thanks John, i followed the steps shown in the following links: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/bric1936/wiki/DevelopmentEnvironment still i got the same error... regards, justin -- View this message in context: http://vtk.1045678.n5.nabble.com/standalone-exe-tp5716475p5716510.html Sent from the VTK - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.