[Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug Mapfile

[TC Haddad]

If you save it as a .xml file and open it you should see that It is
actually a valid xml error, the problem is with Apache not recognizing it
and instead picking the only recognizable file name out of the URL to name
the file with.

It looks as if apache in MS4W is configured with the correct mime types to
handle this, so not sure where else to look...

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Brian Fischer <bfischer at houstoneng.com>wrote:

> I just experienced this as well.  Can we add something to the MapServer
> mapfile to return a valid WMS XML error message?  I'm not familiar on how
> to do this.  This would fix the browser thinking it is an .exe file.
>
> Brian Fischer, CFM
> Principal | GIS Project Manager
> Houston Engineering, Inc.
> O 763.493.4522 | D 763.493.6664 | M 763.229.2734
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> geomoose-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ed Boesenberg
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:20 PM
> To: eadam at co.lincoln.or.us; 'Jim Klassen'
> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug
> Mapfile
>
> Thanks Eli, that's what I needed.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eli Adam [mailto:eadam at co.lincoln.or.us]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 12:36 PM
> To: Jim Klassen
> Cc: Ed Boesenberg; <geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Problem using Firefox Page Info to debug
> Mapfile
>
> > That is your error message.
>
> So if the .exe is your error message, save it and open it in a text editor.
> It is not really an executable.
>
> Eli
>
> >
> > Either it is a WMS request and it wants to download the error message
> > or, less likely, if none of your local layers are working, it could be
> > mapserv.exe is not recognized as a cgi by the web server.
> >
> > The first case is caused by the WMS spec sending responses as a wms
> > unique content type instead of as text/xml so the browser isn't aware
> > it in fact could render it.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jun 29, 2012, at 8:34, "Ed Boesenberg"
> > <eboesenberg at niraengineers.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > I am testing out 2.6 and I am getting a pink screen on a custom layer
> > I loaded.  In the past I was to be able to paste the link from Firefox
> > -> Page Info into another tab and see the MapServer error message.  In
> > my current Firefox (version 13) I am not able to get the MapServer
> > error message instead Firefox asks me to save mapserv.exe somewhere.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a setting in Firefox I need to change to allow me to see the
> > MapServer error message?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed
> >
> >
> >
> > PS
> >
> > Awhile back I volunteered to help in writing the new documents for GM
> 2.6.
> > Life got a little busy after I volunteered and was unable to help.
> > Sorry for the blank commitment and I hope to help in other ways in the
> future.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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