[mapserver-users] Annotation layer, text and backgroundcolor

[Hockaday, John]

Hi,

I have used the following text in my map file to write "Maps by AUSLIG" in
the bottom left hand corner of my image map.  I have tried to set the
"backgroundcolor" to draw a box around this text to make it stand out from
the map features but it doesn't seem to work.  The 'backgroundcolor" works
for layers that are of "type" point and where I use the "labelitem" but not
for this layer where I use "type" annotation and the "text" element for the
text.  Does one of these cause "backgroundcolor" to fail or have I messed up
my "layer" definition somehow?

Thanks in advance for your help.

John Hockaday


LAYER
  NAME logo
  TYPE annotation
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TRANSFORM OFF
  LABELCACHE on
  FORCE true
  CLASS
    TEXT "Maps by AUSLIG"
    LABEL
      COLOR 0 0 0
      OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
      BACKGROUNDCOLOR 255 255 255
      SIZE medium
    END
  END
  FEATURE
    POINTS 55 290 END
  END
END