[ms4w-users] New user to MS4W configuration problem with Itasca/Demo

[Jeff McKenna]

John,

Make sure ms4w is installed right at the root - you should have c:/ms4w,
and not c:/ms4w_2.0/ms4w (the applications are configured for c:/ms4w, or
d:/ms4w etc, and will not work if it is a longer path).  I would rename
your original ms4w and extract another at the root of the drive (c:/),
then extract the itasca package at that same root (c:/).

jeff




> Jeff,
>   Thank you for your patience, as (I know) no-one is *paying* you to look
> at this,
>   or to even think about this.  I could be doing something stupidly
>   wrong... many apologies if that is the case, which may be very
> frustrating for
>   you to decipher what is going wrong.
>
>   Here are the steps I took and and the results below.
>
>   1) From CMD window go into c:/ms4w and executed apache-uninstall.bat
>        C:\ms4w>apache-uninstall.bat
>      The Apache Web Server service is stopping.
>      The Apache Web Server service has stopped.
>      Removing the Apache Web Server service
>      The Apache Web Server service has been removed successfully.
>
>   2) Unzipped ms4w_2.0.zip (this is latest version available on the
> download page).
>      Results put into c:/ms4w_2.0
>
>   3) From CMD window
>      C:\>cd ms4w_2.0
>      C:\ms4w_2.0>dir
>     Volume in drive C is HP_PAVILION
>     Volume Serial Number is 15FB-1A52
>       Directory of C:\ms4w_2.0
>      07/08/2006  03:01 PM    <DIR>          .
>    07/08/2006  03:01 PM    <DIR>          ..
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          ms4w
>                   0 File(s)              0 bytes
>                   3 Dir(s)  123,945,136,128 bytes free
>      C:\ms4w_2.0>cd ms4w
>      C:\ms4w_2.0\ms4w>dir
>     Volume in drive C is HP_PAVILION
>     Volume Serial Number is 15FB-1A52
>       Directory of C:\ms4w_2.0\ms4w
>      07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          .
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          ..
>    07/08/2006  03:03 PM    <DIR>          Apache
>    02/07/2006  10:43 PM               176 apache-install.ba
>    02/07/2006  10:43 PM               134 apache-restart.ba
>    02/07/2006  10:43 PM               182 apache-uninstall.
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          apps
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          gdaldata
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          gdalplugins
>    05/30/2006  07:42 PM             9,326 HISTORY.txt
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          httpd.d
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          proj
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          python
>    05/30/2006  08:20 PM            48,250 README_INSTALL.ht
>    05/30/2006  08:20 PM            30,125 README_INSTALL.tx
>    04/01/2006  04:40 PM               583 setenv.bat
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          tmp
>    07/08/2006  03:04 PM    <DIR>          tools
>                   7 File(s)         88,776 bytes
>                  11 Dir(s)  123,945,136,128 bytes free
>      C:\ms4w_2.0\ms4w>apache-install.bat  <-- Executed the install script
> !!!
>    The Apache Web Server service is starting.
>    The Apache Web Server service was started successfully.
>
>   3.5) Went to IE and typed http://localhost and got this result:
>       MS4W - MapServer 4 Windows
>       Introduction
>   Welcome to MS4W v2.0, the MapServer package for Windows. This package is
> intended to simplify your life if you are:
>
>    a novice mapserver user who doesn't want to learn how to set up map
> server windows just yet ...
>    any mapserver user who needs a quick and dirty installation on Windows
> ...
>    you're giving a workshop and you want 15 identical machines quickly ...
>   etc. etc. etc. ......
>
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>   4) Unzipped mapserv_demo_ms4w
>      Results put into c:/mapserv_demo_ms4w
>
>   5) From windows navigated to demo directory:
>       c:/mapserv_demo_ms4w/ms4w/apps/mapserv-demo/
>      Double clicked on index.html with this result in the IE (see below)
>
>     MapServer Itasca Application
> ---------------------------------
>     This demonstration application will take you through various levels of
> complexity. Starting with a basic application that allows a user to
> pan/zoom and change layers we add:
>    dynamically configured scalebars
>    javascript-based panning
>    query results to a frame
>    and finally, a DHTML rubber-band zoom/query capabilty
>   The base data is the old-reliable Itasca dataset that we know and
> love...    [input]   [input]   [input]   [input]   [input]   [input]
> [input]   [input]   Basic Application  -- Adds second scalebar  -- Adds
> pan controls  -- Adds frames  -- Adds dhtml rubber-band box  [input]
>
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> ---------------------------------
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>   6) Click on Initialize Button
>       Nothing happens.
>
>   7) Select add_dhtml_rubber_band and Click on Initialize Button
>      Result is pasted below......
>
>     MapServer - Itasca Application
> ---------------------------------
>
>                               Choose an Action:
>  [input]  Browse map
>  [input]  Query feature
>  [input]  Query multiple features
> ---------------------------------
>     Select Layers to Display:
>  AirportsCitiesLakes & RiversStreamsRoadsTownshipsUSGS 1:250,000 Quads
>  [input]
> ---------------------------------
>     Zoom Controls:
> Zoom In  [input]  Pan  [input]  Zoom Out  [input]    Zoom Size  [input]
> ---------------------------------
>     Legend:
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>     back to start         document.write("" + args.map_web_template + "");
>    itasca_adds_dhtml.html
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