Problems with Positioning Names from MapInfo TAB file

[Bob Bruce]

Hi:
    I am trying to use a TAB file that has names positioned on blockfaces.
In the MapInfo ProViewer (a free viewer from MapInfo) I can view the file
and see the street annotation positioned at the various angles that they run
along the streets. But when I try and display this in MapServer I only get
them positioned horizontally. I tried using the LABEL object but it wouldn't
display them at all so I reverted to the STYLEITEM "AUTO" command and it put
the labels out but only horizontally.

   Does anyone know how to get MapServer to use the angles stored with the
text in the file? My map file is included below. The blckface file has both
lines for blockfaces and text elements in it. Here is some same output from
the OGRINFO program:

OGRFeature(ST_VITAL_BONIFACE_BLKFACE):4532
  ID (Integer) = 6152
  Style = PEN(w:1px,c:#d9bb15,id:"mapinfo-pen-2.ogr-pen-0")
  LINESTRING (634272.418 5523967.692,634279.402 5523966.363)

OGRFeature(ST_VITAL_BONIFACE_BLKFACE):4533
  ID (Integer) = 6209
  Style = LABEL(t:"KINGSTON",a:358.700000,s:15.996744g,c:#000000,p:1,f:"Arial")
  POINT (634312.023 5524049.501)

OGRFeature(ST_VITAL_BONIFACE_BLKFACE):4534
  ID (Integer) = 6498
  Style = PEN(w:1px,c:#d9bb15,id:"mapinfo-pen-2.ogr-pen-0")
  LINESTRING (634214.639 5524099.705,634218.473 5524099.606,634229.861
5524098.786)

OGRFeature(ST_VITAL_BONIFACE_BLKFACE):4535
  ID (Integer) = 6640
  Style = PEN(w:1px,c:#d9bb15,id:"mapinfo-pen-2.ogr-pen-0")
  LINESTRING (634211.638 5523974.631,634214.078 5523973.711,634223.050
5523971.702,634226.793 552397
1.362)

OGRFeature(ST_VITAL_BONIFACE_BLKFACE):4536
  ID (Integer) = 1893
  Style = LABEL(t:"VICTORIA
GR",a:333.600000,s:15.996744g,c:#000000,p:1,f:"Arial")
  POINT (634252.281 5522621.452)

here you can see both text and lines.

thanks,
       Bob Bruce

NAME St_Boniface_Vital_s2ex1
# EXTENT 632862.444326 5510719.468992 642031.781954 5529899.634924
# EXTENT 633000 5521000 641000 5528000
EXTENT 633850 5525850 635050 5527050
SIZE 400 400

LAYER # Polling Subdivision
  NAME "Polling Subdivision"
  CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
  CONNECTION
"C:/Apache/htdocs/MapserverTutorial/StBonifaceStVital/St_Boniface_Vital_Data/PollingSubDivision.tab"
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TYPE POLYGON
  CLASS # Polling Subdivision <= 250
    NAME "Polling Subdivision <= 250"
    EXPRESSION ([Population] <= 250)
    COLOR 255 204 204
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
  END # end of Whole DLS Parcel class object
  CLASS # Polling Subdivision <= 500
    NAME "Polling Subdivision <= 500"
    EXPRESSION ([Population] <= 500)
    COLOR 250 128 128
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
  END # end of Part DLS Parcel class object
  CLASS # Polling Subdivision <= 750
    NAME "Polling Subdivision <= 750"
    EXPRESSION ([Population] <= 750)
    COLOR 255 40 40
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
  END # end of Part DLS Parcel class object
  CLASS # Polling Subdivision <= 1000
    NAME "Polling Subdivision <= 1000"
    EXPRESSION ([Population] <= 1000)
    COLOR 200 0 0
    OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
  END # end of Part DLS Parcel class object
END # end of layer object

LAYER # Street Lines
  NAME "Street Lines"
  CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
  CONNECTION
"C:/Apache/htdocs/MapserverTutorial/StBonifaceStVital/St_Boniface_Vital_Data/st_Vital_Boniface_blkface.tab"
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TYPE LINE
# STYLEITEM "AUTO"
  CLASS
    STYLE
#     COLOR 255 146 36
      COLOR 255 255 0
    END
  END
END

LAYER # Street Names
  NAME "Street Names"
  CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
  CONNECTION
"C:/Apache/htdocs/MapserverTutorial/StBonifaceStVital/St_Boniface_Vital_Data/st_Vital_Boniface_blkface.tab"
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TYPE ANNOTATION
  STYLEITEM "AUTO"
  CLASS
#   LABEL
#     ANGLE AUTO
#     COLOR 0 0 0
#     COLOR 43 255 177
#     SIZE SMALL
#     TYPE BITMAP
#   END
  END
END

END # end of map file