[QGIS-ZA-user] QGIS Legend Problem

[Immo Blecher]

Hi Dean,

Attached the Lithology Spatialite file with some of the lithologies in 
the Lithology Layer. With the whole South Africa the file would be too 
large to email.

Immo


On 17/07/2017 14:45, Dean Ollis via qgis-za-user wrote:
> Hi, Immo
>
> Could you send us a copy of the layer you are trying to render with a 
> legend, or a clipped section of the layer? That will help with the 
> testing...
>
> Thanks
>
> Dean
>
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> Subject: Re: [QGIS-ZA-user] QGIS Legend Problem
> From: Immo Blecher via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> To: South Africa QGIS user group <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc: Immo Blecher <immob19 at gmail.com>
> Date: 17/07/2017 14:23
>>
>> Sorry Frank, I realised later that I did not send that info. Here it is:
>>
>> QGIS version
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>> 2.18.10
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>> QGIS code revision
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>> 59e0f78 <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/commit/59e0f78>
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>> Compiled against Qt
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>> 4.8.7
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>> Running against Qt
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>> 4.8.7
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>> Compiled against GDAL/OGR
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>> 1.11.3
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>> Running against GDAL/OGR
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>> 1.11.3
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>> Compiled against GEOS
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>> 3.5.0-CAPI-1.9.0
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>> Running against GEOS
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>> 3.5.0-CAPI-1.9.0 r4084
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>> PostgreSQL Client Version
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>> 9.5.2
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>> SpatiaLite Version
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>> 4.3.0a
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>> QWT Version
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>> 5.2.3
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>> PROJ.4 Version
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>> 492
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>> QScintilla2 Version
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>> 2.9.1
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>> And I run it under Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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>> Thanks
>> Immo
>>
>> On 17/07/2017 14:19, Frank Sokolic via qgis-za-user wrote:
>>> Hi Immo,
>>>
>>> Which version of QGIS are you using?
>>>
>>> Frank.
>>>
>>> On 17/07/2017 09:48, Immo Blecher via qgis-za-user wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Good Morning Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I have a geology layer with a few columns, including the 
>>>> chronostratigraphic symbol, the rock type description and, 
>>>> importantly, a colour column (String type). The values stored in 
>>>> the colour column are the HTML hex values for the colour according 
>>>> to the 1 : 1 000 000 simplified geological map of South Africa.
>>>>
>>>> When I open the layer and select the colour column for colouring 
>>>> the lithological units it works beautifully, but I do not get a 
>>>> legend for the composer. But if I set the Properties|Style to 
>>>> Categorized and then again select the colour from the Colour column 
>>>> in the table I also get the same nicely coloured map according to 
>>>> the colour column, an a Legend. But the Legend is wrong...it 
>>>> chooses random colours! What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to 
>>>> get a correct legend, also only showing the units which are 
>>>> actually on the map in the composer. I can set the colours manually 
>>>> to match the value in the colour field but that sort of defeats the 
>>>> purpose.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help so long,
>>>>
>>>> Immo
>>>>
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