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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><PRE><SPAN class=140350712-30082006>O<SPAN class=086300613-30082006>n a normal MapServer CGI URL, I would suggest simply trying to add '&ctype=forest' to the end of your URL. </SPAN></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><SPAN class=086300613-30082006>You are trying to do something different. You are trying to pass an expression to a WMS server. I would guess that you can </SPAN></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><SPAN class=086300613-30082006>accomplish the same effect by using aStyled Layer Descriptor (SLD). Take a look at <A href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/sldhowto">http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/sldhowto</A></SPAN></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><SPAN class=086300613-30082006>David. </SPAN></SPAN></PRE></FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> UMN MapServer
Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Léveillé, James<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, August 30, 2006 7:25
AM<BR><B>To:</B> MAPSERVER-USERS@LISTS.UMN.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Variable Substitution<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>On the MapServer
WebSite, there is an example on "Run-time Substitution" (<A
href="http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/runsub/?searchterm=parameter">http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/runsub/?searchterm=parameter</A>)
that looks like this :</FONT></SPAN></DIV><PRE>LAYER
NAME 'covertypes'
...
CLASSITEM 'type'
CLASS # highlighted presentation
EXPRESSION '%ctype%'
...
END
CLASS # default presentation
...
END
END</PRE><PRE><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><FONT face=Verdana size=2>I would like to know if there is a way to specify the value of my '<STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>%ctype%</FONT></STRONG>' variable in a URL like this one :</FONT></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=140350712-30082006></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=140350712-30082006><A href="http://myserver/mapserv.exe?map=mymapfile.map&Service=WMS&Version=1.0.0&Request=GetMap&Layers=mylayer1,mylayer2&SRS=epsg:xyz">http://myserver/mapserv.exe?map=mymapfile.map&Service=WMS&Version=1.0.0&Request=GetMap&Layers=mylayer1,mylayer2&SRS=epsg:xyz</A></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=140350712-30082006>Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN class=140350712-30082006>Regards</SPAN></PRE>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>James
Léveillé</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000a0 size=2><STRONG>Intélec
Géomatique</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=1>420, boul. Charest Est<BR>Bureau
400<BR>Québec (QC), Canada<BR>G1K 8M4</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=1>Intélec Géomatique:
418.687.5000</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#c0c0c0 size=1>MTQ: 418.380.2005
(#227)</FONT></DIV>
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