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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Greetings all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>This seemed like it would be a simple problem but I
have not been able to figure out how to get it working. I am trying to label a
layer that is referencing a MapInfo TAB file but the labels wont show up and I
have not been able to track down any info on what I am doing wrong (or I am
REALLY missing something!) Below is a snippet of my MAP file:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> LAYER<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> NAME "Suburbs"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> CONNECTION "suburbs_bdry.TAB"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> UNITS METERS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> SIZEUNITS PIXELS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> TOLERANCEUNITS PIXELS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> LABELITEM "SUBURB"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> NAME "Suburbs"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> LABEL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> END<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I can get labelling working if I convert the TAB to
SHP and not use OGR but this is not a workable solution for this particular
project.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Regards<br>
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<b><font color="#006699"><span style='color:#006699;font-weight:bold'>Julian
Parker<br>
Systems Analyst</span></font></b></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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