Mapserver 4.4 timing out ( Windows Binaries )

[Howard Butler]

Mike, Jeff, and James,

The "kitchen sink" binaries are linked against libmap.dll, hence the
smaller executable footprint.

I have not tested every possible interaction of my binaries.  If the
binaries on maptools.org have the features you need, I see no reason to use
the binaries on my site.  They haven't been tested as much and are not as
widely deployed.

Another interaction that Mike alludes to is the dll stuff.  The "kitchen
sink" binaries can quickly put you in "DLL Hell", as the entire package is
dynamically linked.  If you have dlls of the same name (but different
versions, etc) in front of the ones that the build expects on the PATH,
funky things can happen. I try to include all of the dependencies with the
package (except for ones that I can't distribute).  I don't think the
maptools.org binaries have these kinds of problems, and they are likely
much easier to use.

I would be interested in getting a traceback of the error you are seeing
with jbox if you have time or want to pursue this further.  You would have
to attach a debugger to it (like MSVC, but there are others) to do
so.  With more information, I can investigate why this might be happening.

Howard



At 02:34 PM 12/15/2004, Mike Davis wrote:
>I know the different binaries available are of different sizes
>depending on how they were compiled.  The Maptools binary seem to be
>fairly large, but if you use the "kitchen sink" binary available is is
>much smaller.
>
>I have had similar problems when trying to replace our existing
>maptools binaries with the "kitchen sink" builds from Iowa State
>(http://hobu.stat.iastate.edu/mapserver/)
>
>I think you need to double check all the dll's to make sure you have
>the versions that came with the binary build you are using.
>
>
>On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:24:35 -0500, Jeff McKenna
><jmckenna at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Jim,
> >
> > I believe the 4.4 mapserv.exe is around 3.7 MB.  I would download it
> > again: either by itself
> > (http://www.maptools.org/php_mapscript/index.phtml?page=downloads.html)
> > or in the MS4W base package
> > (http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html).
> >
> > jeff
> >
> >
> > Shanton, James A wrote:
> > > When I try to zoom / Pan  (jbox) with version 4.4 it works the first time
> > > but then sits and times out the second time I try to do anything.
> > >
> > > Is there something wrong with the windows binary (mapserv) ?
> > >
> > > I'm using the mapserver 4.4 windows binaries, and I've noticed that the
> > > mapserv.exe is only 36K.   Is this correct ?
> > >
> > > I was previously using Version 4.2.5 and its file size was about 2.5
> MB.  It
> > > was working fine.
> > >
> > > Is there something else I'm supposed to install with this version besides
> > > the dlls that come with it ?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Jim Shanton
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeff McKenna
> > DM Solutions Group Inc.
> > http://www.dmsolutions.ca
> >