[Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug Mapfile

[Jim Klassen]

The browser doesn't think it is an .exe file.  It thinks it is an application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml file.

You should not change it in the mapfile as that is counter to the wms spec.

But there are work arounds...

http://geographika.co.uk/wms-get-capabilities

Another option is to tell mapserver to return errors in image instead of as xml as part of the request.


On Jun 29, 2012, at 13:57, Brian Fischer <bfischer at houstoneng.com> wrote:

> I just experienced this as well.  Can we add something to the MapServer mapfile to return a valid WMS XML error message?  I'm not familiar on how to do this.  This would fix the browser thinking it is an .exe file.
> 
> Brian Fischer, CFM
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> Houston Engineering, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ed Boesenberg
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:20 PM
> To: eadam at co.lincoln.or.us; 'Jim Klassen'
> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug Mapfile
> 
> Thanks Eli, that's what I needed.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Adam [mailto:eadam at co.lincoln.or.us]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: Jim Klassen
> Cc: Ed Boesenberg; <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug Mapfile
> 
>> That is your error message.
> 
> So if the .exe is your error message, save it and open it in a text editor.
> It is not really an executable.
> 
> Eli
> 
>> 
>> Either it is a WMS request and it wants to download the error message 
>> or, less likely, if none of your local layers are working, it could be 
>> mapserv.exe is not recognized as a cgi by the web server.
>> 
>> The first case is caused by the WMS spec sending responses as a wms 
>> unique content type instead of as text/xml so the browser isn't aware 
>> it in fact could render it.
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:34, "Ed Boesenberg" 
>> <eboesenberg at niraengineers.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I am testing out 2.6 and I am getting a pink screen on a custom layer 
>> I loaded.  In the past I was to be able to paste the link from Firefox
>> -> Page Info into another tab and see the MapServer error message.  In
>> my current Firefox (version 13) I am not able to get the MapServer 
>> error message instead Firefox asks me to save mapserv.exe somewhere.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Is there a setting in Firefox I need to change to allow me to see the 
>> MapServer error message?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ed
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> PS
>> 
>> Awhile back I volunteered to help in writing the new documents for GM 2.6.
>> Life got a little busy after I volunteered and was unable to help. 
>> Sorry for the blank commitment and I hope to help in other ways in the
> future.
>> 
>> 
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