To access the WFS Table Properties dialog box, on the TABLE tab, in the Maintenance group, click Web Services, and WFS Table Properties.
The WFS Table Properties dialog box provides access to GML2 data that is available over the Internet or perhaps within your own Intranet. MapInfo Pro retrieves this data and allows you to display it on maps you have already created or as a standalone map. Keep in mind that this data is provided as is, and Precisely cannot vouch for its accuracy. This dialog box is only available when there is a WFS table open.
WFS Server
Use this field to display the WFS server from which the information that displays is retrieved. This field is read-only.
Server button
Use this button to display the WFS server's URL, change the server description, and to change the per-server timeout values.
Server URL
This field displays the URL information for the WFS server you selected. This field is read-only.
Details button
Use this button to display the WFS Server Details of the current URL. This box displays the URL path, the server name, the version of the OGC specification it supports, and the abstract describing the server contents provided by the WFS server administrators. Click the Close button to return to the WFS Server Map Properties dialog box.
WFS Layers
This field displays the WFS layer that have been selected for this table. This field is view-only.
Column Filter Button
Use this button to select the columns to be retrieved from the WFS server.
Row Filter Button
Use this button to select which rows of data you want to retrieve from the WFS server. All rows are accepted by default.
Max Features
Clear this check box to retrieve all available features in the layer.
Object Styles: Symbol Style, Line Style and Region Style buttons
Use these buttons to specify the look of the imported GML2 data. You can change the way symbols, lines, and regions display by specifying them.
Coordinate System Projection
This field displays the default coordinate system of the GML2 data.
Projection button and field
This button enables when the projection provided by the WFS server is unsupported. Use this button and field to specify the known projection from the list of supported projections so that the GML2 image can be imported correctly.
Layer Abstract
This field displays the description the WFS server administrators gave to the selected layer. This entry is not editable.
Table Filename
This field displays the name and path that you gave to the GML2 data when it was retrieved. The name defaults to the selected layer's given name with the .TAB extension. You can set the default WFS directory path in the Directories Preference window (on the PRO tab, click Options, and Directories, and then locate WFS Tablesin the list). This field is read-only.
Preferred View
This field indicates where and how the data was retrieved. This drop-down list is enabled only when you use the column filter to filter out some columns.
Auto Update: Select to send an automatic request to fetch features based on the following scenarios:
- Fetch all features (If the Max Features check-box is unchecked):
- With Zoom-In there will be no automatic request to fetch records.
- With Zoom-Out until the last fetched MBR is within the existing MBR, no request will be sent. Once the new view MBR is outside the last fetched MBR, an automatic request will be sent to fetch more features.
- While Panning an auto request will be sent to fetch record if new view MBR is outside the last fetched MBR.
- Fetch limited features (If the Max Features check-box is
selected):
- While Zoom-in, Zoom-out and Panning, an auto request will be sent to fetch features based on the new view MBR.
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