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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>No, I am able to include DirectX in the build. I am not sure whether it helps the rendering performance or potentially causing conflictions with OpenGL. So I guess there is no value in terms of performance gain and induces no conflictions with other settings, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>x<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David Partyka [mailto:david.partyka@kitware.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 18, 2011 11:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> Xunlei Wu<br><b>Cc:</b> Utkarsh Ayachit; paraview@paraview.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>It isn't required but is used to do some hardware support queries. Are you getting compile/configure errors complaining about not finding some part of DirectX?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Thanks a lot, David and Utkarsh. I was obnoxious about Qt aspect totally. By using this thread, can you comment on using DirectX with Paraview on Windows? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>x</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> David Partyka [mailto:<a href="mailto:david.partyka@kitware.com" target="_blank">david.partyka@kitware.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 18, 2011 10:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Xunlei Wu</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>Cc:</b> Utkarsh Ayachit; <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>You should using matching compilers for both ParaView and Qt especially if one is built debug and the other release. Unfortunately ParaView does not build Qt for you.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hi Utkarsh,<br><br>It is the same setup with my MSVC2008 ParaView, where Qt is a prebuild release with MSVC2008 from<br><a href="http://code.google.com/p/qt-msvc-installer/downloads/list" target="_blank">http://code.google.com/p/qt-msvc-installer/downloads/list</a><br>Very good catch!!! Does that mean I should either rebuild Qt with MSVC2010 or let ParaView build Qt along the way?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>Best,<br>x<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>]<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 10:25 AM<br>To: Xunlei Wu<br>Cc: David Partyka; <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Xulei,<br><br>Just to be sure you are using Qt that was built with the same compilter right?<br><br>Utkarsh<br><br>On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi David and Utkarsh,<br>><br>> With your new patch on Python _DEBUG from git source, I was able to<br>> build on<br>> MSVC2010 without any PYTHON related hitches. I still have issues with<br>> VTK_WRAP_PYTHON_SIP as I reported earlier though.<br>><br>> When I launched the newly built paraview.exe I got the exact same<br>> error in pqApplicationCore.cxx, line 725:<br>><br>><br>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>> vtkSMApplication::GetApplication()->GetPluginManager()->LoadPluginConf<br>> igurationXML(<br>><br>> config_file.toStdString().c_str());<br>><br>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>> QString config_file has value "C:/ParaViewGit_VS2010/bin/Debug/../.plugins".<br>> However, config_file.toStdString() has corrupted content.<br>><br>><br>><br>> BTW, shall I care about DirectX_LIBRARY? It appears ParaView's<br>> vtkRendering only uses DirectX9. Does including DirectX help ParaView<br>> performance on Windows machine?<br>><br>><br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> x<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> From: David Partyka [mailto:<a href="mailto:david.partyka@kitware.com" target="_blank">david.partyka@kitware.com</a>]<br>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:36 PM<br>> To: Xunlei Wu<br>> Cc: Utkarsh Ayachit; <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a><br>><br>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<br>><br>><br>><br>> Just to confirm. The VS10 x64 build on our nightly dashboard launches<br>> without issue.<br>><br>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Thanks, David. Please give me a day or two. I just flooded the VS10<br>> build directory with my previous successful VS08 build in order to get<br>> some work done. I will build through VS10 tomorrow night.<br>><br>> Best,<br>><br>> x<br>><br>><br>><br>> From: David Partyka [mailto:<a href="mailto:david.partyka@kitware.com" target="_blank">david.partyka@kitware.com</a>]<br>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:23 PM<br>> To: Utkarsh Ayachit<br>> Cc: Xunlei Wu; <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a><br>><br>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<br>><br>><br>><br>> We do test nightly with VS10 and one of our developers actively uses<br>> it as well so it "should" work. Have you tried running paraview with -dr command?<br>> In the mean time I will try and run the vs10 build on the dashboard machine.<br>><br>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit<br>> <<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Honestly, I am not the best guy to comment about windows, I use linux<br>> for most of my development. Dave, any insights?<br>><br>> What is the value of config_file variable in pqApplicationCore.cxx:725?<br>><br>> Utkarsh<br>><br>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hi Utkarsh,<br>>> This is the only copy of ParaView I am building from git source. I<br>>> have no ther VTK installation.<br>>> BTW, do you see many issues with MSVC2010? I am frustrated with<br>>> ParaView building process and not sure whether it is compiler/IDE<br>>> related. Thanks a lot.<br>>><br>>> Best,<br>>> x<br>>><br>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>> From: Utkarsh Ayachit [mailto:<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com" target="_blank">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>]<br>>> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:13 PM<br>>> To: Xunlei Wu<br>>> Cc: <a href="mailto:paraview@paraview.org" target="_blank">paraview@paraview.org</a><br>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] failed to launch paraview.exe<br>>><br>>> Are you sure there isn't some dll conflict issue? Do you have other<br>>> installations of ParaView?<br>>><br>>> Utkarsh<br>>><br>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Xunlei Wu <<a href="mailto:xunlei@renci.org" target="_blank">xunlei@renci.org</a>> wrote:<br>>>> Hi All,<br>>>><br>>>> I am trying to run paraview.exe after built it (Debug version) on a<br>>>> Windows7 64bit + MSVC2010 machine. However the application failed to<br>>>> run the following call stack:<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> vtksys.dll!vtksys::SystemTools::FileExists(const char *<br>>>> filename=0xcccccccccccccccc) Line 928 + 0xd bytes C++<br>>>><br>>>>> vtksys.dll!vtksys::SystemTools::FileExists(const char *<br>>>>>filename=0xcccccccccccccccc, bool isFile=true) Line 950 + 0xa bytes<br>>>>>C++<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> vtkPVServerManager.dll!vtkSMPluginManager::LoadPluginConfigurationXM<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>>>> L( const char * filename=0xcccccccccccccccc) Line 97 + 0x10 bytes<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>>>> C++<br>>>><br>>>> pqCore.dll!pqApplicationCore::loadDistributedPlugins(const<br>>>> char<br>>>> *<br>>>> filename=0x0000000000000000) Line 726 + 0x5d bytes C++<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> The related lines of code might be:<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> pqApplicationCore.cxx:line 725<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> vtkSMApplication::GetApplication()->GetPluginManager()->LoadPluginCo<br>>>> nf<br>>>> igurationXML(<br>>>><br>>>> config_file.toStdString().c_str());<br>>>><br>>>> }<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Where config_file is "C:/ParaViewGit/bin/Debug/../.plugins". Such<br>>>> file is attached. After the process runs into vtkSMPluginManager<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> void vtkSMPluginManager::LoadPluginConfigurationXML(const char*<br>>>> filename)<br>>>><br>>>> {<br>>>><br>>>> bool debug_plugin = vtksys::SystemTools::GetEnv("PV_PLUGIN_DEBUG")<br>>>> != NULL;<br>>>><br>>>> vtkPVPluginLoaderDebugMacro("Loading plugin configuration xml: "<br>>>> << filename);<br>>>><br>>>> if (!vtksys::SystemTools::FileExists(filename, true))<br>>>><br>>>> {<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Where filename becomes "0xcccccccccccccccc <Bad Ptr>". Any idea?<br>>>> Thanks a lot.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> Best,<br>>>><br>>>> x<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>>><br>><br>><br>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>