There were changes in MapServer 5.0 that affects the way certain CGI variables are passed, which must be affecting the example you are trying. For a working example in MS4W of CGI MapServer, use the "MapServer Itasca Demo Application" ( http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html).
-jeff > > I have just started my exploration in Mapserver on Windows platform with > MS4W package. I am using Bil Kropla's Mapserver book. When I worked out the > first example (of chapter 2), a simple example using mapserver in CGI-BIN > mode, I get the following error > loadWeb(): Unknown identifier. Parsing error near (c):(line 1) > I tried changing the path information (TEMPLATE, IMAGE PATH), other > parameters to ensure the simple 'Hello World' example map gets displayed, > but I could not go further. > > I am producing the source code below of the two files. > > File: hello.map > -------------------- > # This is our "Hello World" mapfile > NAME "Hello World" > SIZE 400 300 > IMAGECOLOR 249 245 186 > IMAGETYPE png > EXTENT -1.0 -1.0 1.0 1.0 > WEB > TEMPLATE "c:/ms4w/apache/htdocs/hello.html" > IMAGEPATH "c:/ms4w/apache/htdocs/tmp/" > IMAGEURL "/tmp/" > END > LAYER > STATUS default > TYPE point > FEATURE > POINTS 0.00 0.00 END > TEXT "Hello World" > END # end feature > CLASS > STYLE > COLOR 255 0 0 > END > LABEL > TYPE bitmap > END > END > END > END > > File: Hello.html > --------------------- > <html> > <head> <title>MapServer Hello World</title></head> > <body> > <form method=POST action="../cgi-bin/mapserv.exe"> > <input type="submit" value="Click Me"> > <input type="hidden" name="map" > value="c:/ms4w/apache/htdocs/hello.map"> > <input type="hidden" name="map_web_imagepath" > value="c:/ms4w/apache/htdocs/tmp/"> > </form> > <IMG SRC="[img]" width=400 height=300 border=0> > </body> > </html> > > Would appreciate any help on this. > > Thanks in advance. > Suresh > >
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