[vtkusers] vtkPanel, Java 1.3 to 1.4, Win2k

[Jeff Lee]

Budd Hirons wrote:

> Hello,
>
>     I am trying out vtk in Java on Win2k.
>
>     I've been reading about this vtkPanel all day and hopefully 
> someone can help me out.  I downloaded and have been playing with 
> vtk4.0, but it lacks the vtkPanel object.  Searching the web and the 
> CVS I find several versions of vtkPanel over the course of the last 
> year and a half:  upto v1.15 required java 1.3 or earlier, these 
> versions of vtkPanel relied on APIs that have been deprecated by Sun.  
> from the new vtkPanel v1.1 in the CVS it is packaged into vtk, three 
> months ago, and I am assuming (uh-oh) that it will work with java 1.4x
>     So, since vtkPanel does not seem to be in the vtk4.0 on the 
> software page, I download the nightly (~ v4.1.1) and immediately catch 
> a bug (see below) which isn't unexpected because I did try it on the 
> nightly build, so bugs are expected.  See "image read error", same 
> date as this post.
>
> My question is for guidance.  If someone is using vtkPanel with java 
> 1.3 or java 1.4, which version of vtk are you using and which version 
> of vtkPanel are you using?   I'll build it if I have to, but 
> reinventing the wheel seems silly, and I only just heard of CMake 
> about two weeks ago.  When are there plans to release a stable build 
> (like a 4.1) that has vtkPanel packaged in vtk?

vtkPanel exists in CVS under Wrapping/Java/vtk/vtkPanel.java.  As for 
the image read error, you should probably check out the source tree and 
build from scratch.  It looks like the auto-generated java is out of 
synch with the lib you downloaded.
-Jeff

>
>
> Aside from that, I am in awe with the vtk package over all, and 
> commend all those responsible.  Thanks in advance for your advice.
>
> Budd.
>
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