Generating Legend Image with Python Mapscript

[Sean Gillies]

On Sep 27, 2005, at 9:07 AM, William Hudspeth wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to insert a legend image into a dynamically generated PDF
> file. Using the mapObj.drawLegend() method, I can easily accomplish
> this, but can't do much about the appearance of the legend. I would 
> like
> to have more control over the font properties, etc., and have tried
> using the mapObj.legend.label settings, but haven't figured out how to
> export out an independent image. I would appreciate any suggestions on
> how I might generate a legend image over which I have some more control
> with regard to fonts.
>
> Thanks, Bill
>
>

Bill,

Consider using classObj.drawLegendIcon() to create an image only and 
then do the text labeling with ReportLab or whatever.

cheers,
Sean

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