How to define a layer color based on a field value?

[James Washer]

Along those lines, is it possible to "assign a variable" based on the content of a field in the .dbf file?

I was hoping to control text rotation based on values read from the shapefile.

 - jim

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:08:06 +0200
Luca Manganelli <luca76 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a shapefile containing a field representing RGB color in
> mapserver format (like  255 130 43).
> 
> Is there a way to define the dinamic (field based) color in the .map file?