[Chameleon] Chameleon 1.1 Alpha

[Paul Spencer]

Dave,

a colleague has pointed out that there is a problem with IIS, you need 
to modify the template and set the form action="index.phtml".  I guess 
Apache doesn't mind this but IIS does.

Cheers,

Paul

Paul Spencer wrote:

> Dave, this is a bit strange, but I think you have it correct ... except 
> that I think the cwc2 one should be called chameleon unless you edit the 
> configuration file and change it from /chameleon/ to /cwc2/
> 
> The chameleon_demo one appears to be right, I don't think the directory 
> name is the problem.
> 
> Dave Astolfo wrote:
> 
>> Oops.. I have to get my email addresses right... (sent to admin list by
>> accident)  For the group: 
>> Thanks for the tips Paul and Bart.  
>> Paul, I made the changes you suggested in index.phtml and also the
>> following (pointing to my folders on Win 2000): //include( 
>> "/ms4w/apps/chameleon/htdocs/chameleon.php" ); include( 
>> "c:\mapservertools\cwc2\htdocs\chameleon.php" );
>>
>> $szTemplate = "sample.html";
>> //$szMapFile = "/ms4w/apps/chameleon_sample/map/chameleon.map";
>> $szMapFile = "c:\mapservertools\chameleon_sample\map\chameleon.map";
>>
>>
>> I feel brainless though...  I got it working to the extent where I now
>> see the sample map and all the controls + images (main page). But, 
>> when I click on the zoom in/out or pan, the next page gives me a page not
>> found error... 
>> The link is: http://maps.astolfo.com/chameleon_demo/
>>
>> On IIS I have the following virtual directories under maps.astolfo.com
>>
>> /cwc2/
>> /chameleon_demo/
>>
>> The above virtual directories are mapped respectively:
>>  
>> /mapservertools/cwc2/htdocs/ /mapservertools/chameleon_sample/htdocs/
>> (should this be called chameleon_demo?)
>>
>>
>> I made the ErrorReport widget visible and it did not return any errors
>> (on the first page).   I also tried to enable the JavaScript API
>> (CWCJSAPI). When trying to zoom in JavaScript returned an Oject Expected
>> error.  (I know, not much help...)
>>
>> Help!
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: chameleon-admin@lists.maptools.org
>> [mailto:chameleon-admin@lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Paul Spencer
>> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 1:40 PM
>> To: Dave Astolfo
>> Cc: Chameleon@lists.maptools.org
>> Subject: Re: [Chameleon] Chameleon 1.1 Alpha
>>
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> Chameleon 1.1 does not (yet) have a service instance so it does not work
>>
>> like Chameleon 1.0.  In Chameleon 1.1, you need to create a small php 
>> script that initializes your application.  Most of the work is still 
>> done by Chameleon, you mostly need to tell it which template and map 
>> file to use.
>>
>> You can get the sample application from the chameleon downloads page. 
>> The sample application is launched by loading index.phtml.  Note there 
>> is an error in the sample application (still), you will need to edit hte
>>
>> index.phtml file and move the two lines that say
>>
>>      $this->moMapSession = new MapSession_RW;
>>      $this->moMapSession->setTempDir( getSessionSavePath());
>>
>>
>> from the CWCInitializeMap function into the SampleApp function
>>
>> You can then remove the CWCInitializeMap function from the sample
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> Dave Astolfo wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Has anyone installed Chameleon 1.1 Alpha on an IIS / Windows platform?
>>
>>
>>
>>> I had 1.0.4 working.   After setting up 1.1, I get a blank screen when
>>
>>
>>
>>> running step #5 below.  Not errors, or warnings.
>>>
>>> My install process was as follows:
>>>
>>> 1) Had 1.0.4 working in xxxxxxxxx/cwc2/ directory
>>> 2) renamed cwc2 to cwc2 1.0.4
>>> 3) unzipped 1.1 into directory at same location and renamed to cwc2
>>> 4) IIS did not require any changes as it still looks for the same 
>>> directory and the structure (/cwc2/htdocs) is the same.
>>>
>>> 5) When trying to run the demo file  ( 
>>> _http://maps.astolfo.com/cwc2/chameleon.php?TEMPLATE=demo.html&CONTEXT
>>> =gmap_context.xml_
>>>
>>
>> <http://maps.astolfo.com/cwc2/chameleon.php?TEMPLATE=demo.html&CONTEXT=g
>> map_context.xml>
>>
>>> ) I get a blank screen.
>>>
>>> I tried to create a basic template file with a simple CWC Error widget
>>
>>
>>
>>> and still got a blank screen.   confused...
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>>
> 

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