Hi Shawn, I was able to build and compile thrift on Windows using cygwin and patched tar ball. I was also able to run thrift service with C++ client and Java server. Then I was able to create an all java Thrift service application on my Windows XP 32 bit machine, using NetBeans developement environment. It all works very well - no problems so far. But as I understand you don't want to use cygwin, right?
-Ana ________________________________________ From: Shaun Wilde [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 3:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Using Thrift on Windows Hi I am looking at using thrift on an opensource project to replace the current WCF/WWSAPI mechanism. However before I invest significant effort into getting it all to compile using tools I have not used before, I'd like to know whether you, the community, think it is possible. Opencover is a .NET codecoverage tool that will need a C++ client (32 and 64 bit) to communicate with a C# server to deliver its results. Will thrift be able to meet my needs? I have downloaded the thrift compiler but there appears to be no other binaries (I assume I will have to build them). Does thrift support compilation on windows and does it support 32 and 64 bit? Is it possible to build thrift without mingw/cygwin? I see a couple of patches that seem to indicate that it may be possible; should I apply them against the svn head or will they work over the tarball I have downloaded? I'd rather not have to download load of utilities and tools unnecessarily only to find what I want to do is not possible. Has anyone done this and are prepared to share the binaries? I am confused as to why the compiler is downloadable (and runs) but nothing else. Any help appreciated. Shaun
