request mode to get service info (or "Capabilities")

[Ed McNierney]

Richard -

Not that I'm aware of, but remember that the "mode" MapServer uses is
specified in the HTTP request.  There's no reason you couldn't include a
single WMS request to a MapServer instance that was otherwise operating
in "native" mode.  You only need to be sure that your MapServer includes
WMS server support.

	- Ed

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
Phone: +1 (978) 251-4242
Fax: +1 (978) 251-1396
ed at topozone.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Richard Holzmeier
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 6:26 AM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] request mode to get service info (or
"Capabilities")

Hi,

does Mapserver (in "native" mode, no WMS Mapserver) support a request
mode to let a http client receive the current mapfile or a similar
document that contains information about available layers etc. (such
like WMS GetCapabilities or ArcIMS ServiceInfo)?

regards, Richard