TEXT

Used in

Servers

Image ArcMap

Parent elements

Syntax

<TEXT	Attribute Description Table
*(r)coords="double"* *(r)label="string"* > (r)<TEXTMARKERSYMBOL... /> </TEXT >
(r): Attribute or child element is required.

Description

Places text on an acetate layer.

Restrictions

TEXT is part of an object in an acetate layer and can only be used wth Image and ArcMap Image Services in an HTML viewer.

Notes

TEXT is used only in acetate layers. To label features in a layer, use TEXTSYMBOL.
This element is not available from the ArcIMS Author interface.

Attribute Descriptions for TEXT

Attribute	Usage
coords	Text placement location. Coordinate pair is separated by white space by default. The separator can be changed by using SEPARATORS. If using pixel coordinates, "0 0" is in the lower left corner of the map viewer area.
label	Text label.

Examples for TEXT

Example 1: When in an acetate layer of a map configuration file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
  <CONFIG>
    <ENVIRONMENT>
      <LOCALE country="US" language="en" variant="" />
      <UIFONT color="0,0,0" name="Arial" size="12" style="regular" />
      <SCREEN dpi="96" />
    </ENVIRONMENT>
    <MAP>
      <PROPERTIES>
      <ENVELOPE minx="-141.003006" miny="41.913319" maxx="-52.620281" maxy="83.108322" name="Initial_Extent" />
      <MAPUNITS units="decimal_degrees" />
      <FILTERCOORDSYS id="4326" />
      <FEATURECOORDSYS id="4326"/>
      </PROPERTIES>
      <WORKSPACES>
        <SHAPEWORKSPACE name="shp_ws-16" directory="<path to CANADA ESRIDATA>"/>
      </WORKSPACES>
      <LAYER type="featureclass" name="province" visible="true" id="0">
      <DATASET name="province" type="polygon" workspace="shp_ws-16" />
      <SIMPLERENDERER>
        <SIMPLEPOLYGONSYMBOL fillcolor="227,127,227" filltype="solid" />
      </SIMPLERENDERER>
      </LAYER>
      <LAYER type="acetate" name="Selectedmark" id="acetate">
      <OBJECT units="pixel">
          <TEXT coords="100 100" label="Using text in an Acetate layer">
             <TEXTMARKERSYMBOL fontstyle="regular" fontsize="30" font="Times New Roman" />
          </TEXT>
      </OBJECT>
      </LAYER>
    </MAP>
  </CONFIG>
</ARCXML>

Example 2: When in an acetate layer of a GET_IMAGE request.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ARCXML version="1.1">
<REQUEST>
  <GET_IMAGE>
    <PROPERTIES>
      <ENVELOPE minx="-180" miny="-90" maxx="180" maxy="90" />
    </PROPERTIES>
    <LAYER type="acetate" name="acetate" id="acetate">
      <OBJECT units="pixel">
      <TEXT coords="100 100" label="You are here">
         <TEXTMARKERSYMBOL font="Arial" />
      </TEXT>
      </OBJECT>
    </LAYER>
  </GET_IMAGE>
</REQUEST>
</ARCXML>