msLoadMap():

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at POBOX.COM
Mon Nov 8 10:36:21 EST 2004


nasir maan wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I got error message
>
> msLoadMap(): Unable to access file.
> (http://localhost/tutorial/example1-1.map)
>
> against
>
> *http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=http://localhost/tutorial/example1-1.map&mode=map*
> <http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=http://localhost/tutorial/example1-1.map&mode=map>

Nasir,

You need to give a filesystem path, not an url to the map.

eg.

http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=http:/u/web/tutorial/example1-1.map&mode=map

Or whatever the local filesystem path to the mapfile is.

Best regards,
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