MapScript SetSymbolSet

[Christopher Condit]

Hi Sean-
Is there a way to accomplish this with MapScript?  All I see is a way to
set the symbolset.

Thanks,

Chris

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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] MapScript SetSymbolSet

On Feb 15, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Christopher Condit wrote:

> Hi Julien-
> Thanks for your response.  Here are the contents of the symbol file:
> SYMBOLSET
>   SYMBOL
>     NAME 'circle'
>     TYPE ELLIPSE
>     POINTS 1 1 END
>     FILLED TRUE
>   END
> END
>
> The problem I'm having is intermittent and I can't reliably reproduce
> it.  My only thought was that for some reason mapscript couldn't read
> the file.  Is there any way to embed these symbols directly in the
> mapfile instead of referencing the symbolset file?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris

Yes, just add any SYMBOL block as a child of the top-level map.

Sean

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