[mapserver-users] Compiling errors (Windows)

[Jeff McKenna]

Lisa Gaudette wrote:
> I'm running Visual Studio 2008 on XP and I've more or less followed the
> instructions here: http://mapserver.org/installation/win32.html
> 
> A couple differences: I enabled "Optional RGBA palette png output", some of
> the libraries have newer versions, etc.
> 
> I'm basically trying to get a basic version to use without a ton of
> dependencies - I've got GD, Regex, and Proj, just like in the example. I
> downloaded the code via mapserver-5.6.1.tar.gz. On my first attempts it
> wasn't finding the gd.h files and such but I found that moving everything
> from subfolders into one main folder worked.
> 
> The lines in Mapserver.h that are causing problems are:
> 
> inline void msBufferInit(bufferObj *buffer);
> inline void msBufferResize(bufferObj *buffer, size_t target_size);
> MS_DLL_EXPORT  inline void msBufferFree(bufferObj *buffer);
> MS_DLL_EXPORT  inline void msBufferAppend(bufferObj *buffer, void *data,
> size_t length);
> 
> And in MapBits.c, the errors come right after #include "mapserver.h"
> MS_CVSID("$Id: mapbits.c 8755 2009-03-10 13:35:19Z jlacroix $") 
> 
> Although I expect in the 2nd case it's the errors in mapserver.h causing the
> problem. 
> 
> I tried a search on the errors and came up with nothing. Any ideas?
> 
> -------
> C:\Projects\MapServer>nmake /f Makefile.vc
> 
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.21022.08
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
> 
>         cl /nologo /Ox /MD /W3  /EHsc -IC:\projects\gd    
> -IC:\projects\proj-4.
> 7.0/src -Ic:\projects\regex-0.12                   -I\include    
> -DHAVE_STRING_
> H -DREGEX_MALLOC -DNEED_STRCASECMP -DNEED_STRNCASECMP -DNEED_STRLCAT
> -DNEED_STRR
> STR -DNEED_STRCASESTR    -DUSE_PROJ -DUSE_PROJ_API_H   -DUSE_GD_PNG
> -DUSE_GD_JPE
> G -DUSE_GD_WBMP -DUSE_GD_GIF -DGD_HAS_GDIMAGEGIFPTR  -DGD_HAS_GETBITMAPFONT
> -DGD
> _HAS_FTEX_XSHOW   -DUSE_THREAD    -DIGNORE_MISSING_DATA              
> -DUSE_GD_A
> NTIALIAS           -DUSE_AGG      -DWIN32 -D_WIN32 /c mapbits.c
> /Fomapbits.obj
> mapbits.c
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2601) : error C2054: expected '(' to
> follow 'i
> nline'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2601) : error C2085: 'msBufferInit' : not
> in f
> ormal parameter list
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2602) : error C2061: syntax error :
> identifier
>  'inline'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2603) : error C2370: 'inline' :
> redefinition;
> different storage class
>         c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2601) : see declaration of
> 'inline'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2603) : error C2054: expected '(' to
> follow 'i
> nline'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2603) : error C2085: 'msBufferFree' : not
> in f
> ormal parameter list
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2604) : error C2082: redefinition of
> formal pa
> rameter 'inline'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2604) : error C2143: syntax error :
> missing ';
> ' before 'type'
> c:\projects\mapserver\mapserver.h(2604) : error C2085: 'msBufferAppend' :
> not in
>  formal parameter list
> mapbits.c(35) : error C2085: 'ms_cvsid' : not in formal parameter list
> mapbits.c(35) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '='
> mapbits.c(35) : error C2065: 'ms_cvsid' : undeclared identifier
> mapbits.c(35) : warning C4047: ':' : 'char *' differs in levels of
> indirection f
> rom 'int'
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 9.0\VC\BIN
> \cl.EXE"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
> 
> C:\Projects\MapServer>

Lisa,

If you are having troubles with your build environment, you could 
download our buildkit and try that: 
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/dl/buildkit/

-jeff

-- 
Jeff McKenna
MapServer Consulting and Training Services
http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/