Re: [geowebcache-users] styles

[Arne K. <ak...@op...>]

Yes, it'll have to be fixed. It's an easy fix too, I'll probably commit 
it to trunk tomorrow.

Regarding username and password, that's not a case that is currently 
handled at all. Can you provide some more information about what you need?

-Arne

Drew Kurry wrote:
> The WMS specification requires a default of "STYLES=".  Please, see
> 7.3.3.4 of the WMS specification.
>
> The next question then is, what happens if you have a username and
> password?  Do you handle that via vendor parameters.  Some WMS's prompt
> for this information or have a field in their client application to
> specify.
>
> Please, explain further this capability.
>
> Thx.
>
> DK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arne Kepp [mailto:ak...@op...] 
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 4:56 AM
> To: geo...@li...
> Subject: Re: [geowebcache-users] styles
>
> Drew Kurry wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to set the wmsStyles in getwebcache.xml 
>> (<MyURL>?styles=&layer=blah. My WMS requires this. I have tried 
>> everything including special characters and CData within the 
>> getwebcache.xml. What's crazy is if I take the URL created by GWC 
>> paste into a browser and change it to be &nbsp; it will work.
>>
>> Any ideas how to make this work without modifying WMSHelper?
>>
>>     
>
> I'll check what the WMS specs say, maybe it has to be included when it's
>
> blank. In the mean time, just set 
> <vendorParameters>STYLES=</vendorParameters> and that should solve it. 
> The getcapabilities configuration also has this as a construct argument,
>
> so you can use it there too if you like.
>
> Curious, what kind of WMS backend is this?
>
> -Arne
>
>   


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