here is what I came up with so far: ### sample connection to DGN files using OGR LAYER NAME "FDP_093I100_dgn" TYPE LINE STATUS ON CONNECTIONTYPE OGR CONNECTION "d:/sclark1/TPL/FDP093I100.dgn" METADATA WMS_TITLE "sample FDP 2001" WMS_ABSTRACT "N/A" WMS_SRS "EPSG:26910" END END thanks Stephen