Well - it has been discussed that - in case of point files - the
geometry column could replace the x/y columns. But one would have to
"special-case" point files, because the same dialogue also works for
linestring and polygon data - where you really need the separate x/y
columns.
In your case - could you solve it with a database view? just link the
x/y coordinate column to the point-geometry - this is what I do with
Swiss cadastral data.
It is the intention to remove the old labeling in QGIS 1.8 - so please
report all problems in trac, so they can be addressed.
Andreas
On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:27:33 -0000, Andrew Chapman wrote:
Andreas,
Thanks for your suggestion - yes, attribute table references are
needed for
label distance, X & Y coordinates before the horizontal & vertical
alignment
fields and rotation are enabled. Pointing all of these to a dummy
(null)
attribute enables the rotation dropdown list, but selecting an
attribute
value for rotation (the same as in the old dialog) gives no rotation.
On the assumption that I've not made any further incorrect
assumptions and
this functionality is as intended, I'll have to stick with the old
labels -
in the UK Ordnance Survey data that I use, labels are identified in
point
files with an rotation.
Andrew
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