[Mapserver-users] MapServer 3.5: Error Message

[Randy James]

Hi

I found that the best way to get started was to download
the demo and get that running first. The demo has examples
of all the files you need.

Cheers
Randy
--- "McNeil, Todd W. (TMCNEIL)" <TMCNEIL at arinc.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm new to this list and new to using MapServer, but I
> was hoping to learn
> about it and possibly use it.  I'm a GIS user,
> specifically with ESRI and
> MapInfo products and have used ArcIMS a little.  Someone
> pointed me to
> MapServer because it willl use shapefiles natively to
> create maps and it's
> free.  I downloaded version 3.5 and installed it using
> the instructions.
> Everything seems to be working so far.  I've tested the
> CGI executable using
> the instructions:  http://localhost/scripts/mapserv.exe
> <http://localhost/scripts/mapserv.exe>  (localhost is not
> actually my
> machine name) and get this message:
> No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING not set.
> 
> I also downloaded the Tutorial and have come across an
> error message that
> does not make sense to me. I am going through the 1st
> example of section 1
> of the tutorial.  I use this URL to retrieve a map image:
>
http://tmcneil1/Scripts/mapserv.exe?map=e:/projects/tutorial35/s1/s1ex1.map&
> amp;mode=map
>
<http://tmcneil1/Scripts/mapserv.exe?map=e:/projects/tutorial35/s1/s1ex1.map
> &amp;mode=map>  , and the resulting error message is:
> mapserv(): Web application error. No template provided. 
> I'm not sure what's going on or if I am just plain
> missing something.  I
> have read that there are three files that I don't have,
> the application
> initialization html file (demo_init.html), the map file
> (demo.map), and the
> main html template file (demo.html).  Where can I find
> these and will it
> make my MapServer work?  Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.
> Thanks,
> ********************************** 
> Todd McNeil
> ARINC
> Annapolis, MD
> Tel: 410.266.2302 Email: tmcneil at arinc.com 
> Fax: 410.573.3170 Web: http://www.arinc.com
> <http://www.arinc.com> 
> 
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