To add to the previous email, the PATH variable is set to point to the
folder with the mapserver .dll files in it. I forgot to mention that part.
I also mentioned in the other email that the folder was added to the Tomcat
library path. The folder where the dll files are located is not the actual
system folder but a subdirectory of systems (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mapserver).
There should be no program that tries to access those files except for my
mapscript application. Since the library files are not just "floating
around" in the SYSTEM folder, it should not disrupt other applications. But
then again, I am not exactly a "systems" person.
From: Vitor Buitoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Vitor Buitoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Easy way to get standalone mapserver
already compiled
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:26:36 -0300
M.L. Jackson escreveu:
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.
It's not a very good idea to copy the dll files to a system folder, since
it might break things... The best thing to do would be to add the folder
with the dll files to the PATH environment variable and tomcat library
path. (-Djava.library.path)
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.
If you put the mapscript.jar into your project's WEB-INF/lib directory,
you'll only be able to have one webapp inside tomcat using mapscript. If
you want to have more than one webapp using mapscript, you should put
mapscript.jar into the tomcat's shared/lib directory.
I recommend you take a look in this documentation:
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto/java_mapscript_Tomcat_55
Vitor.
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: Jeff McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "M.L. Jackson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]>
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: [email protected]
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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