'd rather not. > > Thanks! > Brent Fraser > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users