Debug Mode Libraries on Windows

[Patric Weis]

Hi Gerald!

Try to run nmake from vtkbin\Debug\vtkdll instead of vtkbin\Debug! This works
well on my system (Win NT 4.0 SP 6a, VC++ 6.0). After having rebuilt the DLL
you have to copy it to your system directory.

Hope it helps!

Patric Weis
Patric.Weis at Mycrona.de


Gerald E Dalley wrote:

> I recently did a rebuild of VTK on my system (VTK 2.4) and suddenly, all
> of my debugging ability of the library files was lost, e.g. I can no
> longer trace into methods and functions shipped with VTK.  I have tried
> the following to remedy the situation, with no success:
>         1) Rerun nmake from the vtkbin\Debug directory (does nothing, even
>            if I modify source files)
>         2) Delete the *.obj files and the *.lib, *.dll, *.exp, *.ilk,
>            and *.pdb (from vtkbin\Debug\lib and vtkbin\Debug\vtkdll\obj
>            directories).  Do #1.  Makes all files non-debuggable.
>         3) Completely wipe out the vtkbin directory.  Rerun pcmaker.  Do
>            #1. Same results as #2.
>         4) Do #3 again.  Edit the makefile to remove the /D "NDEBUG" in
>            the CPP_PROJ settings.  Do #1.  Same results as #2.
>         5) Try relinking another project that had debugging working.  Same
>            results as #2.
> Does anyone know how to get the debugging turned back on for VC++ 6.0?
>
> --Gerald Dalley
>   dalleyg at ee.eng.ohio-state.edu
>
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