[MS4W-Users] Use of fonttype bitmap and autofollow in C# mapscript 5.6.1

[Tamas Szekeres]

Could you describe the reason of using bitmap fonts instead of truetypes?

Best regards,

Tamas


2010/3/18 Tiemens, Gerben <Gerben.Tiemens at grontmij.nl>

>  Hi Tamas,
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> Ok, its not possible.
> I could not find documentation or comments on this, on website or in code.
>
> Best options:
> For me:
> - NO use of option autofollow anymore.
> For Mapserver
> - A decent exception is always better then the standard memory error
> exception.
> - A litle remark within the documentation would be nice.
>
> Greetings and thanks
>
> Gerben
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *Van:* Tamas Szekeres [mailto:szekerest at gmail.com]
> *Verzonden:* Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:55 PM
> *Aan:* Tiemens, Gerben
> *CC:* ms4w-users at lists.maptools.org
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [MS4W-Users] Use of fonttype bitmap and autofollow in C#
> mapscript 5.6.1
>
>
>
> 2010/3/17 Tiemens, Gerben <Gerben.Tiemens at grontmij.nl>
>
>>
>> Is this a bug, or is it just nog possible to get autofollow labels with
>> bitmap type labels? Or is it Csharp errors with bitmap font?
>>
>
>
> Unfortunately the autofollow option is not supported with bitmap labels, so
> my best chance is to raise an exception or switch back to the non followed
> mode in this case to prevent from the memory corruption.
>
> Best regards,
>
>  Tamas
>
>
>
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