[vtkusers] More Questions

[Anka Kochanowska]

Why don't you just install VTK binaries (you need openGL also) and try 
to build an MSVS project for the first example in VTK/Examples/Tutorial 
- cone?
Than you may see how you do without CMake.
I do not know what are the other applications that  installer wants to 
install on your computer.
I am developing both, on Windows and on Linux, but I do use CMake 
because of 2 different platforms.
Anka


ronharshbarger at mmm.com wrote:

>Sorry if I am being excessively anal and dense but I am really leery of
>installing software when I don't understand it. I bought the full set of
>books and the CD for VTK  5.0.2 and I use the Microsoft Visual Studio dot
>net foundation classes in C++ to do almost all of my programming which runs
>on XP/2000 or a Windows server. When I autorun the CD, it starts the
>installer and wants to install a bunch of things that are not in the
>"Mastering CMake" book. When I read the readme.html on the CD, under
>Windows it says I can install the binaries but then in the same paragraph
>it states that if I use C++ I can't use the binaries and will need to
>rebuild them from the source code supplied. Can't I just include the source
>files in my build? What are these other programs and do I need them to add
>3D rendering to my programs? I really don't want to learn how to write
>CMake script files ( don't have time ) I have grown comfortable letting
>Visual Studio do the background scripting so I can focus on what I need the
>software to do.
>
>So! I have large arrays of  3 dimensional data (x,y,z) in my MFC
>application that I want to let my user visualize and perhaps manipulate in
>3D space. I thought that I could accomplish this by incorporating VTK
>classes into my application. I didn't plan on a significant paradigm shift
>to get there.
>
>Have I blown the $200?
>
>
>
>
>Ron N. Harshbarger
>Sr. Manufacturing Development Specialist
>3M Film Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations
>3M Center, Building 0236-01S-04
>St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
>Tel:  651-737-1382
>Email: ronharshbarger at mmm.com
>
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