Dan, Thanks for the reminder: "Google First" It looks like both SYMBOL and FONT use binding. Brent
> http://research.dmsolutions.ca/?p=118 > > 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