p.mapper *does support* Mapserver groups defined in the map file. This required quite some efforts and workarounds since Mapscript has no support for groups as the CGI has.
Groups are an internal feature of Mapserver for logical grouping, categories are an additional feature of p.mapper for thematic grouping in the TOC. Both can be used together, but one has to be aware of the different use cases and mechanisms that apply. Since Mapserver does not support additional levels like categories they have to be defined outside of Mapserver. The definition is also too complex (2-level array) for putting them into the ini file, therefore the definition in another config. You can of course define them elsewhere (eg. in a DB, XML, etc), just need to write everything into a session variable. armin >------------------------------ > Categories and groups > Hi, > > I like and use the "use categories" pmapper feature, I'm thinking about > how > this feature could be linked to mapserver's mapfile GROUP field. > > Mapserver define and use groups, but pmapper (optionally) use its own > category > sistem, is it possible/useful try to unify the two systems? > > This could be a benefit by cutting another configuration step in pmapper. > > There could be a way to (optionally) auto-configure categories taking them > >from mapfile groups. > > Any opinion? > > > -- > Alessandro Pasotti > itOpen - "Open Solutions for the Net Age" > w3: www.itopen.it > Linux User# 167502 > -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX ProMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ pmapper-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pmapper-users
