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id="contextualLayer1" name = "Post code districts"

geometry="polygon" src="contextualLayer1.swf">

Please note that prior to version 6.5.0 the values displayed in the tooltips

were the values of the Feature Code Field that you set in the Publisher

when adding the contextual layer. From 6.5.0 onwards the tooltips will

display the values of the Feature Name Field.

List of Layers Displaying Labels

If you wish to show permanent labels in the map for the base or contextual

layers you should edit the ‘List of Layers Displaying Labels’ property. This

is a list of the IDs of the layers you wish to display labels permanently in

the map. You can find the IDs listed in the map.swf.xml file in the output

folder of your dynamic report. This file can be viewed using a text editor

such as Notepad or Textpad. For example, in the snippet of code below

taken from a map.swf.xml file you can see that the ID for the base

geography is ‘_post_code_sectors.shp1’ and the ID for the only contextual

layer is ‘contextualLayer1’.

<base-layer

xmlns="http://swf.instantatlas.com/supplement"

id="_post_code_sectors.shp1"

name="post_code_sectors.shp" geometry="polygon"

src="map1.swf">

</base-layer>

<contextual-layer

xmlns="http://swf.instantatlas.com/supplement"

id="contextualLayer1" name="post_code_districts.shp"

geometry="polygon" src="contextualLayer1.swf">

If you wish both of these layers to show labels, the list in the popup window

should look like that shown below (Figure 78).

Figure 78

Please note that prior to version 6.5.0 the values displayed in the labels

were the values of the Feature Code Field which you chose in the

Publisher when adding the contextual layer. From 6.5.0 onwards the

labels will display the values of the Feature Name Field.

When using an HTML template, the tooltips for map layers are

switched on and off in the layer properties in the Publisher. After the

report has been published you can change these settings by editing

the map.js file in a text editor.