[mapserver-dev] What version of Microsoft Tools?

[Brent Fraser]

Steve,

  Likely the most commonly used Microsoft tool is Visual
Studio .Net 2003 IDE (which contains Visual C++ v7.1
compiler), but I doubt if you can still get it.  VS 2005
(contains VC++ v8) is available, and perhaps VS 2008 will be
soon (there's a 90 day trial of it available).  And of
course these are commercial products.  If you go this route,
you may want to look into an MSDN subscription (or joining
Microsoft's Empower program), especially if you have to
build-for / test / support the many versions of Windows.
Vista may have some additional compiler requirements (I'm
hoping that version of Windows will disappear soon!), as
would Windows Mobile.

  Microsoft does have a free compiler, Visual C++ Express
Edition (http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/) But I've
never tried it.  And I think you'll need to download the
Windows Platform SDK to do anything useful.

As for Open Source tools, I too would be interested in
knowing what works.  Is there a good IDE for debugging out
there?

Brent Fraser
GeoAnalytic Inc.
Calgary, Alberta

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Woodbridge" <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
To: "mapserver-dev" <mapserver-dev at lists.osgeo.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:08 PM
Subject: [mapserver-dev] What version of Microsoft Tools?


> Hi all,
>
> I have a need to be able to compile mapserver for Windows.
What tools
> are required for this? Yes, I know there are pre-built
binaries, but for
> various reasons I can not go that route and cygwin is not
going to be a
> viable option either, unfortunately.
>
> My requirements are rather simple beyond needing to
compile in the
> windows environment and that is to be able to make a basic
mapserver
> executable. I do not expect that my requirements will
expand.
>
> Options? recommendations? links to extra tools to make
life easier?
>
> Thanks,
>    -Steve
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