Which version of MapServer are you using? You can find it by running in a command prompt: mapserv -v Think that in the latest versions all Mapserver templates must have in their first line the string "MapServer Template" even if it is as a comment. In your case this would be the itasca_basic.html file...
Pano -----Original Message----- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andre Steenveld sr Sent: 28 May 2009 00:56 To: mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [mapserver-users] problems with 'MapServer Itasca Application (ms v5.0)' Hi, I try to install mapserver and to get it going but I run into some problems. Can someone advise me on what I'm doing wrong? This is what I have (and have done). Systems: 1) Windows Vista, dutch version. 2) Windows XP, dutch version. Installed mapserver as suggested in http://www.mapserver.org/introduction.html#introduction Om 1) in E:\usr\local\OSGeo4W On 2) in c:\OSGeo4W On both systems 'MapServer v. 5.0' Testing mapserver with http://127.0.0.1/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe and I get the expected result 'No query information to decode. QUERY_STRING is set, but empty.' (on both systems) Installed 'mapserver demo', added an alias in the apache configuration file, added another section with access rights for /workshop/ (was undocumented), restarted apache and changed the index.html file. The two aliasses in the apache configuration and the section on rights are: Alias /ms_tmp/ "E:\usr\local\OSGeo4W/tmp/ms_tmp/" Alias /workshop/ "E:\usr\local\OSGeo4W/apps/workshop-5.0/" ... <Directory "E:\usr\local\OSGeo4W/apps/workshop-5.0/"> AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> When I open http://127.0.0.1/workshop/ I get a page with a form which looks normal. In that form I select 'Basic Application' and click on the [Initialize] button. The result is an error message. (on both systems) Content-type: text/html isValidTemplate(): Web application error. Missing magic string, itasca_basic.html doesn't look like a MapServer template. I have no idea what is going wrong. Tried to find it in the documentation and archive of this list but nothing came up. The problems might have to do with the changes needed in index.html, it is not completely clear to me what kind of information is needed. This is what I have filled in. ... 08: // EDIT THE NEXT 2 LINES TO MATCH YOUR SETUP 09: var snippet = "IMAGEPATH 'E:/usr/local/OSGeo4W/tmp'"; // "IMAGEPATH '/usr/local/www/docs_maps/tmp/'"; 10: snippet += " IMAGEURL '/tmp/'"; Assuming that on line 09 an absolute path on the server is needed and on line 10 an absolute URL. Note that in the apache configuration there is no alias for /tmp/. Changing line 10 to '/ms_tmp/ does not make any difference. ... 33: <!-- EDIT THE FORM ACTION --> 34: <form name="demo" method="GET" action="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe" onSubmit="configure()"> 35: <!-- action="/cgi-bin/mapserv50" --> Assuming that on line 35 an absolute URL is needed. ... 42: <!-- EDIT THESE HIDDEN VARIABLES --> 43: <input type="hidden" name="map" value="E:/usr/local/OSGeo4W/apps/workshop-5.0/itasca.map"> 44: <!-- value="/usr/local/www/docs_maps/mapserver_demos/workshop-5.0/itasca.map" --> 45: <input type="hidden" name="program" value="/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe"> 46: <!-- value="/cgi-bin/mapserv50" --> 47: <input type="hidden" name="root" value="/workshop"> 48: <!-- value="/mapserver_demos/workshop-5.0 --> Assuming that on line 43 an absolute path on the server is needed and on lines 45 and 47 an absolute URL. Can somebody point out to me what is wrong? Kind regards, Andre Steenveld. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users