[Mapserver-users] problem with GetCapabilities

[Jean-Francois.Doyon at CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca]

Debbie,

I'm not sure what this MAP_AUTO_FILE thing is ... But, the thing is there is
a special MIME-Type used for OGC XML, such as GetCapabilities.  MapServer
responds sending this MIME Type to the browser, which the browser by default
doesn't know what to do with, so it opens the download dialog.

I don't have the mime-types on hand, they're in the WMS spec ... You can
setup your browser to act according to your wishes based on this mime-type,
such as open it in XML Spy or something.

Oh wait here they are: application/vnd.ogc.wms_xml,
application/vnd.ogc.se_xml, application/vnd.ogc.gml

In Mozilla/Netscape6/7 , you go into Edit -> Preferences -> Navigator ->
Helper Applications ...

Hope this helps!
J.F.

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbie Pagurek [mailto:pagurekd at agr.gc.ca]
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:47 AM
To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
Subject: [Mapserver-users] problem with GetCapabilities


Hi all,
am experiencing something weird when I request a GetCapabilities from my
wms_server apps.

I am prompted to download a file.  It says 
file name = mapserv.map (where's it getting that name????)
file type=MAP_AUTO_FILE
from: my server name

if I open this file up in wordpad it is fine.  

I am using Internet Explorer 6.

Is this a browser problem or a file associations problem or what?

Also, I have Mapserver 3.6.3 on my system.  Does this support WMS 1.1.0 or
just 1.0.0?

D. Pagurek



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