[mapserver-users] Map Demo Setup Help Required

[Jeff McKenna]

On 7-Jul-08, at 10:20 AM, Derek Bain wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am new to MapServer and I am having problems correctly setting the  
> changes required to Index.html. MapServer is running locally on  
> Windows XP and is located in c:\program files\ms4w and is listening  
> on port 8081 and http://localhost:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe works  
> okay. I have installed the demo files to C:\mapserver_demos 
> \workshop-5.0. Couls someone explain what I should have  for the  
> following lines
>
>     var snippet = "IMAGEPATH '????????'";
>         snippet += " IMAGEURL '/???????/'";
>
> I have edited the hidden variables as follows
>       <!-- EDIT THESE HIDDEN VARIABLES -->
>       <input type="hidden" name="map" value="/mapserver_demos/ 
> workshop-5.0/itasca.map">
>       <input type="hidden" name="program" value="http://localhost:8081/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe 
> ">
>       <input type="hidden" name="root" value="/mapserver_demos/ 
> workshop-5.0">
>
> and ACTION as
>     <!-- EDIT THE FORM ACTION -->
>     <form name="demo" method="GET" action="cgi-bin/mapserv"  
> onSubmit="configure()">
>


Well MapServer welcomes you!

I think these are what you need:

1)

         var snippet = "IMAGEPATH 'C:/Program Files/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/'";
         snippet += " IMAGEURL '/ms_tmp/'";


2) For your hidden vars, your "root" variable should point to the name  
of the Apache alias that you created:

       <input type="hidden" name="root" value="/mapserv-demo/">


...where the alias file in C:/Program Files/ms4w/httpd.d/ 
httpd_mapserv_demo.conf would contain:


	Alias /mapserv-demo/ "C:/Program Files/ms4w/apps/mapserv-demo/"

	<Directory "C:/Program Files/ms4w/apps/mapserv-demo/">
	  AllowOverride None
	  Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
	  Order allow,deny
	  Allow from all
	</Directory>

3) The form action should point to mapserv.exe such as:

     <form name="demo" method="GET" action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe"  
onSubmit="configure()">"



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Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/


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