transparent labels on mapserver using a mapfile

Question

Hi,

i'm trying to add a watermark layer in my mapfile with a DEFAULT layer:

  LAYER
  OPACITY 20
  NAME "copyright"                   
  METADATA
    "wms_title"     "copyright"
  END
  STATUS DEFAULT
  TYPE ANNOTATION

  TRANSFORM ll 
  FEATURE
    POINTS
      220 -220 
    END
    TEXT "Sample Image" 
  END
  CLASS
    LABEL 
      FONT "ARIAL"
      TYPE TRUETYPE
      SIZE 30
      BUFFER 1
      COLOR 60 60 60
      FORCE TRUE
      ANGLE 40
    END
  END
  UNITS PIXELS 
END

but it seems that the OPACITY is not working, cause it doesn't change anything. Is it possible to set the OPACITY for labels? what am i doing wrong?

Thnx in advance

Answer 1

well.. no.. apparently you can't change the opacity of labels in map server. Or at least not in this version

Follow this link for further reference: Add OPACITY support for LABEL rendering