[vtkusers] Error in an online VTK-example (SOLVED)

[David Doria]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes.
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:04 PM, David Doria <daviddoria+vtk at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Benjamin Frigan
>> <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>> Ok, it worked. Thanks a lot!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:55:49AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>> Ben,
>>>>
>>>> Let's keep the discussion on the list.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Ahhh... limits was added after the 5.4 release. Try
>>>> >
>>>> > #include <limits>
>>>> > instead of
>>>> > #include <vtkstd/limits>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>> > <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>> >> It doesn't look like that. This is what I have
>>>> >>
>>>> >> algorithm  exception   iterator  map     new      queue  stack      string   vector
>>>> >> deque      functional  list      memory  numeric  set    stdexcept  utility
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Best,
>>>> >> Ben
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:39:43AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>> >>> You should have vtkstd/limits. It should be in the VTK binary
>>>> >>> tree/vtkstd/limiits
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Can you do an "ls" on the VTK binary tree/vtkstd/ and report the results?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Bill
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>> >>> <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>> >>> > For all,
>>>> >>> > I'm using opensuse 11.1, gcc, VTK5.4.2 (built from source) and I used the CMakeLists.txt that was on the page.
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> >
>>>> >>> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:31:32AM -0500, Bill Lorensen wrote:
>>>> >>> >> Also, did you build VTK from the source? or is this an installed VTK?
>>>> >>> >>
>>>> >>> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>> >> > What version of VTK are you using?
>>>> >>> >> >
>>>> >>> >> > Did you use the CMakeLists.txt file on that same page? or your own?
>>>> >>> >> >
>>>> >>> >> > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Benjamin Frigan
>>>> >>> >> > <frigan at itap.physik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>> >>> >> >> Hi,
>>>> >>> >> >> I was looking at the following example "Color a mesh by height" on
>>>> >>> >> >> http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK_Examples_Color_a_mesh_by_height
>>>> >>> >> >> With 'cmake' I don't get any errors. But after that with 'make' I get:
>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>> >>> >> >> [100%] Building CXX object CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/ColoredElevationMap.cxx.o
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:10:25: error: vtkstd/limits: No such
>>>> >>> >> >> file or directory
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a
>>>> >>> >> >> member of ‘std’
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: expected primary-expression
>>>> >>> >> >> before ‘double’
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:38: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before
>>>> >>> >> >> ‘double’
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: ‘numeric_limits’ is not a
>>>> >>> >> >> member of ‘std’
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: expected primary-expression
>>>> >>> >> >> before ‘double’
>>>> >>> >> >> /home/benjamin/Desktop/VTK_EXAMPLES_WEB/ColoredElevationMap.cxx:39: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before
>>>> >>> >> >> ‘double’
>>>> >>> >> >> make[2]: *** [CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/ColoredElevationMap.cxx.o] Error 1
>>>> >>> >> >> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/ColoredElevationMap.dir/all] Error 2
>>>> >>> >> >> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>> >>> >> >> Can anyone help me with that?
>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>> >>> >> >> Best,
>>>> >>> >> >> Ben
>>>> >>> >> >>
>>>> >>> >> >>
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>>
>> Can vtkstd/limits be changed to check the version and simply try to
>> #include <limits> if it is < 5.4?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> David
>> _______________________________________________


I looked into adding something like:

stringstream ss;
ss << vtkVersion::GetVTKSourceVersion();
double version;
ss >> version;

if(version < 5.4)
{
  // do something different
}

However, I found that the 'limits' file is actually in my bin directory:
..../bin/VTK/vtkstd/limits

How does this file end up in the bin directory? Where would I make a
change like this in the source directory so that the change gets
copied into the bin directory (I'm guessing at build time?)?

Thanks,

David