[Paraview] build pv5.3 on windows 10 with visual studio 15 2017

[Aron Helser]

Claire,
To launch ParaView that I build on Windows, I had to explicitly add the QT
bin directory to my path, for example C:/Qt/Qt5.8.0/5.8/msvc2015_64/bin
I'm not sure QT has provided binaries for the latest VisualStudio, have
they? I'm using VS2015, which is VS 14.0, I believe. You may have to match
your VS version to the one used to build the QT binaries.
BTW, the fix for QT 5.8.0 is one line in one cmake file, so it's easy to
fix after you install it.
Regards,
Aron

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> I suspect your environment is messed up with mutliple Qt versions
> showing up. Use Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/)
> to make sure the dlls loaded are indeed the dlls you expect for Qt and
> other external dependencies.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Claire Guilbaud
> <claire.guilbaud at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm struggling to launch paraview build on the last version of visual
> studio
> > (15.1 26407.3).
> > I follow this documentation
> > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install.
> >
> > I use Qt 5, and just enable paraview python (miniconda2).
> >
> > I tried first to build with the last Qt 5 version (5.8.0), it failed due
> to
> > const expr error in qt (it's a known issue). So I switch to Qt 5.6.2.
> >
> > I follow the instructions from the documentation: set path variable,
> modify
> > environment variable in the configuration properties for paraview
> project.
> > The Debug generation failed: qt and paraview don't have the same
> debugging
> > level …
> >
> > The RefWithDebInfo generation succeeds. But I'm not able to launch
> paraview
> > (from visual studio - start without debugging or from file explorer).
> > There are missing symbols in paraview.exe :
> > ?toLatin1 at QString@@QEGBA?AVQByteArray@@XZ (same with toLower, toUtf8).
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea on how to fix it ?
> >
> > For information:
> > - I don't use the cmake capabilities of visual studio: I use cmake-gui,
> > configure, and generate.Then I open the paraview solution.
> > - I try with Qt4 version, it failed. I reinstall Qt several times.
> > - All my environment is in french
> >
> >
> > Thanks for help.
> >
> > Claire
> >
> >
> >
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