From 3640de27c7ceb1812a795b055b13b84f7799ba88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Petykiewicz <anewusername@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:21:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix OASIS loading when strings are stored by-reference

---
 masque/file/oasis.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/masque/file/oasis.py b/masque/file/oasis.py
index f9b8d65..ed409fd 100644
--- a/masque/file/oasis.py
+++ b/masque/file/oasis.py
@@ -431,11 +431,16 @@ def read(
 
             elif isinstance(element, fatrec.Text):
                 annotations = properties_to_annotations(element.properties, lib.propnames, lib.propstrings)
+                str_or_ref = element.get_string()
+                if isinstance(str_or_ref, int):
+                    string = lib.textstrings[str_or_ref].string
+                else:
+                    string = str_or_ref.string
                 label = Label(layer=element.get_layer_tuple(),
                               offset=element.get_xy(),
                               repetition=repetition,
                               annotations=annotations,
-                              string=str(element.get_string()))
+                              string=string)
                 pat.labels.append(label)
 
             else: