WSO2 Web Services Framework for C++ - Installation Guide (Windows)

1. Software Dependencies

1.1. Mandatory

1.2. Optional

 

2. Requirements

The makefiles shipped with this version needs Microsoft Visual Studio Compiler (cl) and nmake build tool. (Note: You can download Microsoft VSExpress2005 edition and Platform SDK from Microsoft Web site. You will need to add the path to Platform SDK Include and Lib folders to makefile)

You also need have a look at and install the dependencies mentioned in section 1. above.

3. Building and Installing WSO2 WSF/C++ from Source on MS Windows.

Now you are ready to use WSO2 WSF/C++.

Notes:


4. Installing WSO2 WSF/C++ from the Binary Release for MS Windows.

  1. Extract the binary distribution to a folder of your choice. (example: C:\wsfcpp)
  2. Copy libxml2.dll, iconv.dll and zlib1.dll downloaded to C:\wsfcpp\lib

  3. You need to set a couple of environment variables before you can run the server and clients.
    * Set the variable WSFCPP_HOME to the deploy folder (C:\wsfcpp)
           > set WSFCPP_HOME='C:\wsfcpp'
    * Add the path to lib directory to the PATH variable (%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib)
           > set PATH=%PATH%;%WSFCPP_HOME%\lib
  4. 4. Go to where you installed WSO2 WSF/C++. Start simple axis server
    * To start the simple axis server on port 9090 run the following commands
    > cd "%WSFCPP_HOME%\bin" 
        axis2_http_server.exe
    To see the possible command line options run axis2_http_server.exe -h

    If the server is running successfully you should see the message
    "Started Simple Axis2 HTTP Server..."
  5. Now you are ready to use WSO2 WSF/C++.