[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] advanced labelings

[Todd Fagin]

Greetings all,   I am wanting to do some advanced labeling in MapServer and have several questions.   First, if I want to label based on concatenated fields, but on two separate lines. I know I can do something such as the following in my CLASS object:   TEXT ([QDNAME][INDEX_CODE])   This, of course, will return labels from both the QDNAME and INDEX_CODE fields, but on a single line.   However, I would like to stake the labels on two lines, e.g.   QDNAME INDEX_CODE   Any suggestions on how to do this?   Secondly, I would like to be able to label based on a truncated field.  For instance, I would like to have as my label field the first 5 characters of a string, e.g.,   LEFT([QDNAME], 5)   Is there a way to do something along these lines without creating a new field in my layer that only contains these characters?   Ultimately, my goal is to be able to stack a single label field into two lines.  So, if my attribute value is 1000-5142, I would like my label to look like:   1000- 5142.   Any suggestions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.  I have yet to find anything in the archives that would assist me in this matter.   Thanks in advance.   Todd Fagin   Coordinate Solutions, Inc. 501 N.E. 15th St. Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405.246.9396 (Voice) 405.227.0781 (Fax)