Does the 4.4.0 windows binary really support SWF?

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Frans,

If you provide me with a simple map/data to reproduce this or even
better if you enter a bug on it in Mapserver (compnent Output-SWF), I
will be to llok at it.

Later,

Frans Knibbe wrote:

> Allright, I understand now. Thanks for explaining.
> I have just tried out your suggestion, using the proprietary CGI
> parameters. I used the IMAGETYPE setting in the map file to force SWF
> output, using the default settings for this format. When I requested a
> map, the mapserver process started using all available CPU capacity for
> creating a large SWF file in my directory for temporary files. I stopped
> the process when this file had grown to 1.6 Gigabytes. All works well
> when I change IMAGETYPE to GIF or PNG for example.
>
> So now I’m back at my original question: Am I doing something wrong or
> is there something wrong with the binaries?
>
>
> Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>
>> Frans,
>>
>> all the support for the other formats besides GD/GDAL (like flash,
>> PDF) is
>> still in the binary, only it is not accessible through the WMS interface.
>> These formats are not exported to the WMS capabilities and hence not
>> available for use with the WMS interface. This is not at all specific to
>> the Windows binary.
>>
>> You could try using Mapserver's native interface (mode=map).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bart
>>
>>
>>
>>> Thank you for the pointer. However, I am not sure I entirely understand.
>>> Does MapServer only support image (GDAL) output at the moment, that is,
>>> PDF and SWF are not supported? Is it only the precompiled windows binary
>>> that does not support these formats or is it in general not possible to
>>> enable support for non-image output?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bug http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=455 describes
>>>> this issue. Only GDAL/GD formats are supported for wms in 4.4. This
>>>> will be upgadred to other formats for 4.6 release.
>>>>
>>>> Frans Knibbe wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have downloaded and installed the binary Windows distribution,
>>>>> version
>>>>> 4.4.0. In the description on the website, it says the binaries are
>>>>> build
>>>>> with SWF support. When I do a request for capabilities, SWF is
>>>>> mentioned
>>>>> in a comment in the output XML file, but does not show up as a
>>>>> supported
>>>>> GetMap output format. Indeed, when I request a map in SWF format,
>>>>> the following error is returned:
>>>>> msWMSLoadGetMapParams(): Image handling error. Unsupported output
>>>>> format
>>>>> (application/x-shockwave-flash).
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I doing something wrong or is the text accompanying the binaries
>>>>> wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> Frans
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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