[MS4W-Users] how to display labels on my map

[Linnet Kwamboka]

hi all,

now there is one problem is there a way to display all the labels from the
enabled layers at the same time? all i can see is the lables for the latest
layer i enable.
thanks

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Linnet Kwamboka
<scientific1quash at gmail.com>wrote:

> hey guys,
> i finally managed to display the labels, using the qgis 1.4 that exported
> the symbols and fonts links successfully and i had to add in  a few lines
> for the
> LABELITEM "name"
>  CLASSITEM "name"
>
> and
>
>        LABEL
>         antialias true
>         font "arial"
>         size medium
>         position auto
>         angle follow
>         color 255 0 0
>         outlinecolor 64 64 64
>         buffer 30
>         partials false
>     END
>
> thanks for all your help, Jeff :)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Jeff McKenna <
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>
>> Linnet Kwamboka wrote:
>> > what is the difference between mapfiles created by qgis 1.0.2 and those
>> > of qgis 1.4 because the ones for qgis 1.4 are not displaying on any of
>> > the mapserver clients. then i have realised the mapfile created using
>> > qgis 1.0.2 does not have the font attribute, can this be affecting the
>> > layering?thanks
>>
>> Linnet,
>>
>> I think the QGIS mapfile export feature has trouble exporting symbols
>> and fonts; I recommend that you follow the example in the MS4W add-on
>> package that I referred to earlier.  You can use the fonts and symbols
>> in that example in your own mapfile.  (since I think I helped you
>> through another issue on this email list before, you will be already
>> familiar with using the shp2img commandline utility for testing your
>> mapfile)
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>> --
>> Jeff McKenna
>> MapServer Consulting and Training Services
>> http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> With regards,
> Linnet Kwamboka
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>



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With regards,
Linnet Kwamboka
site: http://geekmates.ning.com
blog: one-kenya.blogspot.com
skype: geekmate
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