[Paraview] Branding branch
A M
arsham at uga.edu
Tue May 11 17:28:05 EDT 2010
Thanks eric
I added the Qt lib path to the PATH too but it didn't really make any
difference either! I am just installing netbeans on the linux system I have
here to see if I can compile and run paraview and the examples, it might
work I don't know!
best!
~A
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu> wrote:
> Hey Sam,
>
> Maybe this won't make a difference (and I don't remember where I saw to do
> this), but you have your PATH set to the Qt bin directory rather than the
> lib directory. I have some notes saying I had trouble unless the lib
> directory was in my PATH...
>
> -Eric
>
>
> On May 11, 2010, at 4:44 PM, A M wrote:
>
> Dear David and Eric
>
> Thanks for the comments,
> Davie:
>
> I added the path to the environment variable in VS and I still have the
> same issue. I wrote something like this
>
> PATH=C:\Program Files\CMake 2.6\bin; C:\Qt\4.6.2\bin;C:\Program
> Files\ParaView\bin ;%PATH%
> this is what I think you meant.
>
> Eric:
> I did that already (I mean compiling Paraview with the examples and
> BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON) I still get the same error, I almost tried any trick in
> the book you can imagine! the PATH variable in my use environment variable
> looks like the flowing:
>
> C:\Program Files\CMake 2.6\bin;
> C:\Qt\4.6.2\bin
> C:\Program Files\ParaView\bin ;
> plus some other stuff not related to paraview, which seems pretty normal to
> me, however I got the same errors as before! it does not find the dll files.
>
>
> I honestly don't know what to do anymore. The only solution I can think of
> right now is to switch to Linux operating system instead of windows, and
> that doesn't necessarily means that problem would be solved either,
>
>
> best!
> ~sam
>
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Eric E. Monson <emonson at cs.duke.edu>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> 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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