[vtkusers] Problems with VS 2005 and VTK (vtkrendering.lib)

Thu Nov 2 04:24:49 EST 2006

That's what I mean in some previous mails. Everyone give me hints but 
bnothing is a complete solution.

Ning Ye schrieb:
> Obada is right, don't give up VTK. It's really a cool stuff.
> Actually, you CAN use VTK in VC++ .NET 2005 for your own project 
> without CMake.
> Here's my step in great detail:
> -------- Build and install VTK, CMake is needed here for only once 
> --------
> 1. Extract VTK source code to a directory, say, 
> D:\Programming\VTK\vtk-5.0.2\src
> 2. Make another directory for build, say, 
> D:\Programming\VTK\vtk-5.0.2\build
> 3. Run CMake and configure it as shown in the picture attached, press OK
> 4. Enter the build directory, D:\Programming\VTK\vtk-5.0.2\build, open 
> the solution file VTK.sln
> 5. Set the solution configuration to Debug mode, right click 
> ALL_BUILD, build
> 6. Right click INSTALL, build
someone told me that is not necessary, but I did it
> 7. Enter the install directory, for me, it's C:\Program Files\VTK
whatr have you installed there. I don't have such a directory after all 
I did
> 8. Enter the sub-directory for library, i.e., C:\Program 
> Files\VTK\lib, for now, all the .lib files here are built under Debug, 
> you can use them for Debug in your own project
> 9. So, make a new directory here, say, C:\Program Files\VTK\lib\debug, 
> and move all the .lib files into it
> 10. Back to VC++, this time, set your solution configuration to 
> Release mode and redo step 5 and 6
> 11. Enter C:\Program Files\VTK\lib again, now, all the .lib files are 
> built under Release, you can use them for Release in your own project
> 12. So, make another new directory here, say, C:\Program 
> Files\VTK\lib\release, and move all the .lib files into it
> 13. Installation part is done.
> --------Configuration for your own project--------
> 1. Configure VC++ INCLUDE path: Tools->Options->Projects and 
> Solutions->VC++ Directories->Include files, add the VTK include 
> directory into the list, for me, it's C:\Program Files\VTK\include
whre do you get the include directory from? I have (if I have count all) 
5 include directories
> 2. Configure your project property:
> Debug mode:
> - set Configuration Properties->Linker->General->Additional Library 
> Directories as C:\Program Files\VTK\lib\debug
> - set Configuration Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies 
> as all the .lib files you need, well, you can just include all the 
> library files here to make it work for sure
> Release mode:
> - set Configuration Properties->Linker->General->Additional Library 
> Directories as C:\Program Files\VTK\lib\release
> - set Configuration Properties->Linker->Input->Additional Dependencies 
> as all the .lib files you need, again, you can just include all the 
> library files here to make it work for sure
> 3. Done.
>
> Compile and build your projects as you want.
> Happy programming!
>
>
> On 11/2/06, *mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de 
> <mailto:mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de>* 
> <mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de 
> <mailto:mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de>> wrote:
>
>     Obada Mahdi schrieb:
>     > Hi Markus!
>     >
>     > On 11/1/06, mam06bhv <mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de
>     <mailto:mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de>> wrote:
>     >> I've solved the problem but now I got these errors in the
>     VTK-window
>     >
>     > Just for the record, what was the solution?  It might be helpful to
>     > others who search the mailing list and find themselves having a
>     > similar problem.
>     >
>     >> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
>     line 824
>     >> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>     >> CreateAWindow(), error: 1114
>     >>
>     >> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
>     line 824
>     >> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>     >> CreateAWindow(), error: 0
>     >>
>     >> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx,
>     line 824
>     >> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>     >> CreateAWindow(), error: 6
>     >
>     > I did a quick search in the mailing list archives for similar error
>     > messages and found a reply from Mathieu Malaterre:
>     >
>     http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2004-January/071401.html
>     >
>     > Some other postings did not have replies or solutions, but it seems
>     > that the problem is related to OpenGL drivers/libraries rather than
>     > VTK.  One suggestion for narrowing down the problem is to run other
>     > OpenGL applications and see if they work.  For example, start by
>     > building VTK with "BUILD_EXAMPLES" set to "ON" and run one of the
>     > examples, like "Cone".  If it does not work, try other, non-VTK
>     > programs that use OpenGL, and if they do not work either, it is very
>     > likely a problem with your graphics card/OpenGL driver.
>     >
>     > I also agree with Prename that you should consider using CMake for
>     > creating your VisualStudio project.  After seeing the same problems
>     > reportet on the mailing like multiple times, I do not think that
>     this
>     > will make a difference--but the important point is that it is much
>     > easier to understand the steps involved in building your project and
>     > to eliminate some possibilities that might be a result of an
>     > unconventional build setup.
>     >
>     > Here is a sample "CMakeLists.txt" file that should be sufficient for
>     > creating a VS8 Solution for your sample program (I called it
>     > "markus-test.cc ") using CMake:
>     >
>     > [this is actually a stripped-down version of
>     > "Examples/Medical/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt"]
>     > ----BEGIN----
>     > PROJECT (markus-test)
>     >
>     > FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED)
>     > IF(NOT VTK_USE_RENDERING)
>     >  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Example ${PROJECT_NAME} requires
>     VTK_USE_RENDERING.")
>     > ENDIF(NOT VTK_USE_RENDERING)
>     > INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})
>     >
>     > ADD_EXECUTABLE(markus-test markus-test.cc)
>     >
>     > TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(markus-test vtkRendering)
>     > ----END----
>     >
>     > Just put this and "markus-test.cc" into the same directory, create a
>     > build directory somewhere and use CMakeSetup.exe to create a VS8
>     > Solution file.  In the interactive configuratio process, you
>     will need
>     > to specify the location of the directory ".../lib/vtk-<version>"
>     from
>     > your VTK installation.
>     >
>     >
>     > Regards
>     >
>     > Obada
>     Sorry guys
>     I'm tired to run it again and again. Is somewhere a tutorial or
>     something else
>     where I can go through step by step (downloading what installing
>     where what to
>     build wehre to copy and everything in detail) and not only telling
>     me the half.
>     in the last 3 days I've installed Cmake and VTK deinstalled
>     everything.
>     installed again and so one and nothing helped.
>     Why should I use CMAKE to complie when I have Visual Studio where
>     I create my
>     projects? If I can use vtk only with Cmake I know why I've never
>     heard before
>     of it.
>
>
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