[Mapserver-users] Stile problem with SWF and fdb fonts

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My problem only appears when i try to render fonts with ming.
Thanks a lot, i will check your bug report :)

Christophe

> I ran into the problem of php_mapscript.so and php_ming.so not being
> compatible and I believe this problem is related to the fact that one or
> both of these is using a private copy of the libpng and one is using the
> system version. I think I wrote a bug on this, you might want to check
> bugzilla.
>
> -Steve W.
>
> mapserver at no-log.org wrote:
>
>> Hi Ray,
>>
>> I've partially solved the problem.
>> Your font type must be defined as truetype and not bitmap when using fdb
>> fonts.
>>
>> LABEL
>>   ...
>>   TYPE truetype
>>   FONT "your_font"
>>   ...
>> END
>>
>> If you use shp2img, same issue ?
>> shp2img -m your_mapfile.map -o test.swf
>>
>> I've experienced some crashs when rendering fonts with ming.
>> I can't use php mapscript module and php ming module at the same time.
>> (under linux php_mapscript.so and php_ming.so). All works fine but when
>> i
>> try to render an swf object which uses fonts using the ming module i get
>> an internal server error.
>>
>> I'll check the latest release from cvs, i've reported the bug it is
>> maybe
>> solved ;)
>>
>> I expect it will help
>>
>> Christophe Beveraggi
>>
>>
>>>I am having this same issue. I'm running mapserver 4.0.1 with ming v0.3a
>>>on
>>>a Solaris 8 (sparc) box. I was getting an internal server error with
>>> 4.0.1
>>>then I switched to the latest nightly build and no more internal errors.
>>>But
>>>I don't get any fonts showing up at all. Also I am using .fdb fonts
>>>directly
>>>from the ming site. Everything else seems to be working just fine all
>>> the
>>>layers are displayed and look great I just don't have any labels...
>>>
>>>Has anyone run into this same problem? or better yet resolved it?....I'm
>>>not
>>>sure what else to try at this point since I'm no longer recieving any
>>>error
>>>messages at all....any help would be appreciated...
>>>
>>>Ray,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>OUTPUTFORMAT
>>>  NAME swf
>>>  DRIVER "SWF"
>>>  MIMETYPE "application/x-shockwave-flash"
>>>  EXTENSION "swf"
>>>  IMAGEMODE PC256
>>>  FORMATOPTION "OUTPUT_MOVIE=MULTIPLE FULL_RESOLUTION=FALSE"
>>>END
>>>
>>>...
>>>
>>>  LABELITEM "name"
>>>  CLASS
>>>    MAXSCALE 10000
>>>    NAME 'Local Road'
>>>    COLOR 131 132 125
>>>    SYMBOL 'circle'
>>>    SIZE 2
>>>    LABEL
>>>              TYPE BITMAP
>>>		  ANTIALIAS FALSE
>>>		  ANGLE AUTO
>>>              POSITION uc
>>>              FONT "sans-fdb"
>>>              COLOR 0 30 50 #51 51 51
>>>              OUTLINECOLOR 255 255 255
>>>              SIZE SMALL
>>>              PARTIALS FALSE
>>>              BUFFER 1
>>>    END
>>>  END
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>>[mailto:mapserver-users-admin at lists.gis.umn.edu]On Behalf Of
>>>mapserver at no-log.org
>>>Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 10:40 AM
>>>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>>>Subject: [Mapserver-users] Stile problem with SWF and fdb fonts
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>First, s/Stile/Still in subject sorry ;)
>>>
>>>New strange thing, all layers are rendered correctly with
>>>OUTPUT_MOVIE=multiple using fdb fonts when i use shp2img with my
>>> mapfile.
>>>Always internal server error using php_mapscript and apache with
>>> multiple
>>>swf layers rendering, and no problem with unique layer rendering
>>>(OUTPUT_MOVIE=single).
>>>
>>>Any help would be appreciated :)
>>>
>>>Sample of the layer:
>>>LAYER
>>>  NAME "Regions"
>>>  TYPE line
>>>  DATA "lim_adm_france_dom"
>>>  STATUS on
>>>  DEBUG on
>>>  CLASSITEM 'NATURE'
>>>  LABELITEM 'ID_GEOFLA'
>>>   CLASS
>>>      DEBUG on
>>>      NAME 'regions'
>>>      EXPRESSION ('[NATURE]' eq 'Limite de région')
>>>      SIZE 3
>>>      COLOR 255 0 0
>>>      SYMBOL "circle"
>>>      LABEL
>>>       TYPE bitmap
>>>       FONT "verdana"
>>>       COLOR 0 0 0
>>>       SIZE 12
>>>       MAXSIZE 18
>>>       POSITION CC
>>>       ANGLE AUTO
>>>       BUFFER 2
>>>      END
>>>   END
>>>   PROJECTION
>>>    "init=epsg:2154"
>>>   END
>>>  TOLERANCE 5
>>>END
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Christophe Beveraggi
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