[Mapserver-users] PDF problems

[William K]

thanks.  I guess I'll stick with the PNG method for now.


On Nov 24, 2003, at 2:30 PM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:

> There is no plan to do these upgrades right now. Depending on the 
> effort required to implement them, we will try to get those features 
> for the 4.1 release.
>  Bugs related to these have been entered for follwong purposes 
> (489,490,492).
>
> Later,
>
> William K wrote:
>
>> I thought I'd look into PDF output and found a few problems.  I'm 
>> aware of the alternate method of generating a high-resolution png and 
>> using PHP to generate the PDF, but I find the PDF output quality 
>> works fine.
>> - pattern fills don't work.  Whether it's a raster png pattern or 
>> vector pattern, in the PDF it's a solid color fill.
>> - point symbols - for png symbols, the transparency is ignored.  
>> vector symbols work fine.
>> - line symbols - dashes don't work, it ends up as a solid line in the 
>> PDF.
>> Any plans or solutions to fix these issues? (besides the PNG method)
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