Yes the ParaView Works perfectly fine! <br>However I fixed the problem and now I can compile the examples!! I think there was two things caused this issue<br><ol><li>as you mentioned I had the compiled and binary of Paraview (Two different versions) both installed on the my computer which I think created some kind of conflicts there, I deleted all the versions and compiled the latest version.</li>
<li>The second issue was the Path variable issue with Qt (as Eric mentioned) I added the Qt/lib to the path and also added the bin,lib and include to Visual Studio and just rebooted the computer, worked perfectly fine. <br>
</li></ol>Thanks for your help though! really appreciated. <br><br><br>Kind Regards <br>~sam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Does ParaView itself work for you at all?<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Utkarsh<br>
</font><div><div></div><div><br>
On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:05 AM, A M <<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu" target="_blank">arsham@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Utkarsh<br>
><br>
> yes, I meant the missing DLL issues. I ran the dependency walker. I loaded<br>
> the executable file to the dependency walker (pic attached) and it seems<br>
> there are 2 dlls that are missing however I searched for them and nothing<br>
> showed up on my computer!<br>
> Also you mentioned in your previous email that the path should point to this<br>
> dlls, i have the environment variable path set to the folder where all the<br>
> dlls the program is asking for are there but still get the same error.<br>
><br>
><br>
> best<br>
> ~A<br>
><br>
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit<br>
> <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> What do you mean by it does not work? Missing DLLs still? Did you try<br>
>> running the dependency walker to determine which dlls are missing?<br>
>> Ensure that your PATH has those missing dlls.<br>
>><br>
>> Utkarsh<br>
>><br>
>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:28 PM, A M <<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu" target="_blank">arsham@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > Thanks eric<br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> > I added the Qt lib path to the PATH too but it didn't really make any<br>
>> > difference either! I am just installing netbeans on the linux system I<br>
>> > have<br>
>> > here to see if I can compile and run paraview and the examples, it might<br>
>> > work I don't know!<br>
>> ><br>
>> > best!<br>
>> > ~A<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Eric E. Monson <<a href="mailto:emonson@cs.duke.edu" target="_blank">emonson@cs.duke.edu</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hey Sam,<br>
>> >> Maybe this won't make a difference (and I don't remember where I saw to<br>
>> >> do<br>
>> >> this), but you have your PATH set to the Qt bin directory rather than<br>
>> >> the<br>
>> >> lib directory. I have some notes saying I had trouble unless the lib<br>
>> >> directory was in my PATH...<br>
>> >> -Eric<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On May 11, 2010, at 4:44 PM, A M wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Dear David and Eric<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Thanks for the comments,<br>
>> >> Davie:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I added the path to the environment variable in VS and I still have the<br>
>> >> same issue. I wrote something like this<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> PATH=C:\Program Files\CMake 2.6\bin; C:\Qt\4.6.2\bin;C:\Program<br>
>> >> Files\ParaView\bin ;%PATH%<br>
>> >> this is what I think you meant.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Eric:<br>
>> >> I did that already (I mean compiling Paraview with the examples and<br>
>> >> BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON) I still get the same error, I almost tried any<br>
>> >> trick in<br>
>> >> the book you can imagine! the PATH variable in my use environment<br>
>> >> variable<br>
>> >> looks like the flowing:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> C:\Program Files\CMake 2.6\bin;<br>
>> >> C:\Qt\4.6.2\bin<br>
>> >> C:\Program Files\ParaView\bin ;<br>
>> >> plus some other stuff not related to paraview, which seems pretty<br>
>> >> normal<br>
>> >> to me, however I got the same errors as before! it does not find the<br>
>> >> dll<br>
>> >> files.<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> I honestly don't know what to do anymore. The only solution I can think<br>
>> >> of<br>
>> >> right now is to switch to Linux operating system instead of windows,<br>
>> >> and<br>
>> >> that doesn't necessarily means that problem would be solved either,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> >> best!<br>
>> >> ~sam<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Eric E. Monson <<a href="mailto:emonson@cs.duke.edu" target="_blank">emonson@cs.duke.edu</a>><br>
>> >> wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Hey Sam,<br>
>> >>> Instead of trying to build those branded applications separately, did<br>
>> >>> you<br>
>> >>> try first to build ParaView with BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON and see if those<br>
>> >>> applications are built correctly and run okay?<br>
>> >>> I'm not really a Windows developer, either, but I've been able to<br>
>> >>> build<br>
>> >>> Release versions of the Example applications and my own branded app on<br>
>> >>> Windows 7 64-bit. (I run them from the bin/Release directory under my<br>
>> >>> build<br>
>> >>> directory.) I used Qt 4.6.2 that I compiled myself with VS 64-bit<br>
>> >>> compiler,<br>
>> >>> Visual Studio 2008 Pro, CMake 2.8.1 and Python 2.6.<br>
>> >>> My PATH variable is very minimal, I think only the Qt library entry is<br>
>> >>> used to help configure the ParaView build:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> %USERPROFILE%\Programming\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2\lib;"C:\Program<br>
>> >>> Files (x86)\CMake 2.8\bin";C:\Python26;C:\Program Files (x86)\VTK\bin<br>
>> >>> (the VTK part at the end is just so my separate vtk python stuff runs<br>
>> >>> okay)<br>
>> >>> Sorry to hear you're having so much trouble. All of us run into these<br>
>> >>> strange things sometimes, but just so you know, it should work without<br>
>> >>> any<br>
>> >>> manual copying of libraries, etc.<br>
>> >>> Good luck,<br>
>> >>> -Eric<br>
>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------<br>
>> >>> Eric E Monson<br>
>> >>> Duke Visualization Technology Group<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On May 11, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Dave Partyka wrote:<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> To set the PATH when debugging from the IDE:<br>
>> >>> 1. Right click the project and select Properties<br>
>> >>> 2. In the tree view on the left select Debugging<br>
>> >>> 3. In the main panel there will be an entry called 'Environment'<br>
>> >>> 4. Set the Path by entering something like:<br>
>> >>> PATH=C:\Path\To\Something;%PATH%<br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit<br>
>> >>> <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Well, unfortunately, the DLL mess is a Windows OS thing. I am not a<br>
>> >>>> regular Windows developer so I cannot tell you exactly how to access<br>
>> >>>> that option, but Visual Studio does have an option somewhere that<br>
>> >>>> allows you to specify the environment in which the application is<br>
>> >>>> running. There you can set the PATH to include the ParaView bin/debug<br>
>> >>>> (or bin/release as the case maybe) and Qt dirs.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> You might want to download dependency walker<br>
>> >>>> (<a href="http://www.dependencywalker.com/" target="_blank">http://www.dependencywalker.com/</a>), a handy utility to determine<br>
>> >>>> exactly what dlls are being used/not found etc. Use this to ensure<br>
>> >>>> that correct versions of the dlls are being imported.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> I'd refrain from copying over dlls, this often leads to user-related<br>
>> >>>> errors down the line.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> As far as the missing symbol error goes, it's possible your program<br>
>> >>>> is<br>
>> >>>> accidentally bringing in a mismatched vtkCommon dll. Do you have<br>
>> >>>> other<br>
>> >>>> VTK / ParaView builds in your PATH? Use the dependency walker to<br>
>> >>>> ensure that it's using the correct vtkCOmmon (and other) dlls.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Hope that helps.<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Utkarsh<br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:17 PM, A M <<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu" target="_blank">arsham@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > As you suggested, I added the dll path<br>
>> >>>> > (ParaView-3.8.0-bin\bin\Debug)<br>
>> >>>> > to the<br>
>> >>>> > environment variable as well as the Qt path, however when I ran the<br>
>> >>>> > .exe<br>
>> >>>> > file again I got the same error, so I added the dll files manually<br>
>> >>>> > to<br>
>> >>>> > the<br>
>> >>>> > same directory as the .exe file, at first was asking about some<br>
>> >>>> > Paraview<br>
>> >>>> > dlls and the some Qt dlls (I have both of this added to the use<br>
>> >>>> > path<br>
>> >>>> > enviroment variable!) and then asked form some vtk dlls, the last<br>
>> >>>> > error<br>
>> >>>> > which I can not get passed of is asking for vtkCommon.dll, I added<br>
>> >>>> > the<br>
>> >>>> > dll<br>
>> >>>> > to the directory and I got this:<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > " the procedure entry point<br>
>> >>>> > ?ComputePointForExtent@vtkStructuredData@@SAQAH0@Z could not be<br>
>> >>>> > located in<br>
>> >>>> > the dynamic library link vtkCommon.dll" !!!!!<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > I run on WinXP SP3, visual studio 9 2008 and the latest version of<br>
>> >>>> > Paraview<br>
>> >>>> > and Qt<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > as I mentioned I added all the paths to all this dlls to the user<br>
>> >>>> > environment variable but somehow the system does not see this<br>
>> >>>> > dlls!!!<br>
>> >>>> > and<br>
>> >>>> > it will be really inconvenient to add all this dlls every time you<br>
>> >>>> > write a<br>
>> >>>> > software and want to run it!<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > any help is really appreciated!<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > best<br>
>> >>>> > ~Sam<br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit<br>
>> >>>> > <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> >><br>
>> >>>> >> When you are running on windows, windows expects that all the dlls<br>
>> >>>> >> are<br>
>> >>>> >> in PATH (or the same location as the exe). You may want to start<br>
>> >>>> >> the<br>
>> >>>> >> clone executable from a terminal ensuring that you set the PATH<br>
>> >>>> >> environment variable correctly to point to the dlls under the<br>
>> >>>> >> ParaView<br>
>> >>>> >> build dir.<br>
>> >>>> >><br>
>> >>>> >> Utkarsh<br>
>> >>>> >><br>
>> >>>> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM, A M <<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu" target="_blank">arsham@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> >> > thanks Utkarsh<br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> > The page you suggested cleared some stuff for me!<br>
>> >>>> >> > As David suggested I tried to look at the examples under<br>
>> >>>> >> > Examples\CustomApplications directory in the paraview source. I<br>
>> >>>> >> > CMake'd<br>
>> >>>> >> > the<br>
>> >>>> >> > examples there such as Clone1&2 and Demo0&1 and tried to run<br>
>> >>>> >> > them<br>
>> >>>> >> > to see<br>
>> >>>> >> > how<br>
>> >>>> >> > they work (That would be a good working example to understand<br>
>> >>>> >> > the<br>
>> >>>> >> > process<br>
>> >>>> >> > better), the projects compiled just fine but when I tried to run<br>
>> >>>> >> > them I<br>
>> >>>> >> > got<br>
>> >>>> >> > the following two errors for Clone and Demo respectively:<br>
>> >>>> >> > "pqapplicationcomponents.dll was not found, re-installing the<br>
>> >>>> >> > application<br>
>> >>>> >> > may fix this problem"<br>
>> >>>> >> > "pqCore.dll was not found, re-installing the application may fix<br>
>> >>>> >> > this<br>
>> >>>> >> > problem"<br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> > anyone has any idea what I did wrong here! what are these two<br>
>> >>>> >> > dll<br>
>> >>>> >> > files?<br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> > best<br>
>> >>>> >> > ~sam<br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit<br>
>> >>>> >> > <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> You might also want to refer to the following wiki page details<br>
>> >>>> >> >> on<br>
>> >>>> >> >> the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> custom application components:<br>
>> >>>> >> >> <a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/Writing_Custom_Applications" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/Writing_Custom_Applications</a><br>
>> >>>> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> Utkarsh<br>
>> >>>> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:48 PM, David E DeMarle<br>
>> >>>> >> >> <<a href="mailto:dave.demarle@kitware.com" target="_blank">dave.demarle@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Since that time, the branding infrastructure has merged from<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Utkarsh's<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > bleeding edge repository mentioned in the paper, into the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > ParaView<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > development branch, and then into the 3.8 release of<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > ParaView.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> > So just follow instructions from <a href="http://www.paraview.org" target="_blank">www.paraview.org</a> to get the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > ParaView<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > source, either 3.8 or current developement from git and use<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > that<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > make<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > your own custom applications.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> > In particular, the sample applications mentioned in the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > presentation<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > that accompanied the paper are under the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Examples/Applications<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > directory.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> > David E DeMarle<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Kitware, Inc.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > R&D Engineer<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > 28 Corporate Drive<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662<br>
>> >>>> >> >> > Phone: 518-371-3971 x109<br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> >> > On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 9:33 PM, A M <<a href="mailto:arsham@uga.edu" target="_blank">arsham@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Hi<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> I sent the following email to Paraview mailing list and<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> someone<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> just<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> answered back the the github was obsolete!! can you please<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> guid<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> me<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> in a<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> right direction to download the correct source for the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> purpose<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> of<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Customizing Paraview please. is there any tutorial I can<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> look<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> in to?<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> best<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Sam<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Hi!<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> So I am a little confused! I read a paper by Utkarsh A.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Ayachit<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> and<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> in<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> this<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> paper he mentioned to clone the repository at<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> git://<a href="http://github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView.git" target="_blank">github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView.git</a> to obtain the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> modified<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> ParaView<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> source, up to here it is just fine, I can clone the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> directory<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> just<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> fine.<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Then he goes on and and says the "The branding code is on<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Branding<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> branch, and a new reference application, called<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> paraview_revamed will be found in Applications/Client2 that<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> is<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> what<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> I<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> can<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> NOT find. where is this branding branch exactly and how can<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> I<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> download<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> rest of what he is talking about? Does anyone knows?<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> I looked at <a href="http://github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView" target="_blank">http://github.com/utkarshayachit/ParaView</a> the<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> ParaView<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> code is<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> there but I didn't see anything called branding branch! Can<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> anyone<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> help<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> me<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> please!<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> Best!<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >> ~sam<br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> >><br>
>> >>>> >> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> >> ><br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> ><br>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> >>>> Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com" target="_blank">www.kitware.com</a><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at:<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView</a><br>
>> >>>><br>
>> >>>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br>
>> >>>> <a href="http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview" target="_blank">http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>
>> >>> Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com" target="_blank">www.kitware.com</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Visit other Kitware open-source projects at<br>
>> >>> <a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html" target="_blank">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at:<br>
>> >>> <a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >>> Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br>
>> >>> <a href="http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview" target="_blank">http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview</a><br>
>> >>><br>
>> >><br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
>> ><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br>