[MapServer-users] INCLUDE a relative path file does not work in LABEL definition

[Philippe Ghesquiere]

Dear Seth,

You pointed the right question.
I did not understand that the "relative path" shall be with respect to the
top-level Mapfile, not the parent Mapfile
With this precision, it DOES work.
Thanks
Philippe

On Wed, Jun 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM Seth G <sethg at geographika.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As Jukka said the path can be relative to the Mapfile. Note if you have
> nested includes (an INCLUDE within another INCLUDE) the paths should be
> relative to the top-level Mapfile, not its parent.
>
> The error "Please correct the issue in the text tab" isn't coming from
> MapServer - so maybe this is related to MapManager?
>
> You also have listed both Windows and Linux - could it be related to
> case-sensitive file names, or Window line-endings?
>
> Seth
>
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> On Wed, Jun 4, 2025, at 8:46 AM, Philippe Ghesquiere via MapServer-users
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Environment :
> Windows : mapmanager, based on MapServer 8.0.1, GDAL 3.8.4
> Linux : MapServer 8.2.0, GDAL 3.8.4
>
> In order to make my map files more generic, I am using INCLUDE directives.
> When defining a LABEL, I tried to INCLUDE some common definitions. For
> example :
>
> MyClass.map file :
> CLASS
>    STYLE
>       ....
>    END
>    LABEL
>       EXPRESSION ('[NAME]' != 'UNK')
>       TEXT       "[NAME]"
>       INCLUDE    "TextCharacteristics.txt"
>    END
> END
>
> TextCharacteristics.txt file :
> POSITION CC
> COLOR    "#000000"
> FONT     condensed
> SIZE     12
>
> I get the following error :
> 'load_Label(): Premature End-of-File. ;msyylex(): Unable to access file.
> Error opening included file "TextCharacteristics.txt"..
> Please correct the issue in the text tab'
>
> As a workaround, I gave the absolute file path to make it work.
>
> The documentation says that relative path could be used.
>
> Did I make something wrong ?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Philippe
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