[Mapserver-users] Win CE Version

[Dharani Babu]

Steve
Could you tell me
1) which version of mapscript( It is PHP mapscript right ?) should be 
installed
2) steps to get SWIG +map server APIs + vb.net working with samples if 
possible please as I am fully new to SWIG .

with regards and thanks in advance
dharani

>From: Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com>
>To: Dharani Babu <dharanibabus at hotmail.com>
>CC: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu,  tmitchell at lignum.com,  
>spatialguru at shaw.ca,  info at peoplegis.com
>Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Win CE Version
>Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 09:07:46 -0500
>
>Dharani,
>
>A lot of points here, but I might a suggest another way of approaching this 
>problem. Mapserver has a Swig interface definition that is used to build 
>mapscript. It might be possible to build a Swig interface to VB.Net or a 
>com object so you would then compile mapserver into a dll or whatever that 
>could be called directly from VB.NET.
>
>Then you can avoid all the issues of HTML, browses, etc. You would then 
>write an application making calls to mapscript to load the mapfile, and 
>generate map images what could be returned either via a tmp file or as an 
>image object that you would then display directly to the screen.
>
>You would build your user interface and whole application directly in the 
>native WinCE development environment and forget about all the issues of 
>webservers, networking, HTML, browses, etc.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>-Steve
>
>Dharani Babu wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>    I am venturing into trails of using map server components in a win ce 
>>based device . I invite and request all of the members to add thier points 
>>.
>>My Aim is to develope a map server component on a handheld device of like 
>>pocket PC . The first phase is to successfully deploy the mapserver exe ( 
>>either _36 or _40) at the target device with associated dlls and libs .I 
>>hope we will be in need of map server exe version for win ce platform 
>>right ? As I am using emualtor I dont face any probs as of now with 
>>accessing the mapserver exe but the case may be different when it comes to 
>>activesync it to the real device . Third phase --
>>There are two possibilties one is that the device being connected to net( 
>>tyler this point is to you :)) . In that case from the device the user 
>>types like http:<ip>/file.html off they go !!! but the situation is not 
>>that simple . Coz the devices wont be connected to net at all . In that 
>>case we are in need of 1) passing the hidden variables to the mapserv exe 
>>WITHOUT init html 2) retrieving the temporary images created at the /tmp 
>>folder and then have to display them without BROWSER . right ? Here is 
>>where I am confused lot .. Does the IE retreive the tmp images or the 
>>mapserver maps the images to an instance of IE ? I hope the second . So in 
>>this case how to change the default behavior of mapserver's association 
>>with brower to display the images ? Fourth ..
>>How to get the template html work done with out html ? Thats we need to 
>>have zoom in /out /pan /query feature etc Which need to be somehow fired 
>>without the template html ... And last The mother of all doubts I have is 
>>will map server work without apache or IIS ? :)
>>I amplanning to start coding next week onwards . Hope I would be having 
>>some tons of messages in my inbox after week end ....
>>I hope I have opened a wide area of discussion to follow ...I hope to get 
>>invaluable suggestions from the members in all ...bye for now
>>with regards and thanks in advance
>>dharani babu
>>NB: The possible platform for mapserver component in win ce will be VB 
>>.NETsmart project ...
>>
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