Vector map.png image does not display

Question

I'm using MS4W on my local server.

This are some codes inside my mymap.map file.

MAP
    etc.....

    OUTPUTFORMAT
        NAME pnggd
        DRIVER "GD/PNG"
        MIMETYPE "image/png"
        IMAGEMODE PC256
        EXTENSION "png"
    END
    OUTPUTFORMAT
        NAME pnggd24
        DRIVER "GD/PNG"
        MIMETYPE "image/png"
        IMAGEMODE RGBA
        EXTENSION "png"
    END
    OUTPUTFORMAT
        NAME AGG
        DRIVER "AGG/PNG"
        IMAGEMODE RGB
    END
    OUTPUTFORMAT
        NAME AGGA
        DRIVER "AGG/PNG"
        IMAGEMODE RGBA
    END

    etc....

and this is my code for my PNG file location to be called.

LAYER 
    NAME "map1"
    STATUS DEFAULT
    TYPE RASTER
    DATA "/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/my_map/my_map_image/map1.png"
END

Here is my explorer.js file and some codes inside the file:

var view_map1 = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(
    "map1 overlay", "http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv.exe?map=c://ms4w/Apache/htdocs/my_map/mymap.map&LAYERS=map1&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap&FORMAT=image/png", 
     {
         layers: 'map1',
         format: 'image/png'
     },{
        'ratio':1,
        singleTile: false,
        maxExtent: my_extent,
        isBaseLayer: false
      })
 map.addLayer(view_map1);

Is my code inside the .map file and .js file correct? or it should be not like that when to declare the OpenLayers and also for the shapefile.

Can anyone spare me some ideas and suggestions?

Answer 1

does my code inside the .map file and .js file correct?

The code in your map file does not look correct, because you say

or it should be not like that when to declare the openlayer and also for the shapefile.

I can't see any place in the map file where you declare the shapefile as the data source.

So instead of:

 LAYER 
    NAME "map1"
    STATUS DEFAULT
    TYPE RASTER
    DATA "/ms4w/Apache/htdocs/my_map/my_map_image/map1.png"
 END

You should have something like:

LAYER
    NAME "my map layer"
    TYPE POLYGON
    STATUS ON
    DATA "name-of-your-shapefile"
END

It appears you are confusing the job of the WMS, it converts data such as a shapefile into an image.