[vtkusers] VTK 6.0 with Visual Studio

Robert Maynard robert.maynard at kitware.com
Tue Jul 23 11:38:00 EDT 2013


Or RelWithDebInfo if Debug is to slow or the issue only shows in Release builds.

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Bill Lorensen <bill.lorensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you build your VTK Debug you you should see more.
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> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Joseph Melnyk <JMelnyk at pile.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks for the suggestion.  I can't trace directly into the vtk dll's for
>> more information.  The stack trace just tells me where they've failed in the
>> .h file, which is just the New() call.
>>
>> As I said, some objects will instantiate and can be used just fine.  For
>> example, I can use vtkTable and vtkFloatArray just fine but then when I try
>> to use vtkContextView or vtkInteractorStyleTrackballCamera, the New() event
>> fails.
>>
>> Regards
>> Joseph Melnyk
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Robert Maynard [mailto:robert.maynard at kitware.com]
>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:14 AM
>> > To: Joseph Melnyk
>> > Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
>> > Subject: Re: [vtkusers] VTK 6.0 with Visual Studio
>> >
>> > Are you able to provide more information on the exact violation
>> > exceptions
>> > with a back trace? Access violations can occur when you call methods on
>> > a
>> > NULL object, so it could be a case that a object factory that is NULL is
>> > being
>> > asked to create classes.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Joseph Melnyk <JMelnyk at pile.com> wrote:
>> > > I'm attempting to port an existing code base from VTK 5.10 to 6.0.
>> > > This
>> > code base has existed and worked happily with VTK 5.x for a few years
>> > now,
>> > being built with Visual Studio 2008.  When I began the port to 6.0, I
>> > followed
>> > the migration guide found here:
>> > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK_6_Migration_Guide and the code builds
>> > and links just fine.  However, when I run it, I'm getting access
>> > violation
>> > exceptions (attempts to read/write protected memory) when I try
>> > instantiating with New().  Researching further, I see that this problem
>> > is
>> > mentioned here:
>> > http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/VTK_6_Migration/Factories_now_require_de
>> > fines  HOWEVER I'm not getting NULL objects with the New() call, I'm
>> > getting
>> > exceptions.  Furthermore, it doesn't happen with every VTK object; some
>> > instantiate and can be used just fine.  Nonetheless, I tried the
>> > suggestions at
>> > the second link, regarding definition of VTK AUTOINIT, and they proved
>> > fruitless.  So I'm currently at a loss...
>> > >
>> > > For what it's worth, I'm building VTK with CMAKE and the only options
>> > > I'm
>> > changing from the default configuration are the following:
>> > > - build shared libs
>> > > - don't build TESTING
>> > > - set custom install directory
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your time; any help would be greatly appreciated...
>> > > Joseph Melnyk
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