[Paraview] Branding branch

Tue May 11 14:12:51 EDT 2010

Hey Sam,

Instead of trying to build those branded applications separately, did you try first to build ParaView with BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON and see if those applications are built correctly and run okay?

I'm not really a Windows developer, either, but I've been able to build Release versions of the Example applications and my own branded app on Windows 7 64-bit. (I run them from the bin/Release directory under my build directory.) I used Qt 4.6.2 that I compiled myself with VS 64-bit compiler, Visual Studio 2008 Pro, CMake 2.8.1 and Python 2.6.

My PATH variable is very minimal, I think only the Qt library entry is used to help configure the ParaView build:

%USERPROFILE%\Programming\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2\lib;"C:\Program Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin";C:\Python26;C:\Program Files (x86)\VTK\bin

(the VTK part at the end is just so my separate vtk python stuff runs okay)

Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble. All of us run into these strange things sometimes, but just so you know, it should work without any manual copying of libraries, etc.

Good luck,
-Eric

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Eric E Monson
Duke Visualization Technology Group

On May 11, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Dave Partyka wrote:

> To set the PATH when debugging from the IDE:
> 
> 1. Right click the project and select Properties
> 2. In the tree view on the left select Debugging
> 3. In the main panel there will be an entry called 'Environment'
> 4. Set the Path by entering something like:
> 
> PATH=C:\Path\To\Something;%PATH%
> 
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> Well, unfortunately, the DLL mess is a Windows OS thing. I am not a
> regular Windows developer so I cannot tell you exactly how to access
> that option, but Visual Studio does have an option somewhere that
> allows you to specify the environment in which the application is
> running. There you can set the PATH to include the ParaView bin/debug
> (or bin/release as the case maybe) and Qt dirs.
> 
> You might want to download dependency walker
> (http://www.dependencywalker.com/), a handy utility to determine
> exactly what dlls are being used/not found etc. Use this to ensure
> that correct versions of the dlls are being imported.
> 
> I'd refrain from copying over dlls, this often leads to user-related
> errors down the line.
> 
> As far as the missing symbol error goes, it's possible your program is
> accidentally bringing in a mismatched vtkCommon dll. Do you have other
> VTK / ParaView builds in your PATH? Use the dependency walker to
> ensure that it's using the correct vtkCOmmon (and other) dlls.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Utkarsh
> 
> 
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, A M <arsham at uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> > As you suggested, I added the dll path (ParaView-3.8.0-bin\bin\Debug) to the
> > environment variable as well as the Qt path, however when I ran the .exe
> > file again I got the same error, so I added the dll files manually to the
> > same directory as the .exe file, at first was asking about some Paraview
> > dlls and the some Qt dlls (I have both of this added to the use path
> > enviroment variable!) and then asked form some vtk dlls, the last error
> > which I can not get passed of is asking for vtkCommon.dll, I added the dll
> > to the directory and  I got this:
> >
> > " the procedure entry point
> > ?ComputePointForExtent at vtkStructuredData@@SAQAH0 at Z could not be located in
> > the dynamic library link vtkCommon.dll" !!!!!
> >
> > I run on WinXP SP3,  visual studio 9 2008 and the latest version of Paraview
> > and Qt
> >
> > as I mentioned I added all the paths to all this dlls to the user
> > environment variable but somehow the system does not see this dlls!!!  and
> > it will be really inconvenient to add all this dlls every time you write a
> > software and want to run it!
> >
> > any help is really appreciated!
> >
> > best
> > ~Sam
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> > <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> When you are running on windows, windows expects that all the dlls are
> >> in PATH (or the same location as the exe). You may want to start the
> >> clone executable from a terminal ensuring that you set the PATH
> >> environment variable correctly to point to the dlls under the ParaView
> >> build dir.
> >>
> >> Utkarsh
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM, A M <arsham at uga.edu> wrote:
> >> > thanks Utkarsh
> >> >
> >> > The page you suggested cleared some stuff for me!
> >> > As David suggested I tried to look at the examples under
> >> > Examples\CustomApplications directory in the paraview source. I CMake'd
> >> > the
> >> > examples there such as Clone1&2 and Demo0&1 and tried to run them to see
> >> > how
> >> > they work (That would be a good working example to understand the
> >> > process
> >> > better), the projects compiled just fine but when I tried to run them I
> >> > got
> >> > the following two errors for Clone and Demo respectively:
> >> > "pqapplicationcomponents.dll was not found, re-installing the
> >> > application
> >> > may fix this problem"
> >> > "pqCore.dll was not found, re-installing the application may fix this
> >> > problem"
> >> >
> >> > anyone has any idea what I did wrong here! what are these two dll files?
> >> >
> >> > best
> >> > ~sam
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit
> >> > <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> You might also want to refer to the following wiki page details on the
> >> >> custom application components:
> >> >> http://paraview.org/Wiki/Writing_Custom_Applications
> >> >>
> >> >> Utkarsh
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:48 PM, David E DeMarle
> >> >> <dave.demarle at kitware.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Since that time, the branding infrastructure has merged from
> >> >> > Utkarsh's
> >> >> > bleeding edge repository mentioned in the paper, into the ParaView
> >> >> > development branch, and then into the 3.8 release of ParaView.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > So just follow instructions from www.paraview.org to get the ParaView
> >> >> > source, either 3.8 or current developement from git and use that make
> >> >> > your own custom applications.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > In particular, the sample applications mentioned in the presentation
> >> >> > that accompanied the paper are under the Examples/Applications
> >> >> > directory.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > David E DeMarle
> >> >> > Kitware, Inc.
> >> >> > R&D Engineer
> >> >> > 28 Corporate Drive
> >> >> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
> >> >> > Phone: 518-371-3971 x109
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:33 PM, A M <arsham at uga.edu> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi
> >> >> >> I sent the following email to Paraview mailing list and someone just
> >> >> >> answered back the the github was obsolete!! can you please guid me
> >> >> >> in a
> >> >> >> right direction to download the correct source for the purpose of
> >> >> >> Customizing Paraview please. is there any tutorial I can look in to?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> best
> >> >> >> Sam
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So I am a little confused! I read a paper by Utkarsh A. Ayachit and
> >> >> >> in
> >> >> >> this
> >> >> >> paper he mentioned to clone the repository at
> >> >> >> git://github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView.git to obtain the modified
> >> >> >> ParaView
> >> >> >> source, up to here it is just fine, I can clone the directory just
> >> >> >> fine.
> >> >> >> Then he goes on and and says the "The branding code is on the
> >> >> >> Branding
> >> >> >> branch, and a new reference application, called
> >> >> >> paraview_revamed will be found in Applications/Client2 that is what
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> can
> >> >> >> NOT find. where is this branding branch exactly and how can I
> >> >> >> download
> >> >> >> the
> >> >> >> rest of what he is talking about? Does anyone knows?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I looked at   http://github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView the ParaView
> >> >> >> code is
> >> >> >> there but I didn't see anything called branding branch! Can anyone
> >> >> >> help
> >> >> >> me
> >> >> >> please!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Best!
> >> >> >> ~sam
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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