how do I get rid of clicking the button and loading it my html? {Scanned} {Scanned}

Thu Aug 3 11:41:07 EDT 2006

Albert,

If you end up frustrated with the URL approach then try adding an ID to your
form and adding a body onload event to submit the form:

<html>

<body onload=javascript:document.f.submit();>

            <form id=f name=f method=get action="/cgi-bin/mapserv">

                        <!-- form elements here -->

            </form>

</body>

</html>

David Lowther

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From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Albert Anderson
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:23 AM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] how do I get rid of clicking the button
and loading it my html? {Scanned} {Scanned}

Hi Manfred,

 Yup your right with the button.  Here is the code for the initializa button

<html>
  <head><title>Mapserver Richland County</title></head>
<body>
  <form method=GET action="/cgi-bin/mapserv">
    <input type="submit" value="Richland County MapServer">

    <input type="hidden" name="program" 
             value="mapserv">

    <input type="hidden" name="map" 
              value="/home/mapdata/richland.map">

    <input type="hidden" name="mapext" 
              value="625173.309834 5085113.091715 718065.960556
5160035.212592">

    <input type="hidden" name="layers" 
              value="aerial richland boundary cities roads sections rivers
lakes railroad parcels">

    <input type="hidden" name="zoomsize" 
              size="1" value="1">

    <input type="hidden" name="qstring"    value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="qlayer"     value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="qitem"      value="">
    <input type="hidden" name="savequery"  value="">

  </form>
 </body>
</html>

I would like the map to load up when I go to the url right away. So right
when you type it in the address box and html page load that the map would
too.
 Thanks for you time.

Albert

Manfred Meier <m.meier at SPIEKERMANN.DE> wrote:

Hi Albert,

if I understand right, you have a page with an initialize button and 
when you click it you get a page with a map and this works fine, ok?

So send us the html-code of your page with the button. Perhaps we can 
"create" an example url for you which you can put in the adress field of 
the browser.

> You must pass the name of your map file.
> For example:
> http://your.server/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=path/to/your/file.map

> Where do I put that example at? Also I look at map context support

It could be helpful, if you explain to us, how you want to load the map:

- do want to load it from a menu or from a link?
- or should your map be part of an html-page and and shall sit in a div 
or an iframe?

Manfred

Albert Anderson schrieb:

> hi,
> 
> Where do I put that example at? Also I look at map context support 
> through cgi and I dont understand it. The site is 
> http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/cgi/mapcontext
> Could you help me.
> 
> Albert
> 
> Siki Zoltan wrote:
> 
> Hi Albert!
> 
> You can pass parameters through the url.
> You must pass the name of your map file.
> For example:
> http://your.server/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=path/to/your/file.map
> 
> Zoltan
> 
> There aremany parameters you can set through the url, see the cgi
> mapserver reference.
> 
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, Albert Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am using intializing button as a submit button. The html
> template is using the get method. I would like to know how to get
> rid of the submit button. Just have the mapserver auto load into the
> html without clicking the intializing and get the information from
> the mapserver. Thanks
> >
> > Albert
> >
> > Manfred Meier wrote: I don't know your application and so don't
> know which initialzing button
> > you mean. But if there is a button then it is most likely a submit
> > button of a form. Look at the source code of the html page in your
> > browser and try to find out, to what url the action property in
> the form
> > tag points.
> >
> > If there are no other hidden or visible input tags, try to point
> your
> > browser to the url in the action property. If there are input
> tags, try
> > to append the neccessary values to the url.
> >
> > I don't know if that works in your case. But its a often used
> method to
> > circumvent the manual filling of forms.
> >
> > Manfred
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Albert Anderson schrieb:
> >
> > > Hi List,
> > >
> > > My question is how do I get my page to load auto like without
> using
> > > initialzing button. I dont want to use the button. I just want
> to page
> > > just load. Is there a way around this? I'm using a linux
> machine with
> > > mapsever 4. Could someone help me?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Albert
> > >
> > >
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