Thankyou Shlok for your helpful answer. I will endeavor to do this. I appreciate your offer of help if I get stuck.
Cheers Tim On Friday, March 24, 2023 at 12:12:35 AM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote: > Hello Tim, > > Thank you for writing your question. As it was pointed out in this link, > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36811679/visual-studio-code-binary-compatibility, > > it may happen at times that programs that are built and run on varying vs > code toolkits may have compatibility issues due to updated .DLL files. To > avoid problems like these in the future, it may help to build chrono from > the latest release code, instructions for which can be found here: > https://api.projectchrono.org/development/tutorial_table_of_content_install.html. > > The instructions linked provide a step-by-step method to build chrono from > sources. Please let us know if there are sections of the instructions that > may seem unclear to you as a beginner, and we will attempt to make them > easier to understand. > > Thank you! > > Shlok > > On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 9:28:51 PM UTC-5 Tim Barrett wrote: > >> Update: >> I installed v6.0 on a second win 10 pc using the precompiled binary. >> Most of the demos now work except the ones with demo_GL_ in their title. I >> get the same messages for these as for the first pc (above). >> >> My question is now: >> 1. Why does the first windows 10 pc not work? >> 2. Is there a simple guide for beginners like me? >> >> The only practical difference is that I installed the latest visual >> studio on the first PC and have not installed VS on the second >> >> Hoping someone can help. >> >> On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 2:35:34 AM UTC+8 Tim Barrett wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am having absolute beginner/newbie problems and I apologise if I have >>> missed something obvious. >>> >>> I have downloaded v6.0 precompiled binary for Windows and installed. >>> >>> If I look at the tutorials for instance >>> https://api.projectchrono.org/tutorial_demo_buildsystem.html, I am lost >>> as to how to proceed. Sorry, but I can't figure it out where to begin. >>> There is no start icon under Project Chrono in the Start menu, only an >>> uninstall icon. >>> >>> I have uninstalled and downloaded the binary again with the same result. >>> >>> I have tried going to the Project Chrono folder on C drive and tried >>> double-clicking the demos but have had no luck getting the demos to run. >>> For instance demo_GL_inv_pendulum.exe just gives me the missing glew32.dll >>> message. Glew32.dll is actually there however. >>> When I double-click demo_CH_math.exe, I get "The application was unable >>> to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application. >>> >>> Hoping this makes sense and someone can help. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/4365235d-cd00-4fb5-bc6d-9cddc853f967n%40googlegroups.com.
