[mapserver-users] include files

[Ed McNierney]

Richard -

After wishing for the same thing for a while, I realized that I could do
everything I wanted by using my C compiler's preprocessor.  So now I
have a set of source files that look like:

#include "web.inc"
MINSCALE  6700

#if UTM_ZONE > 9
#include "gdt_ih.inc"	// There are no GDT Interstate Highways west of
UTM Zone 10
#endif

...and so on.  Then I just run them through the preprocessor to produce
the .map files.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Greenwood [mailto:Rich at GreenwoodMap.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 10:45 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [mapserver-users] include files


Hi Listers,

This is sort of a feature suggestion, but I wanted to see if anyone else

saw any value in this. I think the map file could really benefit from
the 
ability to have include files. A couple cases where I think this would
be 
useful would be:
1. Moving a map file between various servers that have different
SHAPEPATH, 
SYMBOLSET, IMAGEPATH, IMAGEURL, ets.
2. Layer that you use in multiple map files.

Is there a work around that I am not aware of? I've seen the JavaScript 
includes in template files, but then that has to get passed to mapserver
in 
the URL with each submit, which seem rather inelegant.

Rich


Richard W. Greenwood, PLS
Greenwood Mapping, Inc.
Rich at GreenwoodMap.com
(307) 733-0203
http://www.GreenwoodMap.com