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[Chameleon] Chameleon 1.1 Alpha

Dave Astolfo dastolfo1@cogeco.ca
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:09:05 -0500
Paul. That did the trick. Thanks.  Now on to getting the XML theme
legend figured out...

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Spencer [mailto:pagameba@magma.ca] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:38 PM
To: Chameleon@lists.maptools.org
Cc: Dave Astolfo
Subject: Re: [Chameleon] Chameleon 1.1 Alpha


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&CONTEX
>> T=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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