[vtk] Conversion to native VC6.00 project

[Roland Schwarz]

Dear VTK community,

I recently tried to send the following mail to Ken Martin, but I got
no reply, so I am not sure if this was the right destination, or my
mail did not get through. So I resend it to the group. If anyone is
interested, please tell me how to prodeed.

>Hello Ken,
>
>I have created a Perl Script that converts the vtk-library to a
>native Visual C++ 6.00 project. One can navigate the files
>and classes from its built in class browser and file manager.
>
>It is also easy to tune compiler options from the menues. The
>library can be compiled also in the debug version, enabling
>stepping into library code from user programs, which is very
>handy when learning/debugging vtk applications.
>
>Using the idea from John Biddiscombe I prepared the library
>for compiling with VC precompiled headers which cuts down
>compile time considerably. (John did this for Borland C++ Builder).
>
>Using PC maker I got 56 minutes and using VC with precomp. headers
>the compile took 37 minutes on an 300MHz pentium.
>
>The script does not modify the source tree but copies everything 
>necessary into a separate source tree for use with VC++.
>
>The script however only prepares C++ bindings and does nothing
>for TCL/TK Java or Phyton.
>
>If you think this script would be interesting enough for others to use
>I would like to contribute it to the vtk community. Please tell me
>which copyright I should use, and where I should send it.
>
>btw:. pc-maker has some problems when using a tcl/tk dircetory that
>is not in proper configuration as pc-maker will insert garbagge
>characters into the makefile instead of the directory entries without
>notice. I discovered this when I tried to compile for TCL/TK 8.1.

Roland
Email: roland.schwarz at telecom.at



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