[Cartoweb-users] Problem ini file parsing and question about switches

[Dirk Jesko]

Hello,

1. I have extended the exportPdf plugin to handle copyright strings. The 
plan is to define the strings in exportPdf.ini in the following way

copyright.0.layers = layer1, layer2, ...
copyright.0.text = "Copyright message 1"
copyright.1.layers = layer3, layer4, ...
copyright.1.text = "Copyright message 2"
...

Then I would like to retrieve the information in the client part of the 
plugin. However, as soon as the definition are added to exportPdf.ini, I 
get the following error while Cartoweb is loading

PHP Parse error:  parse error, unexpected T_LNUMBER, expecting T_STRING 
or T_VARIABLE or '{' or '$' in 
C:\www\cartoweb3\common\StructHandler.php(47) : eval()'d code on line 1

If I remove the numbers from the keys, e.g. copyright.layers instead of  
copyright.0.layers The error disappears. Since the same kind of 
definition work in locate.ini, I am a little confused.


2. I am still looking for a possibility to handle more than 200 layers 
in one project. Since an extended plugin and recompiling mapserver are 
(currently) not an option, I thought about using children switching. 
Therefore, I divided the layers into two groups with less than 200 
layers each and assigned a switch to each group. The map files for the 
switches are generated, but each file contains all layers. Based on the 
documentation I thought that the mapfiles generated for one switch would 
only contain the necessary layers. Am I doing something wrong? Is it 
possible at all to handle that many layers using children switching?


Thanks,
Dirk