precompiled binary: Unhandled 'written' exception in NTDLL? mapserv40, windows 2k/XP IIS/Apache

[Ed McNierney]

Carsten -

I do not recognize this problem, but the three symptoms you list (mapserv -v runs fine, "premature end of script header" message, and no temp file) are commonly caused by lack of access to zlib.dll.  Make sure that file is installed and someplace MapServer can find it.

     - Ed

Ed McNierney
TopoZone.com

-----Original Message-----
From: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Carsten Münchenbach
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 5:15 PM
To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] precompiled binary: Unhandled 'written' exception in NTDLL? mapserv40, windows 2k/XP IIS/Apache

Hi everybody,

I've downloaded the windows binary version 4.4.1 and installed in on a
windows xp system with IIS 5.0 and also on a windows 2k system with Apache,
the web root is in both cases not on the C: partition, the cgi-bin directory
is on the C: partition. In both cases I got everything installed including
the workshop. But when running the workshop and hitting the "Initialize"
button I'm running into an unhandled exception about problems with "it can
not be written in memory ..." When starting the visual c++ debugger it shows
that the exception comes from the NTDLL.dll. First I thought it doesn't work
because of insufficient access rights to the temporary image directory of
the I_USR. But I get the same error in an Apache environment.

- running the mapserv.exe on the DOS-prompt looks fine
- the apache error file gives only the "premature end of script header" message
- auditing of unsuccessful object access in windows XP shows no trial to
access to the tmp directory (no error entry in the event viewer) - I think
the exeption comes up before.

Did anyone experience that error before? Does anyone can give me a clue or
even a solution?

Thanks to all
Carsten