[mapserver-users] Accessing mapserver from Flash Script

[Dan Little]

Escape the ampersands by using the "&" entity.



>
>From: Ken S. Elvehjem <ets1 at runestone.net>
>To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>Sent: Sat, December 19, 2009 8:02:53 PM
>Subject: [mapserver-users] Accessing mapserver from Flash Script
>
> 
>
>Hi, 
>
>
>I have set up a Mapserver which serves up aerial photography. 
> Works better than "just great!" 
>
>Now, I'm trying to write some 
>web/flash based software using the OpenLaszlo software.  This product 
>allows me to write a "script" in a kind of XML, which then gets compiled to a 
>Flash .swf file. 
>
>With this tool, I can set an image(JPEG) on my page 
>from anywhere on the web, simply by using the correct URL.  However, I 
>cannot understand how to create the URL to get a JPG file from the mapserver. 
> The troubleshooting data suggests that the problem is with an "unescaped 
>ampersand (&) ... is there a way to escape this escape madness?   
>
>
>URL: 
>
>http://mapserver.soilsampling.com/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c:\ms4w\Apache\htdocs\ND\ND_griggs-wms.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=NAIP2006&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG:4269&BBOX=554649,5245688,557949,5248988&WIDTH=1650&HEIGHT=1650&FORMAT=image/jpeg 
>
>This URL is also problematic, tho it's not a "MapServer" url: 
>
>http://cairo.gis.iastate.edu/server.cgi/Aerial.jpg?layer=naip_2007&zoom=1&X0=222375&y0=4744771&pwidth=858&pheight=738&format=jpg
>
>Any 
>ideas would be greatly appreciated! 
>
>sincerely, 
>
>Ken S. Elvehjem 
>
>Ken S. Elvehjem
>PO Box 37
>Lowry MN  
>56349
> 
>320.283.5684
>320.424.1299 c
>320.283.5247 
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