Need help to compile mapserver-4.2.2 under windows

[Jingyu Bai]

We have to use it under windows and need to compile it by changing some
parameters. I am following the instruction "MapServer Win32 Compilation and
Installation HOWTO"(a little bit old) and the reame.win32 file coming from
mapserver downloaded source file of version mapserver-4.2.2. I can
successfully compiled some supporting libraries such as gdal-1.2.1 /
freetype-2.1.3 / curl-7.12.1 / proj-4.4.8 /zlib121. The other libraries
like GD library I can't compile it (no make file for windows)instead I
downloaded a binary DLL version gd-2.0.28 and used "makemsvcimport.bat" to
build bgd.lib . I can't compile REGEX library neither (no make file for
windows) but I found one version from internet which is win32 port of GNU
REGEX. Now I modified the nmake.opt file to comment unnecessary optional
lines and then change the libraries path to point to my real libraries
location. I run "nmake /f Makefile.vc" and got error in the end as the
following. I hit the wall and and can't figure out which library is wrong
or missing. Could somebody in this user group help me out? I really
appreciate your help.

========= compiler error message ========
....
  Creating library mapserver_i.lib and object mapserver_i.exp
LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib "MSVCRT" conflicts with use of other
libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
regex.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _printchar
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLFreeEnv at 4
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLFreeConnect at 4
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLDisconnect at 4
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLError at 32
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLConnect at 28

cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLSetConnectOption at 12
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLAllocConnect at 8
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLAllocEnv at 4

cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLAllocStmt at 8
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLFreeStmt at 8

cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLExecDirect at 12
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLDescribeCol at 36
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLNumResultCols at 8
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLGetData at 24

cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLFetchScroll at 12
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLFetch at 4
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLColumns at 36

cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLPrimaryKeys at 28
cpl.lib(cpl_odbc.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_SQLTables at 36
libmap.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 20 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.

I tried "nmake /f Makefile.vc" again right after the above failure and got
different:
======== compiler error message ========
...
        link /NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrt /NODEFAULTLIB:libcd /DEBUG mapserv.obj
mapserver_i.lib D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdwin32\bgd.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\libpng\libpng.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\zlib121src\zlib.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\freetype-2.1.3\objs\freetype211ST_D.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\proj-4.4.8\src\proj.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdal-1.2.1\ogr\ogrsf_frmts\ogrsf_frmts.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdal-1.2.1
\ogr\ogrsf_frmts\ogrsf_frmts_sup.lib D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdal-
1.2.1\ogr\ogr.lib D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdal-1.2.1
\ogr\..\port\cpl.lib D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\gdal-1.2.1\gdal_i.lib
D:\Projects\mapserver_libraries\curl-7.12.1\lib\libcurl.lib "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Lib\WSOCK32.LIB"
Microsoft (R) Incremental Linker Version 6.00.8168
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved.

mapserv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _regfree
mapserv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _regcomp
mapserv.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _regexec
mapserv.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 3 unresolved externals
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link' : return code '0x460'
Stop.

It seems mapserver.lib and mapserver_i.lib were created but no exe file
there. What are expected files be generated if compile process is
successful? Why do I see the map server binary distribution has bunch of
DLLs there and many exe files in bin folder? Will I get the same result?