<font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>Paraview Version:</b> 3.8.0</font></font><div><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>Plugin</b>: pointSprite plugin</font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><b>OS:</b> Windows 7, 32 bit.</font></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I recently started using paraview, and whenever I try to use PointSprite plugin with Sphere mode [I use a point source with 500 points, and change point sprite mode to 'Sphere'] , I get the error "<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0)"></span></font></font><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">In
..\..\..\src\VTK\Rendering\vtkShaderProgram2.cxx, line 450 </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px">vtkShaderProgram2
(0BF67D38): a shader failed to compile". </span></div><div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">The error log that got generated can be viewed from <a href="http://cid-bf4825315fd31e46.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?resid=BF4825315FD31E46!151&Bpub=SDX.Docs&Bsrc=GetSharingLink" target="_blank">http://cid-bf4825315fd31e46.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?resid=BF4825315FD31E46!151&Bpub=SDX.Docs&Bsrc=GetSharingLink</a>. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px"><br></span></div><div><font size="2"><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">I found a similar issue in the September 2009 mailing list archive [<a href="http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2009-September/013883.html" target="_blank">http://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2009-September/013883.html</a>]. </font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">However, it was pointed that the bug has been fixed in version 3.8, the version I am using.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">It would be great help if someone could point out if I am doing anything wrong, or if its an issue, how I could fix this. </span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">Thanks,</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; ">Madhura Phadke</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>
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