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[Plplot-general] PLplot running in Netbeans IDE on 64-bit Windows

[neil <sal...@ti...>]

Dear Community,

 

I'm trying to get PLplot to run in the Netbeans IDE on 64-bit Windows.
(Netbeans i'm using for my software development.) Outside of Netbeans I've
used the Cmake GUI to build the PLplot static and dynamic libraries. I've
then linked the libraries into the Netbeans project. The Netbeans IDE
compiles and builds the simple example program, x00.cc, without errors.
However, when i run the project in Netbeans no graphical output is
generated. However when i turn the debugger on and run the program, the
correct graphical output results. 

 

Would anyone have any advice as to how i might get this program to run
without having to run the debugger every time? (i know this may be a
Netbeans issue, but i'm addressing that in a separate line)

If i wanted to run the example programs outside of Netbeans, just so see if
i could get this program working under Windows, what would be the best route
(not using VS though)?

Many thanks,

neil 

 

Re: [Plplot-general] PLplot running in Netbeans IDE on 64-bit Windows

[Schwartz, S. J <s.s...@im...>]

Neil,

Sorry I can't help with Netbeans although I have recently installed it. Have you tried using an external console rather than the internal Netbeans one?

> If i wanted to run the example programs outside of Netbeans, just so 
> see if i could get this program working under Windows, what would be 
> the best route (not using VS though)?

This is straightforward. I attach an example makefile that should point you in the right direction. Although it refers to my Cygwin installation, it works equally well under my msys/mingw one. I think you could avoid needing to have the plplot libs and drivers in your PATH if you compiled with an appropriate rpath flag, but I've not explored that.

HTH

Steve

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Re: [Plplot-general] PLplot running in Netbeans IDE on 64-bit Windows

[neil <sal...@ti...>]

Steve,

Well in Netbeans under File, Project Properties, Run you can set the Console
Type to External Terminal. However, this only works when you run the
debugger, I'm trying to find out how to run it just normally.

Just another question, do you use Mingw or Mingw-w64? I'm on a 64-bit
Windows 7 OS, and until now I've used Mingw successfully, which I believe
has a 32bit compiler, and have the bin directory set in PATH. I'm just
wondering if moving to Mingw-w64 might make this run better for PLplot.
Could Mingw and Mingw-w64 work together, or would I have to uninstall Mingw,
to get Mingw-w64 working properly?

Many thanks,
Neil