compiling code with a makefile

[vad]

Hello all,
I was wondering if someone could help me out. I'm not a programmer so please bear with me.
The code is a disparity-map generation programme that is freely availible for research purposes from http://cat.middlebury.edu/stereo/code.html
The problem is there is basically no documentation on how to accurately compile the source code to run the programme - in the end I would need a simple .exe file.
I tried using cygwin under windows with the "make" command but I get errors about missing functions and nothing gets compiled.

more specifically when envoking the "make" command in the stereomatcher path I get:

Fatal: 'Boxfilter.o' does not exist - don't know how to make it

Hopefully someone can help me out on this...

Thanks in advance,
Vadim

[Zaita]

If your having trouble compiling, best to consult the documentation of the tool you are trying to compile. But first read through the instructions and documentation provided.

We are unlikely to be familiar with their code, so without manually trying to step through and solve it ourselves (we are just volunteers who offer C++ advice) we'd likely only be taking shots in the dark.

[vad]

Thank you for your reply.
The thing is there is no documentation to speak of - basically all the readme file says about compiling is that one can use the provided makefile to compile the software. But once I try to do it in either cygwin or MinGW I get the error mentioned above and the compiling is aborted.
I was wondering if someone of the knowledgeable people around here (at least more knowledgeable than me as far as c++ is concerned - which I guess almost everyone on these forums would be) could try to compile the code from the aforementioned site to see if they are getting the same error.

Best Regards,
Vadim