date drop down menu

[Danna Dowdy]

I am using Chameleon 2.0...maybe I should post this on a different list?
Sorry, I'm very new to MapServer/Chameleon....

Stephen Woodbridge wrote:

> The answer depends on what API to mapserver you are using. If you are 
> using CGI then it might be a simple as defining a form on your page 
> the is submitted to mapserver where the drop name is YEAR and is 
> assigned a value that is the view name and then in your mapfile use 
> %YEAR% as a variable substitution in the DATA "... %YEAR% ..." statement.
>
> -Steve Woodbridge
>
> Danna Dowdy wrote:
>
>> I am working on a basic mapping application that currently displays 
>> data from a spatial database based on variable groupings.  I have 
>> individual views set up for each individual layer and have the 
>> grouping set up in the legend template.  I would like to add a drop 
>> down menu somewhere on the interface so that the user could select a 
>> year and plot whatever layers are chosen for that particular year.  
>> Could someone point me in the right direction of how to do this?
>>
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