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<DIV>I am a new Mapserver user and I am trying to display my own shapefiles. I have tried a dummy polygon (four sides), which worked fine and displayed in the browser. However, when I try to load more complex shapefiles, I get the following message:</DIV>
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<DIV>msDrawShapefileLayer(): General error message. POLYGON layers must be POLYGON shapefiles. </DIV>
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<DIV>This occurs on every one of my own shape files which were created in MapInfo and then translated into ESRI shape. I have checked the shapefiles in ArcView and all objects are correct according to the syntax I have used in the Map File. For example if I have a Polyline layer, all objects in my shapefile are polylines; if I have a POLYGON layer, all objects in my shapefile are polygons. This message occurs every time I try to load one of my shapefiles - even when I am trying to load a POLYLINE layer! </DIV>
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<DIV>Please could someone shed some light on this, as I am completely stumped! Thanks for your time,</DIV>
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