[vtkusers] Problems with VS 2005 and VTK (vtkrendering.lib)

[Amy Squillacote]

mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de wrote:
> Obada Mahdi schrieb:
>   
>> Hi Markus!
>>
>> On 11/1/06, mam06bhv <mam06bhv at studserv.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
>>     
>>> I've solved the problem but now I got these errors in the VTK-window
>>>       
>> Just for the record, what was the solution?  It might be helpful to
>> others who search the mailing list and find themselves having a
>> similar problem.
>>
>>     
>>> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 824
>>> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>>> CreateAWindow(), error: 1114
>>>
>>> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 824
>>> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>>> CreateAWindow(), error: 0
>>>
>>> ERROR: In ..\..\VTK\Rendering\vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow.cxx, line 824
>>> vtkWin32OpenGLRenderWindow (01970FD0): wglCreateContext failed in
>>> CreateAWindow(), error: 6
>>>       
>> I did a quick search in the mailing list archives for similar error
>> messages and found a reply from Mathieu Malaterre:
>> http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/vtkusers/2004-January/071401.html
>>
>> Some other postings did not have replies or solutions, but it seems
>> that the problem is related to OpenGL drivers/libraries rather than
>> VTK.  One suggestion for narrowing down the problem is to run other
>> OpenGL applications and see if they work.  For example, start by
>> building VTK with "BUILD_EXAMPLES" set to "ON" and run one of the
>> examples, like "Cone".  If it does not work, try other, non-VTK
>> programs that use OpenGL, and if they do not work either, it is very
>> likely a problem with your graphics card/OpenGL driver.
>>
>> I also agree with Prename that you should consider using CMake for
>> creating your VisualStudio project.  After seeing the same problems
>> reportet on the mailing like multiple times, I do not think that this
>> will make a difference--but the important point is that it is much
>> easier to understand the steps involved in building your project and
>> to eliminate some possibilities that might be a result of an
>> unconventional build setup.
>>
>> Here is a sample "CMakeLists.txt" file that should be sufficient for
>> creating a VS8 Solution for your sample program (I called it
>> "markus-test.cc") using CMake:
>>
>> [this is actually a stripped-down version of
>> "Examples/Medical/Cxx/CMakeLists.txt"]
>> ----BEGIN----
>> PROJECT (markus-test)
>>
>> FIND_PACKAGE(VTK REQUIRED)
>> IF(NOT VTK_USE_RENDERING)
>>  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Example ${PROJECT_NAME} requires VTK_USE_RENDERING.")
>> ENDIF(NOT VTK_USE_RENDERING)
>> INCLUDE(${VTK_USE_FILE})
>>
>> ADD_EXECUTABLE(markus-test markus-test.cc)
>>
>> TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(markus-test vtkRendering)
>> ----END----
>>
>> Just put this and "markus-test.cc" into the same directory, create a
>> build directory somewhere and use CMakeSetup.exe to create a VS8
>> Solution file.  In the interactive configuratio process, you will need
>> to specify the location of the directory ".../lib/vtk-<version>" from
>> your VTK installation.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Obada
>>     
> Sorry guys
> I'm tired to run it again and again. Is somewhere a tutorial or something else
> where I can go through step by step (downloading what installing where what to
> build wehre to copy and everything in detail) and not only telling me the half.
> in the last 3 days I've installed Cmake and VTK deinstalled everything.
> installed again and so one and nothing helped.
> Why should I use CMAKE to complie when I have Visual Studio where I create my
> projects? If I can use vtk only with Cmake I know why I've never heard before
> of it.
>   
CMake is used for generating a project file / workspace file / makefile 
depending on the compiler you are using; it is not a compiler itself. 
(See www.cmake.org <http://www.cmake.org>.)

- Amy
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