Topic: Problem converting project to VS 2008

[IMil]

After I open the apache.dsw file in VS 2008 and agree to convert all projects, custom build steps remain empty.
First project to fail is pcre that requires some source files to be generated.
I have run the conversion scripts specified in this post, but it didn't help.
Did anyone encounter such problem?

[glsmith]

As later in that post, did you:

zip -R dsps.zip *.dsp *.dsw
unzip -a -o dsps.zip

Open apache.dsw, convert, close, then open Apache.sln
this seems to be the trick as posted by Tom later in that post.

I have successfully followed those steps of his more than once on VS 2k8

That is GNU zip & unzip
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/zip.htm
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/unzip.htm

Note that you will need to do as he states in that post that if this isn't followed first, you need to delete the *.vcproj* and Apache.sln files before trying again

[IMil]

As far as I remember I did follow all these steps in the specified order. To be sure, I'll try everything from the start after the weekend.
By the way, did you ever miss the first step? If so, did you get the same error as in my case?

[glsmith]

1st step as in #define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0502
Yes, and no Apache would not compile under VS2k8.

or

change vs2008 default sdk,use 2k3 r2 sdk.
I did this and still had to move it up to 502

#define APR_HAVE_IPV6 1
this is a Vista option. We've compiled Apache fine on pretty much VS6 & up with this flag set and it compiles, just doesn't work on XP and requires the 2k8 SDK which then forces the 1st issue anyway .. AFAI can remember.

[IMil]

Seems that I missed the zip/unzip step. Repeating all the steps from beginning solved the problem.
Thanks to everyone.