Your MS4W is an older version. The SYMBOLSET requirement started with version 5.2.1.
Mike On 11/22/09 8:21 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > It works now, thanks! > > I just wonder; why does such thing work in MS4W, while not in linux-based > MapServer? > > > --- On Sun, 11/22/09, Pavel Iacovlev <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Pavel Iacovlev <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] SYMBOLSET does not work on Linux (CentOS 4.2), >> but FONTSET works >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 8:55 AM >> Your symbols.sym file should start >> with a "SYMBOLSET" and end with "END" >> >> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:48 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I have compiled MapServer 5.4.2, PHP 5.2.11, and >> Apache 2.2.14 on a CentOS 4.2 box. I also have compiled Geos >> 3.11, GDAL 1.6.2, and Proj 4.7.0. Here is the result of >> mapserv -v: >>> MapServer version 5.4.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG >> OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ >> SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER >> SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=POSTGIS >> INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE >>> >>> I tried small PHP MapScript page to test it, as well >> as a simple mapfile. Everything works fine (including raster >> and PostGIS-stored maps), until I tried to use SYMBOLSET on >> my mapfile. It just doesn't work. >>> >>> All I got is a blank screen. The "normal" HTML part >> still shows, but everything from <?php $map = >> ms_newMapObj('mapfile') just disappears. >>> >>> By the way, I never got any error message with this >> compilation. It also happens with other kind of errors. >>> >>> First I thought that I put the ./symbols directory in >> the wrong place (or I refer to the directory wrong way), but >> I have tried everything ad nauseam. SYMBOLSET just doesn't >> work. >>> >>> Funnily enough, SYMBOLSET work flawlessly on my MS4W. >> Windows XP. MapServer 5.0.2, Apache 2.2.8, PHP 5.2.5. >>> >>> Here is the result of mapserv -v of the ms4w: >>> MapServer version 5.0.2 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG >> OUTPUT=JPEG OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=PDF OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG >> SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE >> SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER >> SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER >> SUPPORTS=FASTCGI SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS=GEOS INPUT=JPEG >> INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE >>> >>> However, FONTSET works on both the Linux box and my >> Windows laptop. >>> >>> What happens? I attached the symbol.sym file. I think >> the .sym is pretty simple, why does it cause error? >>> >>> Thanks & Regards, >>> -Kresh >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mapserver-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://iap.md, >> The future is open >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > mapserver-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
