[FWTools] Python API

[Ryan, Adam]

Hi.  I've been using the ogr API reference on the web and trying to learn
how to use ogr.py and gdal.py.  I've got a few simple questions.

1. It seems like all these classes have only functions and no properties.
Is that just the way it is and I should just get used to it?

2. I want to set the value of the xcoord field to the X value of the point
features of a shapefile:

To get the X value, geomRef.GetX() doesn't work (too few arguments) so I
have to use geomRef.GetX(0).  Is this because in ogr.py there is only a
geometry class and not a point class?

GetX isn't in the Class Members reference documents but it shows up if I do
a dir(geomRef).      

3. To set the value, I do:

    feature.SetField(xcoordi,geomRef.GetX(0))
    src_layer.SetFeature(feature)

Which works but there are no values beyond the decimal place and there are
if I print out geomRef.GetX(0).  So I tried this but it didn't seem to work:

    feature.SetField(coordXfldi,fpformat.fix(geomRef.GetX(0),4))

Any hints would be great.

So far, this stuff is the bomb and the documentation is great.  Cheers,

Adam