[OpenLayers-Users] issue with this.format.read is not a function when using OpenLayers.Layer.Vector with bbox stratergy

[Eric Lemoine]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Michael Fisher
<michael at newmediaboutique.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have spent some time searching wit out a solution. I want to get points to
> post using the bbox stratergy however when openlayers makes the query I get
> the following error in firebug after getting a response from server
> 'this.format.read is not a function'.
>
> I am using the following code below to do plotting. I have not posted the
> rest of the code however the url is
> http://mapapp.onlinedev.co.uk/maptest.php. Is there anything I have missed
> from documentation and tutorials?
>
> entries = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Entries", {
>                    projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),
>                    strategies: [
>                        new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX(),
>                        new OpenLayers.Strategy.Cluster()
>                    ],
>                    protocol: new OpenLayers.Protocol.HTTP({
>                        url: "http://mapapp.onlinedev.co.uk/index/getpoints",
>                        params: {
>                            zoom: this.map.getZoom(),
>                        },
>                        format: new OpenLayers.Layer.Text()
                                                              ^^^^^
                                                              Format?



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