--- a/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/ThemeUtil.java	Fri Nov 11 11:00:31 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/utils/ThemeUtil.java	Fri Nov 11 11:28:15 2011 +0000
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
      * @param theme The theme.
      */
     public static Color parseTextBackground(Document theme) {
-        String color = XMLUtils.xpathString(theme, XPATH_TEXT_BACKGROUND, null);
+        String color = getBackgroundColorString(theme);
         if (color == null || color.length() == 0) {
             return Color.WHITE;
         }
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@
     }
 
 
+    public static String getBackgroundColorString(Document theme) {
+        return XMLUtils.xpathString(theme, XPATH_TEXT_BACKGROUND, null);
+    }
+
+
     public static String getTextColorString(Document theme) {
         return XMLUtils.xpathString(theme, XPATH_TEXT_COLOR, null);
     }
@@ -318,8 +323,8 @@
 
     public static String createMapserverStyle(Document theme) {
         String symbol    = getSymbol(theme);
+        String backcolor = getBackgroundColorString(theme);
         String linecolor = getLineColorString(theme);
-        linecolor        = linecolor.replace(",", "");
 
         int linewidth = parseLineWidth(theme);
 
@@ -328,7 +333,12 @@
         Clazz c = new Clazz(" ");
 
         Style s = new Style();
-        s.setOutlineColor(linecolor);
+        s.setOutlineColor(linecolor.replace(",", ""));
+
+        if (backcolor != null && backcolor.length() > 0) {
+            s.setColor(backcolor.replace(",", ""));
+        }
+
         s.setSize(linewidth);
         s.setSymbol(symbol);
         c.addItem(s);