[vtkusers] vtk 64bit windows

[David Cole]

What version of VTK are you using?

You have built both 32 and 64-bit builds of VTK?

For 64-bit usage on Windows, definitely use VTK from CVS. There were several
important fixes committed to CVS VTK that make 64-bit builds usable on
Windows.

HTH,
David

On 6/3/07, Dov Mayzlish <dov.mayzlish at philips.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a vtk beginner, trying to embed vtk image in my viewport.
>
> My code is something like this:
>
>
>         this->renWin = vtkRenderWindow::New();
>         this->iren = vtkRenderWindowInteractor::New();
>         this->ren = vtkRenderer::New();
> ...
>
>
>         this->renWin->AddRenderer(this->ren);
>
>         // setup the parent window
>         void* hwnd = (this->Handle.ToPointer());   // (the class is a .NET
> UserControl)
>         this->renWin->SetParentId(hwnd);
>         this->iren->SetRenderWindow(this->renWin);
>
>
>         // initialize
>         this->iren->Initialize();
>         this->ren->ResetCamera();
>
>
> When working 32bit, this works perfect.
>
> When working 64bit, an empty black window is created, named "Form1"
> (instead of the name I gave it).
>
> When I comment out the lines (64bit)
>         //void* hwnd = (this->Handle.ToPointer());
>         //this->renWin->SetParentId(hwnd);
> a new window with the correct name appears with the correct actor, but the
> "Form1" window appears as well.
> Since I plan to embed the viewport in a large application, I need the
> image to be in my existing viewport.
>
> Does anyone have a suggestion what could make only the 64bit build to fail
> to embed the image in my viewport?
>
> Thanks,
> Dov
>
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