[Mapserver-users] msGetLabelSize() Error

[Becher, Richard]

Hi Eric,

Actually, I determined that the problem is with my TYPE attribute in the
Layer object.  I am referencing "truetype".  Not sure what this does or
where it gets the values from.....

Any ideas?

I commented that attribute out and it works fine....however, I would
like to know what this does and how I can use it.

Cheers,

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Bridger [mailto:eric at gomoos.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:53 AM
To: Becher, Richard
Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] msGetLabelSize() Error

This sounds like a font problem.  Do you have FreeType fonts installed.
In the map file you probably need to set a FONSET value:
e.g.
FONTSET   "/home/eric/work/resources/fonts/fontset" which is a path to a
text file mapping font names to the full path of your freetype fonts.

Alternatively you can use default fonts. Remove FONT tags from your map
file.



On Wed, 2003-05-14 at 18:14, Becher, Richard wrote:
> Hi All,
>  
> I am getting the following error when trying to load a map file.
>  
> I am new to this so I am not familiar with how the map file is used as
> an object.....
>  
> Can someone tell me why I am getting this error and what I change in
the
> map file to correct it?
>  
> Warning: MapServer Error in msGetLabelSize(): Could not read font in
> C:\mapserver\test_draw_map.phtml on line 34            
>  
>  
> Many thanks in advance!
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Richard