[vtkusers] VTK compiling-question with Code::Blocks

[Michael Jackson]

On Dec 1, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Frank Blaschke wrote:

>> <mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:
>>> Just a guess but I do not think vtkWin32VideoSource is compatible  
>>> with
>>> MinGW.
>>
>> Frank,
>>
>> The cmake flag VTK_USE_VIDEO_FOR_WINDOWS can be turned OFF to avoid
>> compilation of this class.  It looks like the header file is missing.
>>
>> I gave up on using mingw, and instead I use nmake and the "express"
>> versions of  the microsoft compilers.  I still love msys, but mingw
>> was too much of a headache, especially for VTK.
>
> Thx.
>
> I need to use VTK and ITK(compiling with codeblocks was successfull  
> without any error) under Windows, Linux and Mac, so I was looking  
> for an usual compiler for all 3, MinGW I found. Is there an other I  
> can use, or is it a Problem to use different compiler in each  
> platform? Have I later, when it works to change anything in  
> CMakeLists.txt for my project?
>
> Greetings
> Frank
>
>


Typically there isn't any "problems" with using different compilers on  
different platforms, at least with the packages that you list above.  
What might become a problem is how "portable" you write your own code.  
Different compilers have different characteristics and sometimes those  
characteristics clash between platforms. That said I have had very  
good luck using Visual Studio (Both Express and Paid) 2008 on Windows,  
OS X Xcode tools, and GCC 4.x on Linux. Your experiences may differ  
from mine.

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Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio