[vtkusers] source install not working with TCL

Berk Geveci berk.geveci at kitware.com
Wed Oct 11 14:43:34 EDT 2000


	Wolfram,

	Run depends from Microsoft Visual Studio. Open vtktcl.dll, look
	at the dependencies and see if there are any libraries which are
	not resolved.

	Berk

Wolfram H Volpi wrote:
> 
> I tried a source install at school (SiliconGraphics, NT 4.0, MS VS 6.0 C++
> compiler), but vtk-tcl does not work.
> After finishing the source install, I run hello.tcl and get this Windows
> error on the first call to vtk:
> 
>         Error in startup script
>         ! invalid command name "vtkRenderer"
>           while executing
>         "vtkRenderer ren1"
>          (file "C:\VTK31CD\vtk\graphics\examplesTcl\hello.tcl" line 11)
> 
> I get the same error if I install debug version, optimized version,
> incremental linking, or normal linking.
> I get the same error if I copy the dll files into C:\Winnt\system
> I get the same error if I set PATH (to the directories where the .dll
> files were created) and then reboot.
> 
> All teh old vtk*.dll files were deleted.
> In pcmaker I have the following options: "Local" in not checked, and "Build
> Tcl" is checked.
> I used nmake from MS-DOS to compile.
> 
> When I run C:\Program Files\Tcl\lib\tk8.2\demos\widget.tcl  TCL works
> fine.
> I have VTK source install on my home computer (Athlon, NT 4.0, same
> compiler) working fine.
> 
> Any ideas on what the problem might be?
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Wolfram Volpi.
> 
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