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

[Michael Fisher]

On 10/04/2011 20:44, Eric Lemoine wrote:
> 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?
>
>
>
The format is the text. in the following format:

lat	lon	title	icon	iconSize	iconOffset
53.784257020783	-1.6184472264204	Rich	http://mapapp.onlinedev.co.uk/facebookImages/1347747681.jpg	50,50	0,-50