[vtkusers] Error compiling VTK 5.6.1 with Visual Studio 2010

[John Drescher]

> I am trying to compile vtk5.6.1 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.  I had
> followed all the instructions provided in the documentation, but I encounter
> a lot of problems.  The project vtkGraphics refers to the library
> vtkverdict.lib, but vtkverdict.lib is never created.  I just have
> vtkverdict.dll, vtkverdict.pdb and the incremental linker file.  The other
> failures are in-turn linked to this failure. Any help would be highly
> appreciated.
>

At work I am currently using 64 bit vtk-5.6.1 built with vs2010 pro on
my latest application for the last few weeks. I had no problems at all
compiling it. Are you using some special options? I believe I disabled
shared libs, disabled testing and enabled Qt.

John