[Paraview] Plugins in Windows 3.6.2 binary

Mike Jackson mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Wed Jan 6 21:00:16 EST 2010


For those of us following along at home. just what would that line in
the CMake file be?
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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Marcus D. Hanwell
<marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:
> I did this in the past and it seemed to work well. You can add a line to the
> CMakeLists file to instruct CMake not to do this.
>
> On Wednesday 06 January 2010 18:06:01 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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>> > > >
>> > > >
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>> > > > ***********
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