[mapserver-users] MapServer Demo

[Brent Fraser]

Try removing the leading "/" from "/C:", to get:

 var snippet = "IMAGEPATH 'C:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/'";


Chris Green wrote:
> David
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, but that doesn’t do it – same error message. 
> I have been wondering if the problem has to do with the tmp file not 
> having permission for other (web-based) users to access it, but I tried 
> declaring it as a system environment variable, still no success. Going 
> round in circles now…..
> 
>  
> 
> Chris
> 
>  
> 
> *From:* Fawcett, David [mailto:David.Fawcett at state.mn.us]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:43 PM
> *To:* chris.green at ibstv.co.uk; mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* RE: [mapserver-users] MapServer Demo
> 
>  
> 
> Chris,
> 
>  
> 
> Try snippet += " IMAGEURL '/tmp/'
> 
>  
> 
> David.
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of
>     *Chris Green
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:56 AM
>     *To:* mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
>     *Subject:* [mapserver-users] MapServer Demo
> 
>     Hi All
> 
>      
> 
>     I have a problem that I can see has been experienced by others, but
>     the advice given to those others does not fix my problem. I have
>     successfully installed Map Server and Apache onto winXP using ms4W,
>     and downloaded the Demo. I put the workshop-5.0 directory in the
>     Apache.htdocs directory, and I have modified the index.html file and
>     Itasca.map files in what seems to be a logical way.
> 
>      
> 
>     My problem is that when I launch the application I get the error
>     message: “msSaveImageGD(): Unable to access file. Unable to open
>     file /C:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/ITASCA12433555452596.png for writing”. It
>     seems that this is related to the way that I modified the index.html
>     file, which I did as follows:
> 
>      
> 
>       var snippet = "IMAGEPATH '/C:/ms4w/tmp/ms_tmp/'";
> 
>             snippet += " IMAGEURL '/ms-tmp/'";
> 
>      
> 
>     I have been tearing my hair out for a few hours trying to see what I
>     have done wrong. Anyone got any suggestions please?
> 
>      
> 
>      
> 
>     Chris Green
> 
>      
> 
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