Help needed with using .tab files with MapServer

[Beales, Joe]

Hi,
 
I'm new to MapServer and I'm having problems in producing a map from
Mapinfo files.
I've got Mapserver 4.5 installed (with ogr support) on apache 2 under
Windows XP Pro. (I've downloaded some tutorials and got them producing
the correct results.)
I've searched the mail list archive and seen some people have had the
same problem but I can't find a definitive answer.
 
I've used ogrinfo to try and get the correct extent and units. 
Below is the Map file I'm using, I am missing something?
I've tried various projections but they don't seem to make a difference.
I've also tried referencing a non-existent .TAB file in the CONNECTION
parameter and don't receive any errors is that normal?
All I get is a blank gif.
 
MAP
  DEBUG ON
  NAME "Testing"
  EXTENT 57.308593 -20.525013 57.806386 -19.981773
  UNITS DD
  SHAPEPATH "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/maur/"
  IMAGETYPE PNG
  IMAGECOLOR 255 255 200
  STATUS ON
  SIZE 400 400
 
  PROJECTION
    #"init=epsg:4326"
    "proj=latlong"
    "ellps=WGS84"
  END
 
 WEB
  LOG "C:\mapserv_err.txt"
  TEMPLATE "printable.html"
  IMAGEPATH "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/tmp/"
  IMAGEURL "/tmp/"
 END 
 
 LAYER
    NAME "Districts"
    DEBUG ON
    TYPE POLYGON
    CONNECTIONTYPE OGR
    CONNECTION "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/htdocs/maur/District.TAB"
    #DATA "District"
    STATUS ON
 
    PROJECTION
       #"init=epsg:4326"
       "proj=latlong"
       "ellps=WGS84"
     END
     #STYLEITEM "AUTO"
    CLASS
      OUTLINECOLOR 0 0 0
      COLOR 128 128 128
     END
 END
END
 
Part Results from ogrinfo:
 
Layer name: District
Geometry: Polygon
Feature Count: 9
Extent: (57.308593, -20.525013) - (57.806386, -19.981773)
Layer SRS WKT:
GEOGCS["unnamed",
    DATUM["WGS_1984",
        SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563],
        TOWGS84[0,0,0,0,0,0,0]],
    PRIMEM["Greenwich",0],
    UNIT["degree",0.0174532925199433]]
 
 
Also can anyone point me in the direction of any online resources
intended for peole just getting started with MapServer?
Regards,
 
Joe Beales.
 
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