Help needed with compiling postgre sql with mapserver

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Did you install the Platform SDK form Microsoft? See also:

http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1251

Best regards,
Bart

rock well wrote: Hi fleuren the reason i dont want to use hobus 
mapserver is i guess it doesnt have the support for mrsid format and 
also sde libraries which i already have configured using the 
conventional mapserver. i was able to get rid of these error and was 
able to create the libpadll.lib but i wasnt able to create the libpq.dll 
file as it gave me the following error

>  
> libpq.lib(fe-connect.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol 
> _SHGetFolderpath
> .\Release\libpq.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
>  
> and the execution stopped .....
>  
> i guess someone might have encountered this problem, if so can you 
> give me some tips to solve it .....
>  
> If you dont mind fleuren can you send me the libpq.dll as an 
> attachment as thats the only file i need to get going ....
>  
> Thanks a lot for your help ....
> kris
>
> */Huub Fleuren <hfl at home.nl>/* wrote:
>
>     Hi Kris,
>
>     I did feel lucky that the compile did not end with the word Stop.
>     I'm afraid experience problems like this now with the ECW library.
>
>     Maybe try the very rich .\bin directory of
>     http://hobu.stat.iastate.edu/mapserver/build_output/mapserver-4.8.3-msvc71-build-kit.zip
>
>
>     this is a set for msvc7, so probably, issues on vc6
>
>     Regards, Huub
>
>
>     rock well schreef:
>     > Thanks for your reply fleuren, yes i did the same way you told but
>     > still it give the following errors
>     >
>     > LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "shfolder.lib"
>     > NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'link.exe' : return code '0x49d'
>     >
>     > Do you know why we get these errors, or else all we need is i guess
>     > the libpqdll.lib and some dlls right, if anything doesnt work
>     can you
>     > send me those dlls.
>     >
>     > Thanks verymuch for your help and time ...
>     > kris
>     >
>     > */Huub Fleuren /* wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi Rock,
>     >
>     > i recently compiled postgreql-8.1.3 with vc6sp4 and
>     > 5.2.3790.2075.51.PlatformSDK_Svr2003R2_rtm.img
>     > (install from virtual CD)
>     >
>     > first vcvars32
>     > then setenv
>     > then nmake /f win32.mak
>     >
>     > after a failure you always do nmake /f win32.mak clean
>     >
>     > Regards, Huub
>     >
>     > rock well schreef:
>     > > Hi all, i am trying to compile mapserver with postgre sql
>     > support. I
>     > > found this documentation in the mapserver website
>     > > http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/win32_compiling
>     > >
>     > > I downloaded the MS platform sdk and installed it, when i try to
>     > run
>     > > the win32.mak file in the libpq directory it still says
>     > >
>     > > LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file "shfolder.lib"
>     > >
>     > > the shfolder.lib does exist in the the default MS platform sdk
>     > folder,
>     > > do i have to change something or am i doing something wrong ...
>     > >
>     > > Thanks for your time ....
>     > > kris
>     > >
>     > >
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Bart van den Eijnden
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