title: Compiling openldap using Visual Studio 10 Express
body: <p>I've been tasked with compiling openldap for Windows, using Visual Studio. I am comfortable doing configure > make > make install in POSIX environments, but I have never used VS and am not sure how to even generate a useable makefile using what's in the openldap source tarball.</p>
  
  <p>I have Visual C++ 10 Express installed on a Windows 7 box, and I've also installed MinGW to try to run the configure script, but I'm afraid that's going to then insert MinGW libraries, instead of whatever native Windows libs VC would use.</p>
  
  <p>I would be grateful for any clues.</p>