[mapserver-users] Checkboxes

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

Beth,

Make sure you have something like this on your check box tag:
"[value_check]".  MapServer replaces this with "checked" if you turned the
layer on, or nothing if it's not checked.  Also, make sure the "value" is
the same as the LAYER NAME you specified in your map file.

Anyway, your check boxes should like something like this:
<input type="checkbox" name="layer" value="lakes" [lakes_check]> Lakes &
Rivers<br>

Good luck!

Perry N.
pnaciona at gis.umn.edu


PS:  THe MapServer tutorial needs revision.  It was created for MapServer
3.3 and a lot have changed since.  Please refer to the MapServer 3.5
Documentation (Map file reference) if you are using the latest version.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mapserver-users at lists [mailto:owner-mapserver-users at lists]On
> Behalf Of Beth Baily
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 12:24 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: [mapserver-users] Checkboxes
>
>
> MapServer Users,
>
> I'm trying to follow the demo example 4.  How do you get the checkboxes
> to stay checked when the layers are visible?  I'm loading my page with
> the layers like this:
>
> http://hostname/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=E:\MapServer\Fort_Jackson\
jackson_test2.map&layers=Roads+Ranges+TAs

but the layers are not checked as they are in the example.  What am I
doing wrong?

Beth Baily
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