Re: compiling 6.0.3 LDAP SDK on windows

Stu wrote:
> On Jul 10, 2:12 pm, Rich Megginson <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Stu wrote:
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>>> 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...
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> 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.
>>>       
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>
> Rich,
> Thanks for your prompt repsonse to my post.
>
> In one of your other links you mention You must first download and
> install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package
> (x86) from ...
>
>
> Then, download and unzip the mozldap sdk from here -
> ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/directory/c-sdk/releases/v6.0.4...
>
> I am currently running visual c++ 6.0 enterprise edition (yes I know
> it's very old so please dont laugh ) and Donwloading Microsoft Visual C
> ++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package and installing this is problematic
> for me since I would need to re-compile/re-test my entire application,
> which would be difficult since we are in a middle of a release cycle.
>
> Would you happen to have a copy of the 6.0.3 dll's that were buit with
> MSDEV 6.0 or better yet can you post the .dsp's and .dsw that make up
> the LDAP C-SDK and I will compile them on my machine.
>   
We don't have any of those.  The only way I've built on Windows is using 
cygwin with configure with VC++ 2005.

You should be able to use the cygwin + configure method to build with 
MSVC++ 6.0.
> Thanks in advance for your help
>
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