[Paraview] Plugins in Windows 3.6.2 binary

[Dave Partyka]

Hi All,

I have tracked down the issue. That being an inconspicuous Visual Studio
Security update
(KB971092<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=49&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=294de390-3c94-49fb-a014-9a38580e64cb&u=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.microsoft.com%2f%3fkbid%3d971092>
) that was installed sometime after I did the 3.6.1 release. Binaries built
with that patch applied appear to not run on older revisions of XP (SP2).
 Thus, I have uninstalled the update, rebuilt ParaView 3.6.2 and uploaded
the regenerated binary to the download server. I have verified that it does
work on a clean SP2 machine BUT you must either install the Visual Studio
runtime redistributable (simple)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

OR copy the runtime dlls (Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest, msvcm90.dll
msvcp90.dll msvcr90.dll) distributed with ParaView into each plugin's folder
(ugly) in order to get plugins to work.

Any one using an up-to-date Windows XP or newer (Vista,7) should be able
to disregard these directions.


Please report and further issues relating to this and thank you for the
feedback!



On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Robert Maynard <robertjmaynard at gmail.com>wrote:

>  When you profile ParaView does the main executable and plugins load the
> same MSVC dlls. ( F9 shows full paths of loaded dlls ).
>
> If they don't load the same dlls, comparing the manifest files will
> determine if the problem is two different versions of the MSVC are being
> used.
>
>
> Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>
> Um, sure.  What specifically would you like me to report?
>
> -Ken
>
>
> On 1/5/10 4:46 PM, "Robert Maynard" <RobertJMaynard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Would you be able to run dependency walker, and report back the results?
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov>
> wrote:
>
> I tried adding the runtime redistributable.  The plugins now load without
> complaint, but they do not work.  The SLAC tools plugin does not create a
> toolbar like it is supposed to.  The point sprite plugin does not create the
> “Point Sprite” representation to the representation combo box.  The VisIt
> reader plugin allows you to open .silo files, but they always end up with
> empty data.
>
> Does anyone have an idea why that is?  Could it be using two different sets
> of MSVC libraries?
>
> -Ken
>
>
>
> On 1/5/10 3:11 PM, "Dave Partyka" <dave.partyka at kitware.com <
> http://dave.partyka@kitware.com> > wrote:
>
>  The best you can probably do if you're stuck at SP2 is install the
> runtime redistributable.
>
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Moreland, Kenneth <kmorel at sandia.gov <
> http://kmorel@sandia.gov> > wrote:
>
> Given that, is there some advice you can give for installing the MSVC
> classes on Windows XP stuck at SP 2?  How do you do that (without installing
> the entire compiler)?
>
> -Ken
>
>
>
> On 1/5/10 1:45 PM, "Utkarsh Ayachit" <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com <
> http://utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com>  <http://utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com>
> > wrote:
>
>  > Another option would
> > be for ParaView to do a silent install of the MSVC redist package instead
> of
> > dumping the dll's/
>
> Actually that might not be a bad idea. We can even make it a option
> that the user can uncheck, if he wants. Maybe we should look into that
> for 3.8.
>
> Utkarsh
>
>
>
>
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