[MS4W-Users] Problem with MS_MAPFILE

[kari at hoijarvi.org]

Problem with MS_MAPFILE.

This is the second time I installed MapServer. The first time, with
previous version, was easy. But now I don't understand what's going wrong.

The map itself works fine:

http://webapps.datafed.net:8082/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=E:/dvoy_services/mapserver/MapImage.map&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&FORMAT=image/png&LAYERS=World_bdr,US_bdr&BBOX=-126,24,-65,52&WIDTH=700&HEIGHT=350&BGCOLOR=0xF0FFE1&SRS=EPSG:4326

As you can see, I'm on MS Windows, 2012 server.

To avoid the map parameter, I added the next to
C:\ms4w\Apache\conf\httpd.conf

SetEnv MS_MAPFILE="E:/dvoy_services/mapserver/MapImage.map"

And try this:

http://webapps.datafed.net:8082/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=Getmap&FORMAT=image/png&LAYERS=World_bdr,US_bdr&BBOX=-126,24,-65,52&WIDTH=700&HEIGHT=350&BGCOLOR=0xF0FFE1&SRS=EPSG:4326

The surprising result is:

msLoadMap(): Regular expression error. MS_DEFAULT_MAPFILE_PATTERN
validation failed.

That's strange. It ends with .map. I'll add

SetEnv MS_MAPFILE_PATTERN=.*

(documentation does omit DEFAULT from the variable.)

Result:
 msLoadMap(): Unable to access file.
('E:/dvoy_services/mapserver/MapImage.map'=)

What's that '=' sign at the end? What's going on here?

I've tried single quotes and without quotes, but no difference. I'm at my
wits end. Last time I did this it worked with first try, now I can't get
it to work no matter what I do. I'd be very surprised if this was broken
with the last upgrade, but I otherwise I have no idea what could I be
doing wrong.

Thanks, Kari