date drop down menu

[Stephen Woodbridge]

The answer depends on what API to mapserver you are using. If you are 
using CGI then it might be a simple as defining a form on your page the 
is submitted to mapserver where the drop name is YEAR and is assigned a 
value that is the view name and then in your mapfile use %YEAR% as a 
variable substitution in the DATA "... %YEAR% ..." statement.

-Steve Woodbridge

Danna Dowdy wrote:
> I am working on a basic mapping application that currently displays data 
> from a spatial database based on variable groupings.  I have individual 
> views set up for each individual layer and have the grouping set up in 
> the legend template.  I would like to add a drop down menu somewhere on 
> the interface so that the user could select a year and plot whatever 
> layers are chosen for that particular year.  Could someone point me in 
> the right direction of how to do this?
>