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

[Even Rouault]

Selon Beau Taylor <purelyamethyst at gmail.com>:

> 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)

There's a missing call to :
layer.CreateField(field_defn)

and you should make sure to instanciate the feature *after* having added the
field to the layer, otherwise crash is likely.


> 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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