[Insight-users] SimpleITK Build Issues VS 2008 (x64)

[Dan Mueller]

Hi Scott,

I have worked out how to build SimpleITK C# binaries with VS10 which
target the .NET 2.0 runtime i.e. can be used with VS9.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Setup the SimpleITK build as normal with VS10.
2. During the SimpleITK CMake configure stage, select the advanced mode.
3. After the first round of configuration, find the
CSHARP_DOTNET_VERSION variable.
4. Set CSHARP_DOTNET_VERSION = v2.0.50727
5. Re-configure and generate.
6. Build the generated solution.

During the configuration stage you should see the following output
(notice the framework version number):

Found the following C# .NET versions: v4.0.30319, v3.5, v2.0.50727, v1.1.4322
Using .NET compiler version v2.0.50727
Adding C# library SimpleITKCSharpManaged:
'C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/csc.exe /t:library
/out:SimpleITKCSharpManaged.dll /platform:anycpu /reference:System.dll
C:\ITK\SimpleITK-0.4.0\Build\Wrapping\CSharpSources\*.cs'

I have built .NET 2.0 binaries on my machine using VS10 and have
verified they work in a VS9 C# solution. If you want I can forward
these (via dropbox) but be warned: I didn't use the same compiler
settings as the build server so the binaries are quite large (release
x64 anycpu = 50 MB). I will try to make a patch sometime so that the
next release of SimpleITK C# wrappers target .NET 2.0.

In short: if you can get your hands on VS10 (perhaps using the Express
version?) you can use the above procedure to build your own assemblies
targeting .NET 2.0.

HTH

Cheers, Dan

On 1 April 2012 03:36, Bradley Lowekamp <blowekamp at mail.nih.gov> wrote:
> Hello Scott,
>
> Getting stdint.h and TR1 should be the easy part. I unfortunately don't have
> access to VS 2009 until Monday, so I can't double check these things for
> you. I have installed and configured virtual machines many times with VS
> 2008. I never had trouble installing the TR1 feature pack. The only time I
> had trouble with stdint, was when the web browser added an extensions. So
> please right-click on the file and look at the properties to verify it has
> the correct name. The check_include_file_cxx cmake function performs a
> try_compile on a cxx file to check if the header is found. The compiler
> should not be invoked with additional include paths at this point, so it's
> just going to looking in the standard system locations.
>
> The hard part... As Dan pointed to in the fact, we are having problems
> compiling with VS9 handling the size of the intermediate static libraries.
> There are some heroic efforts people have gone to get it work with this
> compiler[1]. Additionally in the experimental developmental branch we are
> trying different ways to break up the libraries to over come this
> limitation. On the other hand, I believe that it should be possible to build
> ITK with shared libraries and SimpelITK with share libraries to over come
> this limit  as well. However, afterward you'll have to manage of ITK shared
> libraries along with the SimpleITK libraries and the C Sharp managed
> library. I have not verified this shared library approach, but will do so on
> Monday. However, I don't really recommend any of these approach to those who
> are not extremely motivated.
>
> So the recommendations I have are:
>
> 1) Switch so VS10, The freely available express edition should be compatible
> with precompiled C#. This should be the easiest.
> 2) Wait a couple weeks to see if the libraries can be refactored, to over
> come the limitations of this compiler.
> 3) Figure out how to use VS10 to compile SimpleITK c# for .Net 2.0
> 4) Delve into getting it to work on VS9 wither with magic flags, the
> experimental branch, or with build ITK and SimpleITK with shared libraries.
>
> [1] https://itk.icts.uiowa.edu/jira/browse/SIMPLEITK-216
>
>
> Please let up know if you have further problems or success, and good luck,
> Bradley Lowekamp
>
> ========================================================
>
> Bradley Lowekamp
>
> Medical Science and Computing for
>
> Office of High Performance Computing and Communications
>
> National Library of Medicine
>
> blowekamp at mail.nih.gov
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Scott Johnson wrote:
>
> Thanks Dan.
>
> Where is cmake looking to find stdint.h?
>
> -- Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Mueller [mailto:dan.muel at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 6:43 PM
> To: Scott Johnson
> Cc: itk (Insight-users at itk.org)
> Subject: Re: [Insight-users] SimpleITK Build Issues VS 2008 (x64)
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> Yes, I also had discovered this. Sorry for not making this clear in my
> email.
>
> Just to be clear, the options are:
> 1. Change SimpleITK so that VS10 builds do no use .NET 4.0 (meaning
> pre-built SimpleITKCSharpManaged.dll will be usable with VS9). I'm not going
> to be able to address this any time soon.
> 2. Get your VS9 environment to support TR1/C99, then build SimpleITK
> yourself.
> (3. Switch to VS10.)
>
> If I can past the CMake issues I'll feel more confident that I can get it to
> build.
>
> BTW: The issue you report is not an issue with the CMake build per se, but
> an issue with your compiler -- the CMake build is simply doing some checks
> and has determined that your build environment does not meet the
> requirements for SimpleITK.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Cheers, Dan
>
> On 31 March 2012 09:40, Scott Johnson <Scott.Johnson at neuwave.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Again,
>
>
> With a little research I have found that Visual Studio 2008 is not
> compatible with .Net Framework 4.0.  Therefore the pre-built dlls cannot be
> used under VS 2008.
>
>
> Back to trying to build it.
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>                -- Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: insight-users-bounces at itk.org
>
> [mailto:insight-users-bounces at itk.org] On Behalf Of Scott Johnson
>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 6:00 PM
>
> To: Dan Mueller
>
> Cc: itk (Insight-users at itk.org)
>
> Subject: Re: [Insight-users] SimpleITK Build Issues VS 2008 (x64)
>
>
> Thanks for the response Dan.
>
>
> I'll try to target .NET 4.0 to see if I can use the prebuilt dlls.
>
>
> If I can past the CMake issues I'll feel more confident that I can get it to
> build.
>
>
>                -- Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Dan Mueller [mailto:dan.muel at gmail.com]
>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:44 PM
>
> To: Scott Johnson
>
> Cc: itk (Insight-users at itk.org); Bradley Lowekamp
>
> Subject: Re: [Insight-users] SimpleITK Build Issues VS 2008 (x64)
>
>
> Hi Scott,
>
>
> Sorry to hear you are experiencing issues with building the SimpleITK C#
> wrappers.
>
>
> I tried to use SimpleITKCSharpManaged.dll from
> SimpleITK-0.4.0-CSharp-Win64-anycpu.zip in a Visual Studio 2008 project and
> experienced the same issue you described:
>
> Could not load file or assembly 'SimpleITKCSharpManaged.dll' or one of its
> dependencies. This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently
> loaded runtime and cannot be loaded.
>
>
> The issue is not that the assembly was built by Visual Study 2010 (which it
> was) but rather it was built to target the .NET 4.0 runtime.
>
> AFAIK it should be possible to build with Visual Studio 2010 but to target
> the .NET 2.0 runtime for example. That said, I am totally flat out at the
> moment and don't know when I will get a chance to do this... So you will
> probably get faster results if you build yourself.
>
>
> The SimpleITK FAQ does say that Visual Studio 9 is currently
>
> problematic
>
>
>
> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_4/SimpleITK/FAQ#Currently_Problema
>
> tic but looking at the SimpleITK dashboard
>
>    http://open.cdash.org/index.php?project=simpleITK
>
> I notice there is one Visual Studio 2008 (aka Visual Studio 9) build (an x86
> build), so it does seem possible to build SimpleITK with VS9.
>
>
> Brad owns this build machine, so I've cc'd him. Hopefully he can provide
> some advice on how to setup VS9 to support TR1/C99.
>
>
> Cheers, Dan
>
>
> On 31 March 2012 05:34, Scott Johnson <Scott.Johnson at neuwave.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
>
> I've been attempting to use SimpleITK under Windows 7 (x64) and
>
> Visual Studio 2008 and CMake 2.8.5.  The goal is to use the C# wrappers.
>
>
>
>
> First, I downloaded SimpleITK-0.4.0-CSharp-Win64-anycpu.zip and
>
> attempted to add a reference to SimpleITKCSharpManaged.dll to my
>
> solution.  VS didn't recognize the dll as being valid.  (Now I'm
>
> assuming that the dll was built against VS 2010 and isn't backward
>
> compatible.)
>
>
>
>
> I then downloaded the source tree with the intent to build it myself.
>
> (I've tried with both the source package from sourceforge and
>
> checking out the most recent code from GIT.)  I have been attempting
>
> to follow the directions at
> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_4/SimpleITK/FAQ.
>
>
>
>
> When I first ran CMake I was given an error reading:
>
>
>
>
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:117 (message):
>
>
> SimpleITK requires usage of C99 stdint.
>
>
> It may be available as an optional download for your compiler.
>
>
> Please see the FAQ for details and to see if your compiler is supported.
>
>
> http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Release_4/SimpleITK/FAQ#Do_I_need_to_down
>
> l
>
> oad_an_optional_package_for_C99.3F
>
>
>
>
> I downloaded the Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Release via the link on
>
> the web site and attempted to install it.  It failed because the
>
> installer said that I didn't have the proper features installed for
>
> the update.  I also grabbed the stdint.h file and copied it to the
>
> location called out in the directions.  I've searched for a 64 bit
>
> version of this feature pack with no luck.  I did find Microsoft
>
> Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack Redistributable Package (x64) but that didn't
> help.
>
>
>
>
> CMake continues to give me errors and I've tracked the initial error
>
> to a line in the CMakeLists.txt file which reads:
>
>
> check_include_file_cxx( stdint.h SITK_HAS_STDINT_H )
>
>
> I've been looking around to find out what paths are searched by
>
> check_include_file_cxx to no avail.  But evidently C:\Program
>
> Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9/0\VC\include isn't one of them.
>
>
>
>
> If possible I'd like to get this to work under VS 2008 and I'd
>
> appreciate any help I can get.  Right now I'm out of ideas as to what is
> going wrong.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
>                                 -- Scott
>
>
>
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