Re: compiling 6.0.3 LDAP SDK on windows

Stu wrote:
> I am trying to build the mozilla LDAP libraries. It is unclear to me
> how I can use these Makefile.in, Makefile.client, .mak files to
> generate the SDK libraries I need to link my code with.

http://wiki.mozilla.org/LDAP_C_SDK#Checking_Out_the_Source_Code

This also contains instructions for building on Windows.  I've only used 
cygwin.  I've not used msys.  So I'm not sure how the msys instructions 
will differ.

> 
> Can somebody please outline the steps on what I need to do. I tried
> downloading the mozilla project but I was unable to get "%MOZILLABUILD%
> \msys\bin\rxvt" to startup on my windows box.
> 
> Are there any already compiled .dll files I can download?
>
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/directory/c-sdk/releases/v6.0.4/ldapcsdk-6.0.3-WINNT5.2_DBG.OBJ.zip

> Are there any .dsp or .dsw project I can download?
> 
> Has anybody created .dsps and a .dsw that would build the SDK
> libraries that I can use?
> 
> If I were to put together my own .dsp and .dsw files to compile the
> libraries would this be a monumental task.
> 
> I was using iplanet LDAP SDK and I found a bug in it that I doubt they
> would fix since they have not changed there code in 4 years so I need
> to go with a LDAP C-SDK that can be run on both UNIX and Windows
> platforms that is why I am investigating mozilla.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks in advance to all who answer this post
>