[Mapserver-users] Python Mapscript: Get All Outputformat in Mapfile

[Jan Schüngel]

Sean Gillies schrieb:

> On Jul 7, 2004, at 6:24 AM, Jan Schüngel wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> i am coding a python program to edit the mapscript. Now I am 
>> searching for a way to get all outputformats in the mapfile and which 
>> outputformats are supported too.
>>
>> when i use mymap.outputformats i only get the one which is set by 
>> imagetype.  And i can get the outputformat by 
>> mymap.getOutputFormatByName(mymap.imagetype).
>>
>> the numoutputformats gives me the number 6 when i create a new empty 
>> mapfile (mymap = mapscript.mapObj("") but i have found no way to find 
>> out which outputformats are these.
>>
>> I only can get the outputformat by name, but i don't know the names 
>> of the formats.
>> Is there anybody who can help me ?
>>
>> Greets
>> J. S.
>>
>> P.S.: Sorry for my bad english.
>
>
> Hi Jan,
>
> You write english well.  Do not be sorry :)
>
> The mapscript module now lacks a method to iterate over the formats
> in mapObj.formats.  The most likely names for built-in formats are
>
> ['gif', 'png', 'png24', 'jpeg', 'wbmp', 'swf', 'pdf', 'imagemap']
>
> to find out what you have in the map, you do something like this:
>
> formats = []
> for fmtname in ['gif', 'png', 'png24', ...]:
>     format = mymap.getOutputFormatByName(fmtname)
>     if format:
>         formats.append(format)
>
> In the future, we should probably have a getOutputFormat() method
> that works like getLayer() and that would allow
>
>     formats = [mymap.getOutputFormat(i) for i in 
> range(maymap.numoutputformats)]
>
> but this will not be available until the 4.4 release at the soonest.
>
> cheers,
> Sean
>
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> Sean Gillies
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Thanks, that works fine first, but  that i must define the formats in 
the program still disturbs me is.
I hope 4.4 will come sooner as soon, so i don't need to define the 
formats and get it by the id.

Thanks again
J.S.