Well, that will be always an issue, even if you use InstallShield to install OpenDX. third party DLLs should be in PATH. We cannot simply dump all the DLLs in win\system32 folder or we will be creating mess on users machines.
Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: David Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [opendx-dev] Windows compiling > > > Actually, its not so much registry entries but being able to muck > with the path information, etc. For ImageMagick alone, if the user > decides he/she wants to install stuff in a weird location--then all > the environment variables need to all be updated. I'm sure I'll run > across other things that could be automated during an install so a > user can just point and click. > > David > > >David, > > > >No you do not need Cygwin. Per Greg you could use the > scripts in windows > >directory, but I personally could never got those scripts > working for me. > > > >I will ftp to your server the *.dsw files today or tomorrow. > > > >I am puzzeled about installer to to take care of registry > entries. Those > >codes > >were disabled because they require you also have a License > available fro > >OpenDX. > > > >Suhaib > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: David Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:13 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [opendx-dev] Windows compiling > >> > >> > >> Okay, so I'm ready to start compiling up this Windows > stuff with the > >> VSC6 stuff and have a few questions to get started. Do I > need to have > >> cygwin installed in order to configure stuff to do the > compile. From > >> Greg's note yesterday about setting the right environment > up--I take > >> this as yes. > >> > >> If not, what are the first few things I need to do to set this up. > >> Anybody build the .dsw stuff to configure within Visual > Studio? I did > >> a compile of ImageMagick this morning following there somewhat > >> lengthy Win32 build instructions with all their fancy build stuff. > >> After it was built, following the rest of their > instructions, I now > >> see what Greg was saying about needing to write an installer that > >> takes care of all the registry editing. > >> > >> I noted that in the past, Suhaib and Greg have stated > that they had > >> VSC project files. If I don't need to configure stuff with > >> cygwin--anybody want to send me their project files? > >> > >> David > >> -- > >> .............................................................. > >> ............... > >> David L. Thompson The University > of Montana > >> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer > Science Department > >> http://www.cs.umt.edu/u/dthompsn Missoula, MT 59812 > >> Work Phone : > (406)257-8530 > >> > > -- > .............................................................. > ............... > David L. Thompson The University of Montana > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Science Department > http://www.cs.umt.edu/u/dthompsn Missoula, MT 59812 > Work Phone : (406)257-8530 >
