line thickness with circle

[Jeff Portwine]

Not sure if it makes a difference but you could try putting quotes around
'circle'.

-Jeff



----- Original Message -----
From: "gerard barrington" <gerard_b_18 at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] line thickness with circle


> Dear list,
>
> I am having a problem getting my line thickness adjusted to any size other
> thanone pixel.
> In my symbol file, I have the following symbol:
>
>  SYMBOL
>        NAME 'circle'
>        TYPE ELLIPSE
>        FILLED TRUE
>        POINTS
>                1 1
>        END
>  END
>
> and in my map file I have a shapefile of type line that references this
> symbol:
>
> LAYER
>        NAME "layer"
>        TYPE LINE
>        TILEINDEX "C:\layer.shp"
>        STATUS ON
>        CLASS
>                STYLE
>                        SYMBOL circle
>                        SIZE 9
>                END
>        END
> END
>
> However, this gives me this error:
>
> getSymbol(): Symbol definition error. Parsing error near (circle):(line
> 56)
>
>
> Commenting out "SYMBOL circle" displays a single pixel line
>
> Thanks for any advice,
>
> Gerard
>