Re: [openvrml-develop] How to compile OpenVRML under Windows Vista or XP

[<rte...@ya...>]

Hello all,
I tried the "How to compile OpenVRML under Windows Vista or XP" but it did not work for me. There were a couple things that I was unsure about along the way that I took note of:

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6. Download and install Freetype2 2.3.6 from here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3157
There's a solution file in the builds/win32/visualc subdirectory
that you can create the .lib file with.
Once that's done, move it to your morelibs directory. 
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where is the morelibs directory? I did the earlier part of point 6., but I did not know where to move the .lib file generated.

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9. Add the include directory for libpng to the VC++ include path list.
This is just the lpng directory itself.
Add the libpng's library directory to VC++'s library path list
since we will use this later when compiling OpenVRML.
It is this:
lpng1229/projects/visualc71/Win32_LIB_Debug/libpng13d.lib
Build libpng 
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This worked, kind of. I had to Build libpng *before* i got the win32_LIB_Debug folder and file being created. (I thought that made sense by the way) correct me if I'm wrong.

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12. You will need to install SDL. 
You have two options: To download precompiled DLLs
plus include files, or to build it yourself.
For precompiled go here:
http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
(I found that the precompiled SDL 1.2.13 works.)
The included DLLs that will have to be installed in
the binary directory of OpenVRML or in c:\windows\system32.
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I used the procompiled DLLs (only one DLL file by the by the way SDL.dll ver 1.2.13.0)
I tried in the c:\windows\system32 folder alone. 
I tried in the binary directory of OpenVRML. (simultaneously with the ..\system32 copy of the file)
I don't have the directx sdk, do I really need to download this even for the precompiled files?
(Ok i'll download it anyway, but do I really need it?)

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13. Add SDL's header and library directories to the VC++'s path lists.
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I did this but I believe it's causing a linking error during my build.

Have I extracted the source files correctly? Here is the path:
D:\openvrml-0.17.6\openvrml-0.17.6\ide-projects\Windows\VisualC9_0\OpenVRML\..

Should I shorten the path by removing an "openvrml-0.17.6" ie copy out the stuff to one directory higher. On my next build I'll remove the "-0.17.6" by renaming/copying out   

I had to use the d: drive because during compilation the process used up about 500mb of hdd space. (is this normal by the way? what's happening to cause this?)

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18. Build the solution. The only executable with be sdl-viewer.exe. <<
Could not complete this due to the following errors:

	1.) Compiling...
sdl_viewer.cpp
d:\openvrml-0.17.6\openvrml-0.17.6\examples\sdl_viewer.cpp(29) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'SDL.h': No such file or directory

2.)
 LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'zlibd.lib'
 an openvrml build log error
Why is it looking for "zlibd.lib", I thought it was "zlib.lib"

3.)
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file '..\..\lib\openvrmld.lib'
An openvrml-gl build log error

of course I can post the entire log files if anyone is interested

some system specs:

OS Name	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	
Version	5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600	
System Type	X86-based PC	
Processor	x86 Family 15 Model 95 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2009 Mhz	
Windows Directory	C:\WINDOWS	
System Directory	C:\WINDOWS\system32	
Total Physical Memory	1,024.00 MB	
Available Physical Memory	537.21 MB	
Total Virtual Memory	2.00 GB	
Available Virtual Memory	1.96 GB	
Page File Space	2.26 GB	
Page File	C:\pagefile.sys	

Here's hoping I can get some help with this,
thanks.

tees