Greg, How about providing Cygwin version for download only and MSVC on CD. My employer pays 3000 per year just to maitian M$ MSDN devlopment tools and Exceed XDK.
Even Cygwin compiled binaries I supplied used licensed real MOTIF for which my company paid an anual source code license fee. I would really like to see the opendx.org some how subset its costs via CD distribution. Personally, I do not expect any thing in return. Suhaib > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory D Abram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [opendx-users] Proposed - A new Windows binary (was: > Importing data in OpenDX) > > > > I think the only way I could help in this is if would be > available free by > download in addition to on CD for $. Like Cygwin is. I > wonder which , if > any or all, of the extension stuff like netcdf and > ImageMajick are OK wth > that. > > I did it with all open source stuff - gcc and xfree86. The > only commercial > code I used was InstallShield. > > Greg > > > > > > David Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@opendx.watson.ibm.com on > 11/28/2000 > 01:44:26 PM > > Please respond to [email protected] > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: [email protected] > cc: > Subject: Re: [opendx-users] Proposed - A new Windows binary (was: > Importing data in OpenDX) > > > > Greg, > > I've just purchased a machine and all the compilers, etc to do just > this. I have the CVS downloaded and am waiting to purchase eXceed 7.0 > xdk. We've been planning to do just this for the 4.1.2 release. We > will try and recoup costs, etc by selling the CDs. > > From what I gather, you're willing to help out by giving us pointers > to what you've done. That will be great. I will converse with you > personally as I begin making progress on this. > > David > > >After reading your note, rather than Lloyd's followup, it > looks like we're > >missing the point. The real problem is that OpenDX is > simply not working > >right. > >Whats really going on here is this. When you use the Import Data... > button > >on that little startup menu, the prompter starts, gathers > some info, then > >starts DX in editor mode with a very simple default network. > The DX VPE > >(dxui.exe) runs as a separate process from the initial > startup UI run, run > >via the DXLink interface. The DX VPE, in turn, starts the DX exec > >(dxexec.exe), which is the workhorse that does the bulk of the data > >processing, then tries to link to it via a socket. Thats whats not > working > >- the VPE is waiting for the exec to start and do a little > handshake, and > >its not. > > > >Of course, the interesting question really is why not, and > thats not easy > >to figure out. It depends on OpenDX being installed correctly. That > >includes the values of various environment variables, maybe > the registry, > >and the directory structure of the OpenDX files. > Unfortunately, this is > >being set up for you by the binary you downloaded, which may > in fact not > be > >correct. Typically these binaries are created by helpful > participants and > >made available, but without adequate testing or sufficient > generality to > >cover all the cases that can be found on end-user's > machines. Windows is > >certainly the most difficult platform to get this right on, > and people > have > >had lots of problems. > > > >Good news is that I have a binary version here that I've put > on a bunch of > >machines around our lab in various states of Windows > versions and software > >installs. It installs with InstallShield just like a "real" > Windows app. > >It has netcdf, cdf, hdf, ImageMagick and JavaDX support. > > > >Bad news is that, for sound legal reasons, I can't > distribute it outside > of > >IBM. Of course, I can share all the little bits of magic I > had to figure > >out along the way, so I was wondering - anyone out there > want to team up > to > >create a new possibly definitive Windows binary? > > > >Greg > > -- > .............................................................. > ............... > > 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 > > >
