[Mapserver-users] Mapserver 4.2 and transparent symbols

[Sean Gillies]

On Jun 15, 2004, at 1:39 AM, Lars-goran Edholm wrote:

> Hi!
> With Mapserver 4 i don't get transparent symbols and scalebar anymore.
> Below is a partm of my map-file and symbol definition.
> With Mapserver 3 I got scalebar and diagonal patterns transparent to
> underlying layer. What's wrong?
>
>

In version 3 the only output mode was 256 colors.  In version 4, 
transparency
does work for IMAGEMODE PC256.  However, transparency for RGBA has not 
yet
been addressed.  It is significant work that no developer is ready to 
take
on without funding.

Sean