Mapscript (Perl) question

[Brent Fraser]

Paul,

  It creates a "map object" with properties set
according to the values in your already-existing
"filename.map".  These properties are then
available to the rest of your Perl script.

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul G. Allen" <pgallen at randomlogic.com>
To: "MapServer Users List" <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 7:27 AM
Subject: Mapscript (Perl) question


> I'm still a bit new to Perl, so please bear with me.
>
> I'm a little confused about 'new'. When a line such as:
>
> $map = new mapObj("<filename.map>");
>
> Is this creating a new file named <filename.map> or does the file already
exist
> and it simple allows the use of this file in the script?
>
> PGA