On 06/09/2011 17:00, Chris Jackson wrote: > Hi all > > I have a shapefile with a lots of place names across Europe and have several > with special characters like so - Spadenländer Spitze, Noard Fryslân > Bûtendyks etc. The data is drawn and labelled correctly, however search > results throw out things like R�becker Sand and so do auto suggest search > drop-downs. When you actually go to search data using the query tool on > this layer then the results don't load, but if I switch to another layer > (say cities) then all is well again. > > What is the best way for dealing with such characters? > > Thanks > > Chris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chris I would have some doubts that special characters in shapefiles for labels on the map are just working without any ENCODING definition. The same type of encoding you will need to define for the layer in general. See the p.mapper manual for "encoding". armin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ pmapper-users mailing list pmapper-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pmapper-users
