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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Hello,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I couldn’t find documentation how to set the text labels dynamically
using MapScript. </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">My application should show points with labels on the map. Points and
labels are obtained dynamically from the database or some text file.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I add the points to the layer and draw layer as following:</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$my_point = ms_newpointObj();</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $my_point->setXY(-75.895, 45.9227);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $my_point->project($projInObj,$projOutObj);</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $line = ms_newLineObj();</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$line->add($my_point);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $shape = ms_newShapeObj(MS_SHAPE_POINT);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $shape->add($line);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $shape->set(text, 'new point');</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $daLayer->addFeature($shape);</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$image=$map->draw();</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">$daLayer->draw($image);</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt"> $image_url=$image->saveWebImage();</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Points are displayed on the map, but no text. What am I doing wrong?</span></font></p>
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12.0pt"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">I will appreciate any help,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
12.0pt">Helen</span></font></p>
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