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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As dictated by the Open GIS Consortium’s
WMS spec, the default mime type returned for these requests is: </span></font><span
class=tx1><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A WMS client program should support this
mime type. However your browser probably doesn’t know what to do with it,
and it prompts you to save the response to a file.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>If you want to look at the capabilities in
your browser, you can add an extra parameter to request a text/xml response
instead. i.e.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black'><a
href="http://.../mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GETCAPABILITIES&SERVICE=WMS&FORMAT=text/xml">http://.../mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GETCAPABILITIES&SERVICE=WMS&FORMAT=text/xml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A more complex approach would be to add
the following registry key definition, so that your browser knows what to do
with the original mime type (<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>note that you
should always back up your registry before making any modifications</span></b>):<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Mime\Database\Content
Type\application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"CLSID"="{48123BC4-99D9-11D1-A6B3-00C04FD91555}"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"Extension"=".xml"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>"Encoding"=hex:08,00,00,00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The GetMap request requires a mandatory
format parameter, such as FORMAT=image/png. However if something goes wrong it
will return an error message in application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml format. In such
cases you can simply save the response to a file and open it with a text
editor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I hope this information helps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris Claydon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Axel Dörr
[mailto:a.doerr@doerrib.de] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> martedě 5 settembre 2006
10.36<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> users@mapguide.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [mapguide-users] wms:
request=get... => save mapagent.fcgi</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></font><font color=black face=Garamond><span style='font-family:Garamond;
color:black'>Hello List,<br>
<br>
when i send the following request to my server:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://.../mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GETCAPABILITIES&SERVICE=WMS">http://.../mapguide/mapagent/mapagent.fcgi?REQUEST=GETCAPABILITIES&SERVICE=WMS</a><br>
<br>
i dont get the expected answer but i'm asked if want to open or save the
mapagent.fcgi.<br>
It is of course the same thing with getmap.<br>
<br>
What's wrong?<br>
<br>
I think i've seen this question already from someone else, but i can't find it
anymore. Sorry for this.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Axel</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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