[Paraview] Plugins in Windows 3.6.2 binary

Dave Partyka dave.partyka at kitware.com
Wed Jan 6 18:37:41 EST 2010 

Interesting. I will have to give that a shot.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com>wrote:

>
> The Qt deployment docs for Window says:
> "If you are bundling the runtimes and need to deploy plugins as well, you
> have
> to remove the manifest from the plugins..."
> "If you skip the step above, the plugins will not load on some systems."
>
> So, its my guess that is why it doesn't work on non-updated systems.
>
> Clint
>
> On Wednesday 06 January 2010 04:06:01 pm Dave Partyka wrote:
> > So you're saying that if I don't embed any manifest (which the IDE does
> by
> > default) into the plugins it should just work?
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Clinton Stimpson
> <clinton at elemtech.com>wrote:
> > > Can you fix that issue some people might have by not embedding the
> > > manifests
> > > into the plugin dlls, where embedding them is the default behavior?
> > >
> > > Clint
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 06 January 2010 03:58:54 pm Dave Partyka wrote:
> > > > 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&SrcDisplay
> > >
> > >
> >Lang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=294de390-3c94-49fb-a014-9a38580e64cb&
> > > >u=ht tp%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=A5C84275-3B97-4A
> > >B7
> > >
> > > >-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=A5C84275-3B97-4A
> > >
> > > > >B7-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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> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >     ***      Sandia National Laboratories
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