[UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] How to set transparency and background color for WMS?

[Dirk Jesko]

Hello,

I have the following layer in a mapfile
 LAYER
     NAME "abc"
     TYPE RASTER
     STATUS ON
     CONNECTIONTYPE WMS
     CONNECTION "http://...";

     METADATA
       "ows_srs" "EPSG:31467"
       "ows_name" "..."
       "ows_format" "image/png"
       "ows_server_version" "1.1.1"
       "ows_bgcolor" "0xFF00FF"
       "ows_transparent" "FALSE"
     END
 END

I expect that the layer is drawn with a magenta background. Rather, 
mapserver queries the WMS server with "TRANSPARENT=TRUE" and without 
BGCOLOR. What is wrong with the layer definition? According to the 
WMS-Client How-to it should work.

Kind regards,
Dirk