[vtkusers] COnversion to 4.2

[Jeff Lee]

are you missing the vtkUnstructuredGrid.h header file in your 
implementation?  header files were cleaned up a great deal, so you may 
have to add a few extra includes here-and-there to be able to compile.
-Jeff

James C. Robinson wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>I would appreciate if someone could help me ASAP with this simple query. I
>am converting my code from 4.0 to 4.2 I had hoped thought it would be a
>relatively simple process, but the following compile error is a bit
>disconcerting:
>
>Error 1:
>:\Jim\Programming\mfc\Kes\PanMeshv3.1\Source\cross-section.cpp(48) : error
>C2664: 'SetInput' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'class
>vtkUnstructuredGrid *' to 'class vtkDataSet *'
>        Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires
>reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast
>
>// The actual plane surface
>    pCrossSection->SetInput(pMeshReader->GetOutput()) ;
>    pCrossSection->SetCutFunction(pPlane) ;
>
>Where pCrossSection is a vtkCutter* and pMeshReader is a
>vtkUnstructuredGridReader*. This code worked under v4.0.
>
>Error 2:
>
>C:\Jim\Programming\mfc\Kes\PanMeshv3.1\Source\cross-section.cpp(59) : error
>C2027: use of undefined type 'vtkPolyDataMapper'
>        C:\Jim\Programming\VTK 4.2\VTK\Rendering\vtkDataSetMapper.h(32) :
>see declaration of 'vtkPolyDataMapper'
>When I look into the v4.2 vtkDataSetMapper.h I see:
>#ifndef __vtkDataSetMapper_h
>#define __vtkDataSetMapper_h
>
>#include "vtkMapper.h"
>
>class vtkPolyDataMapper;
>class vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter;
>
>
>Compare this with the header file in v4.0:
>#ifndef __vtkDataSetMapper_h
>#define __vtkDataSetMapper_h
>
>#include "vtkDataSetSurfaceFilter.h"
>#include "vtkPolyDataMapper.h"
>#include "vtkRenderer.h"
>#include "vtkImageData.h"
>Why the change? Has this type of change been made right through v4.2?
>
>
>Finally, before I make a total mess of good code that works under v4.0, what
>other changes have been made that will affect either the compilation or the
>running of my code?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Jim
>
>
>
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>
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>Eire
>
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