Question about Labels

[Jelmer Baas]

Hello everyone,

It's been quite a while since I posted here, everything went pretty
smooth so far.

Now I have a small problem with labels. We have MapInfo .TAB files,
which are converted from AutoCAD drawings (meaning everything is in one
layer).
When I open one of these files in MapInfo, I can see labels on some
places. When I draw the map with MapServer, I see only the (poly)lines.

So, I added an extra layer of type Annotation. This, by default, doesn't
show me any layers. So I need to add LABELITEM, but I have no idea what
layers need to be labeled. Also, this changes with every file that's
being drawn.

Does anyone know how to tell MapServer to draw labels "The MapInfo" way?


My current layer definition:


LAYER
	NAME topo
	MINSCALE 1
	MAXSCALE 3000
	STATUS ON
	Type LINE
	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
	CONNECTION "e:\topo.tab"
	STYLEITEM "AUTO"
	Class
	End #CLASS
End #LAYER
LAYER
	NAME topo
	MINSCALE 1
	MAXSCALE 3000
	LABELMAXSCALE 50000
	STATUS ON
	Type ANNOTATION
	CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
	CONNECTION "e:\topo.tab"
	CLASS
		LABEL
			COLOR 100 0 0
			POSITION LR
			SIZE MEDIUM
		END #label
	END #CLASS
End #LAYER

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

With kind regards,
Jelmer Baas
Speer IT B.V.