mapserver demo problems

Sun Jul 16 08:04:41 PDT 2000

Hi, I am new to webpublishing but know GIS.
Configuration:
I am using NT4.0 (SP4), IIS & IE4.1 and the NT server (named //aptiva) console to run the mapserver demo.
I installed mapserv.exe in c:/cgi-bin and the other files in InetPub\wwwroot\ms_demo.

>From the demo on the internet I understand that to start the demo you have to call the initfile in IE, in my case c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ms_demo\demo_t2.html (see below,I changed the contents of the original demo_init.html file I downloaded)
demo_t2.html source:
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<html>

<head>
<title>MapServer Demo Interface</title>
</head>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

<h2 align="center">MapServer Demo Interface</h2>

<hr>

<form method="GET" action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe">
  <input type="hidden" name="map" value="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\ms_demo\demo.map"><input
  type="hidden" name="layer" value="lakes"><input type="hidden" name="layer"   value="streams"><input type="hidden" name="zoomsize" value="2"><div   align="center"><center><p><input type="submit" value="Initialize"> </p>
  </center></div>
</form>

<hr>
</body>
</html>
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When I press initialize, I get the following errormsg -> File download (you have choosen to download a file mapserv.exe from c:\cgi-bin bla bla bla)

Alternatively when I change in demo_t2.html: <form method="GET" action="http://aptiva/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe"> and press initialize, I get the following errormsg ->HTTP/1.0 500 Server Error (The system cannot find the path specified. )
Question: What am I doing wrong?

Question:
1. From the source of demo.html online I notice the mentioning of a demo.layout file, which I don't have in my files. Do I need that file?
2. I also read in the creating applications page about the use of either the GET or the POST cgi request. The online demo uses POST and some other commands. Which should I use?

TIA,
Ronald Lieuw
Curacao, Neth. Antilles

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