Hi Linda,
you only need to call nmake without arguments once. The errors you were
getting previously had to do with the fact that a program test-drv-info
is used to create the driver information from the actually built driver
DLLs - for this the program needs access to the correct directory
holding all these DLLs.
I have been experimenting with the VS generator and the build tree as
I get it then. I do not understand yet why the sample programs work
differently then, but here is a receipe for making them work
nonetheless:
1. Build the PLplot libraries and examples via the ALL_BUILD project
2. Open a DOS box in the Debug directory for any one of these examples
3. Set the following environment variables:
set path=<build>\dll\Debug;%PATH% - <build> for wherever PLplot
was built
set PLPLOT_DRV_DIR=<build>\drivers - <build> same value as for the
path
set PLPLOT_LIB=<source> - the directory <source>\data
holds the .pal and .fnt files
4. Run the sample program
I have looked at the contents of the various directories for both the
"NMake" and the "VS" builds but there is nothing obviously wrong.
(As a further remark to the developers - and for me especially: when
I had set PLPLOT_DRV_DIR to a valid directory but not one containing
the .rc files, I got an assertion error from the runtime library -
I will have to investigate that one!)
Regards,
Arjen
On 2010-11-08 14:45, Linda Rawson wrote:
> Arjen,
>
> Here is my latest batch file.
>
> set PATH="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN";%PATH%
> set PATH="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC";%PATH%
> call vcvarsall
> set PLWIN=C:\dev\plplot-5.9.7
> cd %PLWIN%
> mkdir buildnmake
> cd buildnmake
> cmake "%PLWIN%" -G "NMake Makefiles" -DBUILD_TEST=ON
> nmake
> nmake
> nmake install
>
> But I liked your first one because it generated the VS solutions and
> projects. That helped me to get my environment setup. So I think if you
> get that fixed everything will be great.
>
> Linda Rawson
> Sensory Technology Consultants
> http://www.sensorytech.net
> Phone: 801-791-9222 | Fax: 888-294-6706
> Email: [email protected]
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arjen Markus [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:37 AM
> To: Linda Rawson
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Plplot-general] plplot and Visual Studio with WXWidgets
>
> Hi Linda,
>
> great! I should have remembered to also tell you about the nmake command ;).
> But I am glad this is now working.
>
> Obviously, there is some work to be done for the Visual Studio approach ...
>
> Regards,
>
> Arjen
>
> On 2010-11-08 13:34, Linda Rawson wrote:
>> Arjen,
>>
>> After I ran your command I did not know what to do. So on a whim I
>> did
>>
>> Nmake install
>>
>> I got the following error:
>>
>> [ 49%] Generating test_dyndrivers_dir/wxwidgets.rc Could not open
>> driver module wxwidgets libltdl error: No error information NMAKE :
>> fatal error U1077: '..\dll\test-drv-info.exe' : return code '0x1'
>> Stop.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 9.0\VC\BIN \nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
>> Stop.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 9.0\VC\BIN \nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
>> Stop.
>>
>> Remembering that I had to run nmake like 7 different times to get
>> everything to compile I did it again.
>>
>> So then I typed:
>>
>> Nmake
>> Nmake install
>>
>> Everything seemed to work correctly as it made it to 100%.
>>
>> I switched to the examples directory/c++ Opened up the
>> wxPLplotDemo.vcproj
>>
>> Put the new .dll's in my path.
>>
>> YEAH! It brought up a window! OMG!
>>
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH!
>>
>> Linda Rawson
>> Sensory Technology Consultants
>> http://www.sensorytech.net
>> Phone: 801-791-9222 | Fax: 888-294-6706
>> Email: [email protected]
>> A Woman-Owned, 8(a) Minority, Small Business The NATURAL PROGRESSION
>> to technology, consulting and system integration...
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Arjen Markus [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 5:15 AM
>> To: Linda Rawson
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Plplot-general] plplot and Visual Studio with WXWidgets
>>
>> Hello Linda,
>>
>> if you use the NMake generator, it should all work:
>>
>> cmake "plplot-src" -G "NMake Makefiles" -DBUILD_TEST=ON
>>
>> To run the examples you need to expand the path with the "dll"
>> subdirectory.
>>
>> We will have to look into the problem with the Visual Studio
>> generator, but for now this ought to be a useable workaround: for your
>> own programs you can still work with Visual Studio, as you can just
>> link against the various libraries.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Arjen
>>
>> On 2010-11-08 13:04, Arjen Markus wrote:
>>> Hello Linda,
>>>
>>> I have tried it myself - with example x01c - and I get an error about
>>> the drivers directory. I do not know why this is happening.
>>> I am trying now with the NMake generator. This has always been my
>>> preferred way (though the Visual Studio generator has worked for me
>>> in the past).
>>>
>>> I will let you know how I fare with this one. It should work and if
>>> not, something is seriously broken.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Arjen
>>>
>>> On 2010-11-08 12:21, Linda Rawson wrote:
>>>> Few more steps.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Exit Visual Studio 2008.
>>>> 2. Set a couple of environment variables and act like a VS command
>>>> prompt
>>>>
>>>> set PATH="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
>>>> 9.0\VC\BIN";%PATH% set PATH="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
>>>> Studio 9.0\VC";%PATH% call vcvarsall
>>>>
>>>> Make a new directory (I made the mistake of being in my users
>>>> directory)
>>>>
>>>> I called mine c:\dev\plplot
>>>>
>>>> cmake "C:/dev/plplot-5.9.7" -G "Visual Studio 9 2008"
>>>> -DBUILD_TEST=ON
>>>>
>>>> opened up solution plplot.sln
>>>>
>>>> Clicked build
>>>>
>>>> Got the following errors
>>>> Error 1 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating announce-plplot-5.3.1.html" generate_announcements
>>>> generate_announcements
>>>> Error 2 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> validate_announcement-5.3.1 validate_announcement-5.3.1
>>>> Error 3 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> validate_announcement-5.3.0 validate_announcement-5.3.0
>>>> Error 4 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating staging/htdocs/announce/announce-plplot-5.3.1.txt"
>>>> create_staging_announce create_staging_announce
>>>> Error 5 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating staging/htdocs/js/slimbox.js" create_staging
>>>> create_staging
>>>> Error 34 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating test_dyndrivers_dir/wxwidgets.rc"
>> test_wxwidgets_dyndriver
>>>> test_wxwidgets_dyndriver
>>>> Error 43 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating x01c01.svg" test_c_svg test_c_svg
>>>> Error 44 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating x01c.ps" test_c_ps test_c_ps
>>>> Error 45 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> test_c_wingcc test_c_wingcc
>>>> Error 46 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> test_c_wxwidgets test_c_wxwidgets
>>>> Error 47 error PRJ0019: A tool returned an error code from
>>>> "Generating x01c01.xfig" test_c_xfig test_c_xfig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Right clicked on wxPLplotDemo which is the project I want to run
>>>>
>>>> Go the error "The program can't start because plplotwxwidgets.dll is
>>>> missing from your computer. Try reinstalling...."
>>>>
>>>> Finally get everything in my path. For some reason it does not
>>>> recognize I have these things in my path.
>>>>
>>>> Try and run wxPLplotDemo, rebuilds, recompiles, does all kinds of
> things.
>>>> It simply cannot get past this line 210 in the code
>>>>
>>>> plotwindow = new MyPlotwindow( this, panel, -1, wxDefaultPosition,
>>>> wxDefaultSize, wxWANTS_CHARS, #if wxUSE_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT
>>>> wxPLPLOT_BACKEND_GC | wxPLPLOT_DRAW_TEXT ); #else
>>>> wxPLPLOT_BACKEND_AGG | wxPLPLOT_DRAW_TEXT ); #endif
>>>>
>>>> I do not get an access error it simply does absolutely nothing.
>>>> Again...wxWANTS_CHARS is null. It has no idea what you mean by that.
>>>>
>>>> Linda Rawson
>>>> Sensory Technology Consultants
>>>> http://www.sensorytech.net
>>>> Phone: 801-791-9222 | Fax: 888-294-6706
>>>> Email: [email protected]
>>>> A Woman-Owned, 8(a) Minority, Small Business The NATURAL PROGRESSION
>>>> to technology, consulting and system integration...
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Arjen Markus [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:12 AM
>>>> To: Alan W. Irwin
>>>> Cc: Linda Rawson; [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [Plplot-general] plplot and Visual Studio with
>>>> WXWidgets
>>>>
>>>> Hi Alan, Linda,
>>>>
>>>> I will have a look at this.
>>>>
>>>> I never heard of "Philrosenberg" either, but indeed, the best if not
>>>> the only way to do multiple builds is by resevering separate
>>>> directories for them. This may not be the common way of working with
>>>> Visual Studio, as that creates subdirectories for each configuration
>>>> in the directory containing the project files, but in my experience
>>>> with PLplot and CMake it is much easier to keep track of things - if
>>>> only that is easier to delete a complete directory and its contents
>>>> than
>> to remove all the subdirectories one by one.
>>>> The first messages about the manifest file are suspicious - they may
>>>> have resulted in the access violation, as at run-time the manifest
>>>> information is queried.
>>>>
>>>> What happens if you simply do:
>>>>
>>>> cmake "plplot dir" -G "Visual Studio 9 2008" -DBUILD_TEST=ON
>>>>
>>>> (replacing "plplot dir" with the directory where you have put the
>>>> PLplot sources)?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Arjen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2010-11-06 22:38, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
>>>>> On 2010-11-06 01:04-0000 Linda Rawson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried the instructions here ->
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Configure_PL
>>>>>> p
>>>>>> lo
>>>>>> t_for_Visual_CXX
>>>>> Those instructions have apparently been heavily edited by somebody
>>>>> called Philrosenberg who I have never heard of. I don't have
>>>>> access to Windows, but I know enough from the Linux side of things
>>>>> that I can well believe those directions don't work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why all these complications with all combinations of
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release, -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug,
>>>>> -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON, and -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF? On Linux, I
>>>>> leave CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE unspecified, and also take the default
>>>>> BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON. I suspect that one combination will work
>>>>> well for you. However, if you absolutely need to build four
>>>>> versions of PLplot with the four configuration combinations
>>>>>
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
>>>>>
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
>>>>>
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
>>>>>
>>>>> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
>>>>>
>>>>> then the four builds should be absolutely independent of each other.
>>>>> That is use a separate initially empty build directory for each
>>>>> one, and use a separate install tree for each one. Mixing various
>>>>> configurations together in the same build tree like he recommends
>>>>> is a recipe for disaster!
>>>>>
>>>>> Could one of our Windows developers edit that page into a form that
>>>>> is much more likely to work?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alan
>>>>> __________________________
>>>>> Alan W. Irwin
>>>>>
>>>>> Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and
>>>>> Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca).
>>>>>
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>>>>> implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot
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>>>>> (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net).
>>>>> __________________________
>>>>>
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>>>>> __________________________
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