[mapserver-users] Apply a single label to all the classes in a layer

[Jeff McKenna]

Hello Mark,

Unfortunately no.  You'll be doing a lot of copying and pasting. 
Alternatively you could just use an include file for each re-used LABEL 
object (http://www.mapserver.org/mapfile/Include.html), which would 
shorted your mapfie.

-jeff


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Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/




Mark Volz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a layer that contains many different classes.  Can we apply a 
> single label to all the classes in a layer?
> 
> For Example can we make a map file like this:
> 
> LAYER
> 
>         CLASS
> 
>                 EXPRESSION     
> 
>                 STYLE
> 
>         CLASS
> 
>                 EXPRESSION
> 
>                 STYLE
> 
>         ….     
> 
> LABEL #for all classes
> 
>         COLOR
> 
>         …
> 
> END #Layer
> 
> As opposed to making a layer file like this:
> 
> LAYER
> 
>         CLASS
> 
>                 EXPRESSION
> 
>                 STYLE
> 
>                 LABEL
> 
>         CLASS
> 
>                 EXPRESSION
> 
>                 STYLE
> 
>                 LABEL
> 
>         ...
> 
> END #Layer
>