[vtkusers] making changes to vtkRenderer.cxx

[Mathieu Malaterre]

VTK Novice wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been trying to make changes to the vtkRenderer.cxx.

As an absolute newbie, I suggest you to try first to do things without 
hacking VTK.

> Well I did, and re-built the vtkRenderer.dll without errors.

'vtkRenderer.dll' ? Are you using CMake ? Or do you mean vtkRendering.dll ?

>  But after 
> that when I run a program that uses the modified code/dll, the changes I 
> made do not reflect at all. Even a simple 'printf'  statement does not 
> appear to have worked. Infact everything works just like how it used to 
> work before any changes were made.

Check that your PATH is pointing to the right dll. Otherwise just 
copy/paste the 'dll' file in the same directory as your exe.

> Can anyone tell me what is going on?  Do I have to build all dlls again? 
> will that work?
> 

mathieu