[mapserver-users] Fwd: Mapserver install and demo

[Ed McNierney]

Pushkar -

No, I don't think that's correct.  Windows (in most cases) will handle
slashes in either direction, and in any event, the string
"/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe" is not a file path but a URL, and the forward
slashes are just fine.

Did you set the /cgi-bin virtual directory to have EXECUTE permission?
If that's not the problem, look to see (in the download dialog box)
whether you're trying to download the file "mapserv" or "mapserv.exe".
If the filename is "mapserv" but the file type below it is
"Application", that's OK.  If it's not, then double-check that you've
changed all references to "/cgi-bin/mapserv" to "/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe".

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242



-----Original Message-----
From: Pushkar Pradhan [mailto:pushkar at ERC.MsState.Edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:21 PM
To: Stephen Lime
Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Fwd: Mapserver install and demo


Since you are working on windows, you will need to use a \ not / in the
line:
demo_init.html document has the line:
<form method=GET action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">
Probably this should be sufficient.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Stephen Lime wrote:
    [ Part 2: "Included Message" ]

Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:31:14 -0500
From: ANGELA G HOLDER-PEARMAN <holderag at zeus.co.forsyth.nc.us>
To: mapserver-info at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: Mapserver install and demo

Hi,
I've downloaded the Win32 binaries and have installed Mapserver on a
Win2K
machine.
I downloaded the demo and went through all the steps from the
readme.html
document.
When I open my browser and use this url:
http://localhost/ms_demo/demo_init.html
I get the MapServer Demo Interface page.  When I click on the Initialize
button, I get
the MS File Download Dialog box saying that I have chosen to download a
file from this location: mapserv from localhost.  And asking to
'Open...'
or
'Save....'

I've confirmed that the mapserv.exe is in the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cgi-bin
folder.  The
demo_init.html document has the line:
<form method=GET action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">

The first input line in demo_init.html is:
<input type="hidden" name="map"
value="c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ms_demo\demo.map">

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

>
>
> Stephen Lime
> Data & Applications Manager
>
> Minnesota DNR
> 500 Lafayette Road
> St. Paul, MN 55155
> 651-297-2937
>

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PUSHKAR S. PRADHAN
Master's Candidate in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY,
STARKVILLE, MS 39759.

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Box 9627
Mississippi State, MS 39762-9627
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