[gdal-dev] unable to write a shapefile using ogr

[Beau Taylor]

I tried to insert the 'feature name', but could not. Can some one correct
it?

field_defn = ogr.FieldDefn("Name", ogr.OFTString)
field_defn.SetWidth(32)
feature.SetField("Name", name)



On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Jukka Rahkonen <jukka.rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>
wrote:

> Kyle Shannon <kyle <at> pobox.com> writes:
>
> >
> > Style is usually dictated by the application.  You can set them in the
> > app, or for some formats/drivers you can use the OGR style API:
> >
> > http://gdal.org/ogr_feature_style.html
> >
> > AFAIK, shapefiles do not support styles
>
> As you said, style is dictated by application. If you create an "OGR_STYLE"
> column into shapefile and populate it with OGR feature style strings some
> programs can utilize them. I know that Mapserver can do it as well as GDAL
> when it writes PDF files.
>
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
>
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