[vtkusers] Question regarding VTK 5.0

Markus Henningsson marhe346 at student.liu.se
Mon Aug 6 09:05:23 EDT 2007


Thanks Amy, that was a good explanation but it seems I still can not get the VTK installation to work properly. I tried to work around the problem of the compiler not finding the vtk header files by explicitly linking to them (e.g. #include "VTK\include\vtk-5.0\vtkRenderer.h") which made the compilation run without errors, but then I instead got a lot of these when it was linking: 
"error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall vtkRenderer::ResetCameraClippingRange(void)" (?ResetCameraClippingRange at vtkRenderer@@QAEXXZ) referenced in function _main"
So I'm assuming there is still some problems with the installation. Does anyone have a clue?
Thanks,
Markus
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Amy Squillacote <amy.squillacote at kitware.com> 
Date: Monday, August 6, 2007 2:15 pm 
Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Question regarding VTK 5.0 
To: Markus Henningsson <marhe346 at student.liu.se> 
Cc: David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>, vtk <vtkusers at vtk.org>, Neerav Patel <neeravpatel at hotmail.com> 

> Hi Markus, 
> 
> Where it says "Configure VTK (select the correct binary directory 
> in 
> "Where to build the binaries")", that's referring to the CMake 
> step 
> before you actually build VTK. It is referring to having separate 
> VTK 
> source and binary directories: one directory containing the VTK 
> source 
> code you downloaded, got from CVS, etc, and another directory for 
> the 
> results of compiling VTK (i.e., "Where to build the binaries"). 
> Once you 
> have built VTK, you may install it in a separate directory if you 
> wish; 
> this is specified by the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX CMake variable. 
> 
> - Amy 
> 
> Markus Henningsson wrote: 
> > 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I tried compiling VTK with the instructions in that link, and 
> > everything went well until I actually tried compiling a piece of 
> code 
> > and got the error that it couldn't find the vtk header files I 
> had 
> > included. However i'm not sure if I've followed the instructions 
> > exactly like I should because it's a bit confusing. When I build 
> VTK I 
> > create a folder (C:\MyProjects), but then when I install VTK 
> should 
> > that be done in a separate folder (e.g. C:\VTK)? It says to 
> "Configure 
> > VTK (select the correct binary directory in "Where to build the 
> > binaries")" but I'm not sure what the "correct binary directory" 
> > refers to. Any advice? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > Markus 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> 
> > Date: Saturday, August 4, 2007 0:20 am 
> > Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Question regarding VTK 5.0 
> > To: Neerav Patel <neeravpatel at hotmail.com> 
> > Cc: vtk <vtkusers at vtk.org> 
> > 
> > > Keep questions on list, please, so that others may benefit 
> from the 
> > > answers as well. (Or even provide the answers more quickly 
> than an 
> > > individual responder... :-) 
> > > 
> > > The very first link on the VTK Wiki ( http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK 
> > > ) is 
> > > called "more information" -- ( 
> > > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_Additional_Information ) 
> > > 
> > > On that page, there's a link to "Building VTK" ( 
> > > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_Building_VTK ) which has decent 
> directions> > for how to download and build VTK on Windows... 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > HTH, 
> > > David 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 8/3/07, Neerav Patel <neeravpatel at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi David, 
> > > > 
> > > > Is there a webpage with instructions to compile it? 
> > > > 
> > > > If there is can you please direct me to the link. 
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for the help 
> > > > 
> > > > Neerav 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ________________________________ 
> > > > Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 06:08:51 -0400 
> > > > From: david.cole at kitware.com 
> > > > To: neeravpatel at hotmail.com 
> > > > Subject: Re: [vtkusers] Question regarding VTK 5.0 
> > > > CC: vtkusers at vtk.org 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > For C++ libraries, you'll need to download the source tree zip 
> > > file (or get 
> > > > the source tree from CVS) and compile it yourself. 
> > > > 
> > > > HTH, 
> > > > David Cole 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 8/2/07, Neerav Patel <neeravpatel at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, 
> > > > 
> > > > I downloaded VTK 5.0 installer for Windows and installed it. I 
> > > want to use 
> > > > it for Visul C++ 6.0 but all I get is TCL stuff installed. How 
> > > does one get 
> > > > the proper libraries and DLL's for access in C++. 
> > > > 
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
> > > > 
> > > > Neerav 
> > > > 
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