Re: Header files for Windows client

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Sangita Mohan wrote:

> I downloaded the client library for Windows using Cygwin. I got a 
> bunch of dll files
>
> cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll
> cyglber-2-2-7.dll
> cygldap-2-2-7.dll
> cygldap_r-2-2-7.dll
> cygminires.dll
> cygsasl2-2.dll
> cygssl-0.9.7.dll
>
> Basically I am upgrading my client from using the old umich LDAP to 
> the current version of OpenLDAP.  I generated the lib files from the 
> dlls to use in my client. However I have been unlucky in locating the 
> header files to include.

Whoever created the cygwin library package should have also provided a 
set of header files.

> The source that I got won't compile on Windows as I have files with a 
> .h.in extension.
>
> lber_types.h.in
> ldap_config.h.in
> ldap_features.h.in
>
> Does anyone have the header files to use for the Windows client library.

Read the INSTALL file that comes with the source code. You have to run 
configure first.

> Also does the cygwin1.dll need to be included in my client along with 
> the OpenLDAP dll files?

If you're building with cygwin then yes, the cygwin DLL needs to be 
present. Generally I find that cygwin performs poorly and it's better to 
use the native Windows APIs by building for MinGW instead.

> Any help is appreciated.

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