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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hello List,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I've Setup a mapserver with an example Map.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I can successfully open the link from the MapServer in uDig on my notebook, without any other information than the link:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Link Format: </FONT><A HREF="http://domain/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/project.map&request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.0.0"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://domain/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/project.map&request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.0.0</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(I changed the domain and the path, the parameters stay the same).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But I always fail trying to display the map inside OpenLayers.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I tried to use </FONT><A HREF="http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/wms.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/wms.html</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and changed it slightly:</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map' );</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "OpenLayers WMS", "</FONT></B><A HREF="http://domain/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/project.map&request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.0.0"><B><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://domain/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/path/to/project.map&request=getcapabilities&service=WMS&version=1.0.0</FONT></U></B></A><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">", {layers: 'basic'} );</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">map.addLayer(layer);</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But it does only display pink squares instead of images.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">As said, the MapServer works fine when opening with uDig…</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks a lot for your assistance!</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sincerely yours,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Lucas P.</FONT>
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