Mapserver mapinfo styling

Question

Is it possible to use mapinfo embedded graphic style for features with mapserver? I don't want to describe again width and color of lines, polygones and so on.

Answer 1

The styling should be picked up automatically:

http://mapserver.org/input/vector/mapinfo.html

MapInfo files already contain styling information. This styling information can be used optionally by specifying the STYLEITEM “AUTO” parameter in the LAYER object of the map file.

Note

If you use STYLEITEM “AUTO” you must have an empty class in the layer.

Example:

LAYER
NAME Elevation_Poly_5
TYPE POLYGON
STATUS DEFAULT
CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
CONNECTION "./hypso/elev5_poly.TAB"
STYLEITEM "AUTO"
CLASS
        NAME "Elevation Poly 5"
END
END # Layer