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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>How do I get TCL to automatically include a locally built vtk
library that I have built?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I followed the vtk installation instructions and created a
new directory called Local in the vtk tree and modified the CMake files
appropriately. Actually, to be precise, I just created a LocalUserOptions.cmake
file with the appropriate instructions and modified an existing CMakeLists.txt
file for use in the local directory. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Easy and straightforward – thanks to all you people at
VTK! </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The DLL’s vtkLocal.dll and vtkLocalTCL.dll are built successfully
and I seem to be able to use vtkLocal.dll OK in my visual C++ code.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>However I cannot use these functions with TCL. They just
return an invalid command name message where the object is created in the code.
</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I then went to the wrapping directory in the vtk tree and
created a vtkLocal subdirectory and modified existing files in a similar
fashion to make the files CMakeLists.txt,</span></font> <font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>pkgIndex.tcl, vtkLocal.tcl
in the existing directories.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>CMake runs OK and creats vtkBin OK and in vtkBin/Wrapping/Tcl
vtkLocal exists. VC7 compiles everything with no errors.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Obviously there is some step that I am missing out on
because if I put these local functions in a standard vtk directory like
Graphics I can access them OK under TCL. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Can someone please help?</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Andrew</span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>___________________________________________</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Andrew J. P. Maclean</span></font></p>
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