Mapserver on WinXP - known problems?

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

The flash output does not support True type fonts. It uses fonts called
"FDB". The reason is that the underlying library (ming) only supports
those fonts. You can download some FDB fonts at the ming web site
http://ming.sourceforge.net/.

Reuven Levitt wrote:

> Hey Robert,
>
> I am quite new, but I am running Mapserver on XP so
> far with no problems at all.  TrueType font works
> fine, however I am running into a problem using the
> Flash (SWF) output with Multiple layers on text
> output.  I dont know if this is an XP specific problem
> or one specific to my setup.
>
> Reuven.
>
>
>
>
> --- Robert <robert-fritz at WEB.DE> wrote:
>
>
>>hello,
>>
>>does anybody have trouble to run mapserver on
>>WindowsXP? i know, that there
>>is a problem using truetype fonts
>>for labeling and XP, but are there other known
>>restrictions / problems?
>>Are there differences between XP-versions (XPPro, XP
>>TabletEdition, ...?)
>>
>>Thank you for your help,
>>robert
>>
>
>


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