[vtkusers] vtk40+CMake+MS VisualStudio 6.0+Missing DLLs after Compilation

[Rasmus Reinhold Paulsen]

Hi!

I do not think that it is a stupid question...installing VTK is an
experience.

Did you enable BUILD_SHARED_LIBS in CMake ?

Regards

Rasmus

>
> Hello,
> I am upgrading to Vtk 4.0 on my Win NT System for compilation
> with Visual Studio 6.0 like that:
> 1) Unpack vtk40Src.zip to x:\vtk
> 2) Run CMake Setup with binary directory x:\vtk\vtkbin
>    and source directory x:\vtk
> 3) Open vtk.dsw in x:\vtk\vtkbin
> 4) Select for example the active configuration vtkCommon
>    win32 debug
> 5) Open the project settings dialog: Instead of the expected
>    tab for the Link-options there is only a library tab.
> 6) Visual Studio compiles all the cxx-source files without errors
> and only creates the lib but not the DLL.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I have to do in order to have the
> DLLs too? Is this a matter of compiler options to be specified in
> CMake? A typical sample configuration might be helpful.
>
> Sorry if this question is too stupid.
>
> Thanks
> Burkhardt