Frode Wiseth Jørgensen wrote:
Hi!
Is it possible to label objects (in mapfile) from a shape-file, by using
only part of an attribute, or may be manipulate the attribute?
E.g:
- Only the first two letters of av word
- Round numbers (as labeling a numberfield with decimals in a dbf-file,
would force decimals even if the current attribute has decimals or not)
Thanks
FrodeWJ
No, I believe your best bet is to write a script that adds a new column
to the shapefile and populates it with the value that you want to use
for labeling.
You can join multiple fields together, but I don't think you can take a
substring of a field.
You can write the script in mapscript. I don't have any examples handy,
but you should be able to pull some from the list archive or ask the list.
-Steve W.
