Map load on page load

Wed Feb 7 15:16:07 PST 2007

Thankyou passing the mode=browse variable in the url worked fine

Brad

>From: "Fawcett, David" <David.Fawcett at state.mn.us>
>To: "Bradley Mclain" <bradleym06 at hotmail.com>,    
><MAPSERVER-USERS at lists.umn.edu>
>Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map load on page load
>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:48:12 -0600
>
>Brad,
>
>If you look at the MapServer demos, you will see that they start with a 
>button that passes the initial values of the variables that you are storing 
>in hidden html variables on your page.
>
>To get the initial image, you will either need to pass them in the URL that 
>you use to call your initial page or have an initialization page.  
>Obviously the first method is the cleanest.
>
>There are ways to hide your URL calls.
>
>David.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Bradley Mclain
>Sent: Wed 2/7/2007 4:19 PM
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Map load on page load
>
>How do I make the map load on page load?, currently my map simply loads to 
>a
>blank image and you must click on the map in order to get it to load the
>image. I do not want to use a button etc, like many examples show, I want
>map map to load on this page after you follow the link to this page.
>
>[html code]
><html>
><head>
><title>De Bortoli Wines MapServer</title>
></head>
><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
><table width="800" height="600" align="center" border="0">
><tr>
><td>
><form name="mapserv" method="GET" action="/cgi-bin/mapserv">
><input type="hidden" name="map" value="/usr/local/mapfiles/dbw.map">
><input type="hidden" name="imgext" value="418485.188 6204834.362 424295.450
>6208828.520">
><input type="hidden" name="imgxy" value="320 240">
><input type="hidden" name="mode" value="browse">
><table width="70%" align="left" border="1">
><tr>
><td align="center" valign="top">
><input type="image" name="img" src="[img]" width="640" height="480"
>border="0">
></td>
></tr
>[/html code]
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Fischer, Brian" <bfischer at houstonengineeringinc.com>
> >To: "Bradley Mclain" <bradleym06 at hotmail.com>
> >Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> >checkbox
> >Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:06:00 -0600
> >
> >To get the legend to show up, you just need to change the path.  Try
> ><img src="../legend.gif" width="159" height="77" border="0">. Otherwise
> >you could hard code the entire path to the image.
> >
> >I believe your map is not showing up because you are not submitting the
> >form on initialization.  Most people would have would put a button on
> >the form to open the page.  Another option would be to put a javascript
> >function in the OnLoad event of the body tag.
> >
> >
> >Brian Fischer
> >Houston Engineering, Inc.
> >Maple Grove, MN
> >(763) 493-4522
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Bradley Mclain [mailto:bradleym06 at hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:40 PM
> >To: Fischer, Brian; MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> >checkbox
> >
> >Thanks I created a static image showing the layers I want, only problem
> >is that once the mapserver invokes the map, the image fails to load
> >because it has the mapserver-cgi directory infront of the image path,
> >how do I avoid this?
> >
> >Image Declaration:
> ><td>
> ><p>Legend:<br>
> ><img src="legend.gif" width="159" height="77" border="0"> </td>
> >
> >Broken Path:
> >http://192.168.1.130/cgi-bin/legend.gif
> >
> >Also on the same note as this currently my map does not show up on first
> >load you must click on it to get it load. It would be much better to
> >have the map load on page load. I will include the html file as well.
> >
> >Brad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Fischer, Brian" <bfischer at HOUSTONENGINEERINGINC.COM>
> > >Reply-To: "Fischer, Brian" <bfischer at HOUSTONENGINEERINGINC.COM>
> > >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> > >checkbox
> > >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:22:46 -0600
> > >
> > >If you want to always show the legend no matter what layers are turned
> > >on or off.  I would just pregenerate the legend once and have it linked
> >
> > >to a static image.  No reason for mapserver to generate this everytime
> > >the map changes on the fly when nothing in the legend is changing.  The
> >
> > >easist way to do this is use the legend utility that comes with the
> > >mapserver download.  Just temporary set all your layers to on and run
> > >the utility.  It will generate an image to use.  The easiest way to
> > >handle the group layers is to only put the name in one of those layers
> > >instead of all.
> > >
> > >Hope this helps,
> > >Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >Brian Fischer
> > >Houston Engineering, Inc.
> > >Maple Grove, MN
> > >(763) 493-4522
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]
> > >On Behalf Of Bradley Mclain
> > >Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:29 PM
> > >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> > >checkbox
> > >
> > >Excellent just what I was looking for thanks.
> > >
> > >Any chance you know how to fix up my legend now, there are two things
> > >wrong with it. Firstly I want it to show the name of the groups not the
> >
> > >layers and secondly, I want it show them even when they are unticked.
> > >currently they dissapear off the key when unticked.
> > >
> > >Brad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Fischer, Brian" <bfischer at HOUSTONENGINEERINGINC.COM>
> > > >Reply-To: "Fischer, Brian" <bfischer at HOUSTONENGINEERINGINC.COM>
> > > >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > > >Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> > > >checkbox
> > > >Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 21:57:35 -0600
> > > >
> > > >Brad,
> > > >
> > > >The easiest way to do this would be to use the GROUP parameter in the
> >
> > > >mapfile.  This would turn all layers on with the same name in the
> > > >GROUP
> > >
> > > >parameter.
> > > >
> > > >Another option is to use a javascript function to alter the layers
> > > >list
> > >
> > > >that is passed to the CGI on the OnClick event of the checkbox.
> > > >
> > > >-Brian
> > > >
> > > >________________________________
> > > >
> > > >From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of Bradley Mclain
> > > >Sent: Sun 2/4/2007 4:12 PM
> > > >To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> > > >Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Showing multiple layers using one
> > > >checkbox
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Ok I currently have a mapfile which has multiple layers which make up
> >
> > > >my image. I have set it up so that you can use a checkbox to turn
> > > >these
> > >
> > > >on and off. What I want to do however is combine two of them into the
> >
> > > >one checkbox.
> > > >
> > > >E.g. Currently I have two different shapefiles making up a boundary
> > > >for
> > >
> > > >a property. They are defined in seperate layers in the mapfile. I
> > > >want them to both display when I tick a "Property Boundary" checkbox.
> > > >
> > > >Brad
> > > >
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