[vtkusers] from VTK 4.0 to 4.2

[imho]

thanks for these precisions, I'll examinate that ;-)


Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> Well wxWindow is rather completely different from tk, fltk, Qt ... as 
> it didn't reinvent the wheel !
> wxWindow will use MFC when started on a windows machine, will use GTK 
> when started on a Linux box, will use Mac on a mac ... so your app 
> really look like any other one (thus cut and paste from one app to the 
> other is better handled).
>
> for more info:
>
> http://wxwindows.org/
>
> Screenshots:
> http://wxwindows.org/screensh.htm
>
>
> I wouldn't say this is better as everybody is claiming they have the 
> best GUI :)
> The main problem of Qt is that only 2.3 is free on Windows (I don't 
> know if you pay attention on that).
>
> BTW fltk is extremly stable, did you use the new 2.x branch instead of 
> the stable 1.1.3 ? It is also extremely fast and light...but on the 
> other hand quite ugly.
>
> mathieu
>
>
> imho wrote:
>
>> Mathieu,
>>
>> we were looking for something fast, free, cross-plateform and stable.
>> We tried FLTK in september-october and it wasn't stable at all.
>> I don't know wxWindow, is it better?
>> We use Qt just for the main interface.
>>
>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>
>>> imho,
>>>     Is there any particular reason why you want Qt ? Did you tried 
>>> FTLK, or wxWindow which has a much better outlooking.
>>>
>>> mathieu
>>>
>>> imho wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mathieu,
>>>>
>>>> I don't know how to set the instantiator size to 5 :(
>>>> I've also tried to make it work on linux, with the vtk 4.0 but 
>>>> developping my project first on windows I failed to have what I 
>>>> wanted on linux. (Qt + VTK + ITK... it was compiling, but I had 
>>>> some mysterious things on the execution) so fort the moment I 
>>>> focalise on windows.
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> imho,
>>>>>     Could you try the tricks describe here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2002-October/014036.html
>>>>> and
>>>>> http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2002-May/011228.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Keep finger cross,
>>>>>
>>>>> mathieu...definitely convinced of Linux superiority ;)
>>>>> BTW: I am sure you could have thought of this solution if you were 
>>>>> using the search engine from: http://www.kitware.com/search.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> imho wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Mathieu,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks for the link, I didn't know it.
>>>>>> I didn't delete yet the vtk 4.0 version and I try the Visual 
>>>>>> configuration, I didn't do like that for the includes paths.
>>>>>> Now I have a c:\program files\microsoft visual 
>>>>>> studio\vc98\include\ostream(362) compiler limit : internal heap 
>>>>>> limit reached; use /Zm to specify a higher limit, but I've 
>>>>>> already put a /Zm with 500, 800, and then 5000!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> imho,
>>>>>>>     Did you read:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/502/pdf/imm502.pdf 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     If not, you better read it first.
>>>>>>>     Otherwise, make sure you change the path to vtk in your 
>>>>>>> newproject/CMakeCache.txt to the correct one: Restart cmake in 
>>>>>>> your *own* project and make sure nothing is pointing toward your 
>>>>>>> old VTK 4.0 installation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mathieu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> imho wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Mathieu,
>>>>>>>> I have downloaded the tar gz on the site, and installed it with 
>>>>>>>> cmake in an other folder than vtk 4.0.
>>>>>>>> I'm under windows, so I have changed the VTK environment 
>>>>>>>> variable to vtk 4.2, but now what else should I change to make 
>>>>>>>> it work again?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> imho,
>>>>>>>>>     All the major changes in VTK from 4.0 to 4.2 are describe 
>>>>>>>>> here:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/vtkfaq?req=show&file=faq06.008.htp
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     Furthermore you won't have an 'include' directory till you 
>>>>>>>>> actually build *and* install VTK. Beware that two existing 
>>>>>>>>> versions are very likely to cause huge problems. Remove one 
>>>>>>>>> before installing the second one.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>     Finally how did you download VTK 4.2 ? If by cvs make sure 
>>>>>>>>> to do a 'cvs update'. Also please note that the VTK 4.x branch 
>>>>>>>>> is in :
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cvs -d :pserver:anonymous at public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/VTK
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> and not
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> cvs -d :pserver:anonymous at public.kitware.com:/cvsroot/vtk
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>>>>> mathieu
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> imho wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>> That's strange, because I didn't find the .h files in my vtk 
>>>>>>>>>> 4.2 directory.
>>>>>>>>>> I don't have any "includes" directory as I had with vtk 4.0.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> De Boer Ingo wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I try to replace vtk 4.0 to vtk 4.2, but some files I used 
>>>>>>>>>>>> aren't found by the compiler :
>>>>>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The files are in 4.2. Your include directories seem to be 
>>>>>>>>>>> wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>> I have the .h files in 4.2
>>>>>>>>>>> greets
>>>>>>>>>>>  Ingo
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>
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