[OpenLayers-Users] writing and saving text and then displaying it as a wfs layer

[Alexandre Dube]

Alauddin,

  Yes, you can.  Try the following before commit :

  youFeatureObject.attributes['yourAttribute'] = yourVariable;

Regards,

Alexandre


Alauddin Khan wrote:
> hi
> i got some idea about what to do now . but problem is can i pass a 
> variable as an attirbute to wfs layer ?? i mean i want to pass as an 
> attribute variable (style_text.label) which contains text tht i am 
> getting. can it b done ??and how ?
>
> thanks
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 7:01 PM, Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com 
> <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>> wrote:
>
>     Alauddin,
>
>      Please, reply to the list as many other might be able to help you.
>
>      Please, take a look at the following example [1].  In it, you
>     have a vector layer configured to a WFS-T server to allow
>     transactions.  OpenLayers is responsible of generating the
>     transaction by AJAX on commit.  Look at the code of the example
>     for more.
>
>      If it can help, I also made a WFS-T little demo a year ago.  The
>     OpenLayers version is outdated, but it might help too [2].  It
>     uses TinyOWS as the WFS-T server (instead of GeoServer) though.
>
>      Hope it helps,
>
>     Alexandre
>
>
>     [1] http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/wfs-protocol-transactions.html
>     [2] http://dev4.mapgears.com/bdga/bdgaWFS-T.html
>
>     Alauddin Khan wrote:
>
>         sorry i am new to mapping and this openlayers geoserver thing
>         so i could not pick up wht u r saying what i really want is to
>         let user write nething i-e label comment joke etc etc on the
>          map displayed nd then save it,  add it to database and latter
>         on same text as displayed as a wfs layer . i mean map is
>         displayed as wms layer then we hav 3 layers  for point line
>         and polygon giving user capability to draw line polygon or
>         point and save it now i want to add another layer named as
>         text layer which enables to write on the map ne comments note
>         or label etc which is u kno then saved can i do this with open
>         layers ? Mr imran rajjad from geoserver list suggested me
>         below four point strategy which i could not follow up
>         completly his suggestion was
>
>         1-create a shape file with point geometry and upload it on
>         geoserver,make sure you keep a field in the attributes for
>         your label.
>         2-write a function that takes  X,Y of click and the text you
>         wish to display
>         3-insert that point where you clicked on map along with the
>         text into the shape file          4-create an SLD for this
>         shape file in which you add text symbolizer and set it to
>         display the field containing you label.
>          but i got stuck at point 3 .dont know how to move things
>         forward. please help thanks
>
>         Regards
>         Alauddin
>
>         On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Alexandre Dube
>         <adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>
>         <mailto:adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>>> wrote:
>
>            Hi,
>
>             Take a look at this example [1].  Labels are added to
>         features as
>            symbolizer properties, so you could set one of the feature's
>            attribute as a value for your label by using ${name} (see
>         the same
>            example).
>
>             Hope this helps,
>
>            Alexandre
>
>            [1]
>         http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/vector-features-with-text.html
>
>
>            Alauddin Khan wrote:
>
>                hi ALL ,
>                          hop u all fin and in good health. i want to
>          write
>                text on my map ( may b some information about a place) and
>                then save it so that next time i use my map the text is
>                visible there . i know u can use wfs to add new
>         features but
>                how will i add text as a new wfs layer in geoserver
>
>                thanks
>                Regards
>                Alauddin
>
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