Missing Style Definition for Layer MapServer 6.0

[jlarouche]

Hello,

There is a problem with the places.map CLASS definition when using Basemaps with Mapserver 6.0. There's no STYLE in the CLASS and so Mapserver returns the "msAddLabel error: missing style definition for layer".

This problem doesn't seem to be present when using MapServer 6.2.
The easy fix is (instead of linking a big patch that adds almost nothing :p)

mv places.map places.map.old
sed '/\bCLASS\b/ a\
STYLE END' places.map.old > places.map
rm places.map.old

It only adds STYLE END after each CLASS statement.

CLASS
STYLE END
....
END

I don't know if you want to keep support for MapServer 6.0 and I don't know if this fix would break with MapServer 6.2.

[apeyroux]

Thank you very much, I have the same problem. Solved with your patch!

[tbonfort]

Sorry for the late response, was not being notified on new issues... This issue is related to the deprecation of annotation layers in 6.2, which was what was used for the 6.0 version of this mapfile.
I prefer not to commit that change, as 6.2 is the target version for the mapfiles. Instead of using your change, can you check that the mapfiles work if you set the layer type to ANNOTATION ? If so, I'll create a 6-0 branch where this can be committed.

[jlarouche]

It works well with the ANNOTATION type

Thank you

[sgrossberndt]

Can be closed.