[Mapserver-dev] include directive for mapfiles

[Ed]

Tom -

I think Paul's talking about the same preprocessor approach I am.  It is not a "runtime" approach in that it requires the user to run a process to interpret static information only once, rather than repeating the same static process for every map view <g>.   A runtime approach is much more valuable if it can be controlled by the use of runtime parameters, not static data.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
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-----Original Message-----
From: mapserver-dev-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu [mailto:mapserver-dev-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu] On Behalf Of Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 9:58 AM
To: Paul Ramsey
Cc: mapserver-dev at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: RE: [Mapserver-dev] include directive for mapfiles


Paul,

No I haven't.  What is the approach?  And this sounds like making mods to the source code?  If yes, I was looking for a canned, runtime solution.

..Tom


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Ramsey [mailto:pramsey at refractions.net]
> Sent: Friday, 29 October, 2004 09:56
> To: Kralidis,Tom [Burlington]
> Cc: mapserver-dev at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-dev] include directive for mapfiles
> 
> 
> Tom,
> Have you tried and given up on using cpp as a means of managing map 
> files? I recently used a cpp/make combination for a larger project, 
> and I thought it worked pretty OK.
> Paul
> 
> On 29-Oct-04, at 6:44 AM, Kralidis,Tom [Burlington] wrote:
> 
> > During a spirited conversation with Frank and Dave last
> night, I was
> > encouraged to send a post w.r.t. this subject, so here goes:
> >
> > For those of us running MapServer with multiple datasets,
> definitions,
> > etc., it would be nice to be able to 'compartmentalize' 
> mapfile chunks
> > which other mapfiles can refer to.
> >
> > I'd be interested in hearing others' thoughts of defining a new 
> > mapfile object called 'INCLUDE', which does just that, include 
> > contents of another mapfile, i.e.:
> >
> > INCLUDE 'roads.map'
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > ..Tom
> >
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