Easy way to get standalone mapserver already compiled

[M.L. Jackson]

I downloaded MS4W before but I noticed that there was a lot of unneeded 
programs included as well as an Apache server which was of no use to me.  I 
never explored the cgi-bin directory.  After reading your reply and looking 
in the cgi-bin directory, I found exactly what I needed.

I basically copied all of mapserver's dependent libraries (and I'm sure some 
other unneeded dll files) from the cgi-bin directory into a system folder.  
I made sure that Tomcat added this system folder to its library path so that 
mapscript/mapserver could find the .dll files when needed.  I then copied 
the mapscript.jar file found in cgi-bin/mapscript/java into my project's 
WEB-INF/lib directory.  Because Tomcat is sometimes flimsy, it would be a 
good idea to manually copy the mapscript.jar file to your project's 
WEB-INF/lib directory within Tomcat and not depend upon deployment 
necessarily doing the job correctly.

Well, not a very detailed write-up but due to time constraints it is the 
best that I can do.  Maybe someone can take this write-up and make it more 
detailed and formal.  If no one can, I can probably write it up at a later 
date.  By the way, I am using MyEclipse for my mapserver project 
development.

Thanks, Jeff.

>From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at DMSOLUTIONS.CA>
>Reply-To: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at DMSOLUTIONS.CA>
>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Easy way to get standalone mapserver 
>already compiled
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:57:07 -0400
>
>Um, isn't that what MS4W is?
>
>I think the only thing it is missing for you would be a java servlet right? 
>  Tomcat or something?  You can definitely start with MS4W and add 
>configure that for your servlet...but I am no java guy so I am no precise 
>help.
>
>If you do decide to use MS4W, maybe you could document your work and 
>possibly contribute a java section to the readme for MS4W?  (meaning what 
>it took you to use the files in \ms4w\Apache\cgi-bin\mapscript\java\).
>
>jeff
>
>
>
>M.L. Jackson wrote:
>>What I am essentially looking for is a fully compiled distribution of 
>>mapserver for Windows.  Instead of having to compile the entire mapserver 
>>source code, I would like to download a fully compiled package with 
>>support for all the programming languages (in particular Java mapscript) 
>>and all the essential supporting libraries for full functionality plus wms 
>>support without the hassle.  Am I asking for too much?  :-)
>>
>>
>>>From: "Rahkonen Jukka" <Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi>
>>>To: "M.L. Jackson" <mljacks2 at HOTMAIL.COM>,<MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU>
>>>Subject: RE: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Easy way to get standalone mapserver 
>>>already compiled
>>>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:31:54 +0300
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>How about Mapserver included in the FW Tools set, could it be something 
>>>close to what you are searching for?
>>>
>>>-Jukka Rahkonen-
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: UMN MapServer Users List on behalf of M.L. Jackson
>>>Sent: Fri 11.8.2006 22:58
>>>To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Easy way to get standalone mapserver 
>>>already compiled
>>>
>>>Is there an easy way to get mapserver and all its supporting libraries in 
>>>an
>>>already compiled package with nothing else included?  I am having a 
>>>headache
>>>trying to compile the source code.  Thanks.
>>>
>
>
>--
>Jeff McKenna
>DM Solutions Group Inc.
>http://www.dmsolutions.ca

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