[Mapserver-users] MapServer on Windows XP and IIS

[Ed McNierney]

Jeff -

There's no problem - that's the way it's supposed to work!

You can run MapServer from the command line with the "-v" switch, and you'll get text output.  Normally CGI programs are not meant to be run from the command line, and MapServer is no exception.

If you properly configure your Web site to allow users to execute CGI programs, you should be able to type the following in your browser:

http://server.yourdomain.com/mapserv

(replace the server and domain names with your names)

and get the error message:

"No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING not set."

in your browser window.

Until you get to that point, you haven't managed to get a basic CGI program running, so there's no point in doing anything else yet!

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff L. [mailto:nf10 at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:29 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] MapServer on Windows XP and IIS


Hi,

I installed MapServer on Windows XO and IIS. When i try to execute the 
mapserv from the command window (C:\Inetpub\Scripts\MapServ), i have an 
error: "This script can only be used to decode form results and should be 
initiated as a CGI process via a httpd server ". I tried also to execute the 
script from Internet Explorer. The result is a command window displayed then 
closed fast.

Any idea about the possible problem ?

Thanks,

Jeff Lacoste

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