<p>Thanks for the response.<br> <br>My layers are currently set to ON but as i have mentioned this results in my layers not being displayed (WMSLoadGetMapParams():WMS server error is shown repeatedly within the OL map window). If layer is DEFAULT it is shown fine but i then cannot hide the layer. My map looks as follows:<br>
 <br>MAP<br>    <br>  NAME UK1<br> PROJECTION<br>    &#39;proj=longlat&#39;<br>    &#39;ellps=WGS84&#39;<br>    &#39;datum=WGS84&#39;<br>    &#39;no_defs&#39;<br>    &#39;&#39;<br>    END  <br>    SIZE 1600 1200<br>    IMAGECOLOR  -1 -1 -1<br>
    IMAGETYPE JPEG<br>    SHAPEPATH &quot;<a href="http://localhost/openlayers/data/">http://localhost/openlayers/data/</a>&quot;<br>    #QGIS<br>    #EXTENT  -837824 -111116 1677552 1232884<br>    #Port Talbot <br>    #EXTENT 272000 187000 278000 193000<br>
    #UK <br>    EXTENT  0 0 660046 1240000<br>    UNITS METERS<br>    <br> <br> WEB<br>   TEMPLATE &quot;<a href="http://localhost/openlayers/examples/zoomlevelsuktest2.html">http://localhost/openlayers/examples/zoomlevelsuktest2.html</a>&quot;<br>
   LOG &quot;\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\log.txt&quot;<br>      IMAGEPATH &quot;\ms4w\tmp\ms_tmp\&quot;<br>      IMAGEURL &quot;/ms_tmp/&quot;<br>      METADATA<br>  &#39;wms_title&#39; &quot;map&quot;<br>        &#39;wms_onlineresource&#39;  &quot;<a href="http://127.0.0.1./cgi-bin/mapserv?map=uk2.map">http://127.0.0.1./cgi-bin/mapserv?map=uk2.map</a>&quot;<br>
      END<br> END<br>  LAYER<br>  <br>    NAME &quot;UK250&quot;<br>    METADATA<br>      &#39;wms_title&#39; &quot;wms_demo&quot;<br>    END<br>    STATUS ON<br>    TYPE raster<br>    TILEINDEX &quot;250K&quot;<br>    TILEITEM &quot;Location&quot;<br>
    PROJECTION<br>  &#39;proj=longlat&#39;<br>  &#39;ellps=WGS84&#39;<br>  &#39;datum=WGS84&#39;<br>  &#39;no_defs&#39;<br>  &#39;&#39;<br>    END<br>    CLASS<br>      STYLE<br>       COLOR 0 0 0<br>      END<br>      LABEL<br>
       COLOR 0 0 0<br>       SIZE SMALL<br>      END<br>        <br>    END<br>    <br>  END<br>  <br>  LAYER<br>  <br>    NAME &quot;UK&quot;<br>    METADATA<br>      &#39;wms_title&#39; &quot;wms_demo&quot;<br>    END<br>
    STATUS ON<br>    TYPE raster<br>    TILEINDEX &quot;map&quot;<br>    TILEITEM &quot;Location&quot;<br>    PROJECTION<br>  &#39;proj=longlat&#39;<br>  &#39;ellps=WGS84&#39;<br>  &#39;datum=WGS84&#39;<br>  &#39;no_defs&#39;<br>
  &#39;&#39;<br>    END<br>    CLASS<br>      STYLE<br>       COLOR 0 0 0<br>      END<br>      LABEL<br>       COLOR 0 0 0<br>       SIZE SMALL<br>      END<br>        <br>    END<br>    <br>  END<br>  <br>  <br>  <br>END<br>
 <br>And my openlayers code as follows:<br> <br>&lt;html xmlns=&quot;<a href="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</a>&quot;&gt;<br>  &lt;head&gt;MAPPING TEST<br>    &lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;<br>
        #map {<br>            width: 90%;<br>            height: 90%;<br>            border: 8px solid black;<br>        }<br>    &lt;/style&gt;<br>    &lt;script src=&quot;../lib/OpenLayers.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;<br>
    &lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;<br>      <br>      <br>      var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(0, 0, 660046, 1229782);<br>      var map, layer1, layer2;</p>
<p>      var options = { maxExtent: bounds, maxResolution: 600, numZoomLevels: 10};<br>      <br>      <br>      function init(){<br>          map = new OpenLayers.Map(&#39;map&#39;, options);<br>      layer1 = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(&quot;OpenLayers WMS&quot;,</p>

<p>      &quot;<a href="http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe</a>?&quot;, { layers: &quot;UK250&quot;, map: &#39;/ms4w/apps/openlayers-2.5/data/uk2.map&#39; },</p>
<p>      { gutter: 15, minZoomLevel: 1, maxZoomLevel: 4 });</p>
<p>      layer2 = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(&quot;OpenLayers WMS&quot;,</p>
<p>      &quot;<a href="http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe</a>?&quot;, { layers: &quot;UK&quot;, map: &#39;/ms4w/apps/openlayers-2.5/data/uk2.map&#39; },<br>      { gutter: 15, minZoomLevel: 5, maxZoomLevel: 10 });<br>
           <br>      map.addLayer(layer1, layer2);</p>
<p>      map.zoomToExtent(bounds);<br>      map.setCenter(bounds);<br>      map.zoomToMaxExtent();<br>      map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoomBar());<br>      map.addControl(new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition());<br>
      }<br>      <br>    &lt;/script&gt;<br>  &lt;/head&gt;<br>  &lt;body onload=&quot;init()&quot;&gt;<br>    &lt;div id=&quot;map&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br>  &lt;/body&gt;<br>&lt;/html&gt;<br> <br>Thanks for any help in advance</p>