[Insight-users] A challenge to all Windows users

Michael Jackson mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
Tue Dec 22 16:45:27 EST 2009 

<http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/8/E/E8EEB394-7F42-4963-A2D8-29559B738298/VS2008ExpressWithSP1ENUX1504728.iso 
 >

will give you the entire install DVD for all the express products. I  
suggest you try that out.

I got there from here <http://www.microsoft.com/express/download/default.aspx#download-offline 
 >

Good Luck.
--
Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net>

On Dec 22, 2009, at 4:19 PM, URI wrote:

>
> Michael-
>
> Thanks for the response.  Did you take the challenge and build this  
> from
> scratch on a test system?
>
> Also, can you point me to where you got Free Visual Studio Express?   
> I don't
> want to grab the wrong thing by accident.
>
>
>
>
> Michael Jackson wrote:
>>
>> I would start off by downloading the Free Visual Studio Express. You
>> can only build 32 bit apps with it** but it is known to work for ITK
>> and CMake.
>>
>>  Download the Prebuilt Binary for CMake from CMake.org
>>  Install it (Take all the defaults)
>>  Download and install VS Express 2008. Use all the defaults for
>> installation.
>>
>>  Download and uncompress ITK from sourceforge link. Make sure the
>> directory where ITK is uncompressed is C:\InsightToolkit-3.16.0
>>
>>  Launch "CMake-Gui.exe"
>>
>>  Fill in the "Where is the Source Code" C:\InsightToolkit-3.14.0
>>  Fill in the "Where to build the binaries" C:
>> \InsightToolkit-3.14.0\i386
>>
>>  Click the "Configure Button", a new dialog will appear. Select the
>> "Visual Studio 2008" Generator. Click OK. Let that go for a while. Go
>> get some coffee. When you come back click the "Generate" button. When
>> that is finished, use "Windows Explorer" to open up C:
>> \InsightToolkit-3.14.0\i386. Double click "ITK.sln". After Visual
>> Studio Launches, there will be an "ALL BUILD" project down the left
>> side. Right click on that, and select "Build" from the menu. Go get
>> lunch. Come back and ITK is built.
>>
>>
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Mike Jackson                  mike.jackson at bluequartz.net
>> BlueQuartz Software                    www.bluequartz.net
>> Principal Software Engineer                  Dayton, Ohio
>>
>> On Dec 22, 2009, at 12:03 PM, URI wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello all-
>>>
>>> Many of you have probably been following my epic struggles to get  
>>> ITK
>>> working under Windows in another thread.  I have decided that the
>>> solution
>>> to my problem might be more forthcoming if I issue a challenge to
>>> all the
>>> Windows users out there.
>>>
>>> I realize that many of you have ITK up and running and you have no
>>> problems
>>> compiling it.  My guess is that you got your systems set up and
>>> worked out
>>> the bugs when you started and have just been cruising along since
>>> then.  I
>>> am trying to get ITK working for the first time and have had nothing
>>> but
>>> trouble, and even after sorting out some major mistakes caused by my
>>> inexperience my errors seem to be confusing to the people who are
>>> trying to
>>> help me.  So this brings me to the challenge.
>>>
>>> I would like some of you Windows users to start fresh on a computer
>>> that has
>>> never had ITK or CMake or MinGW or any of that stuff on it and get  
>>> ITK
>>> running from scratch, and then tell me step by step what you have
>>> done.  The
>>> reason I ask you to start with a system that has never had any of
>>> these
>>> programs installed is in case there are any hidden configuration
>>> issues that
>>> are already set on your existing systems (environment variables,
>>> registry
>>> settings, anything like that).
>>>
>>> I have tried to get ITK working on two different systems, the  
>>> first is
>>> 64-bit Windows 7 and the second is 32-bit Windows XP SP3.  I don't
>>> have any
>>> particular affinity for any specific compiler, I have been trying to
>>> use
>>> MinGW but if there is something else that works (preferably free) I
>>> am open
>>> to anything.  I think maybe this would be easier than me saying "Ok,
>>> now I'm
>>> getting this error" and having people try to figure out what I've  
>>> done
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> If someone can accept the challenge please respond with the steps
>>> you used
>>> to get ITK up and running from scratch, including things like:
>>>
>>> 1) where you downloaded the installation files
>>> 2) what settings you used when installing each program
>>> 3) what changes you made (if any) to your PATH variable
>>> 4) the directory names you used when installing
>>> 5) how you configured CMake (i.e. which directory did you use for  
>>> your
>>> source and bin directories; what variable settings did you use)
>>>
>>>
>>> Basically everything and anything that could potentially cause a
>>> problem if
>>> not done correctly by a novice.  I can't believe that I'm the only
>>> open
>>> source/CMake/ITK novice who has run into these problems, and so I
>>> think lots
>>> of people would benefit from these sort of instructions.
>>> -- 
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