[Insight-users] How to build ITK4.4.0 wrappers to use it with Windows Forms

[Dan Mueller]

Hi D Jayachandra,

1) To build SimpleITK, please follow the instructions here:
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/SimpleITK/GettingStarted#Build_It_Yourself
I recommend using SuperBuild as that will download and build SWIG automatically.

Do you need to build SimpleITK from source? Have you tried the
pre-built .NET binaries?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/simpleitk/files/SimpleITK/0.6.1/CSharp/SimpleITK-0.6.1.post2-CSharp-win32-x86.zip/download

2) ManagedITK is not part of ITK, but a sub-project. This project has
been abandoned and I do NOT recommend using it. For reference you can
find the source-code here: https://code.google.com/p/manageditk/

3) As specified in the link to the previous mailing list entry, the
wiki has a step-by-step example showing how to call native C++ ITK
from managed code (e.g. C#) using the P/Invoke option:
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Using_ITK_from_.NET

I really recommend option 1 (especially using the pre-built binaries)
as this is the fastest and easiest option.

Good luck.

Regards, Dan

On 12 August 2013 19:38, Jayachandra DAKALA (NYP)
<Jayachandra_DAKALA at nyp.gov.sg> wrote:
> Hi Dan Mueller,
>
> Thanks for the links to the comprehensive list of possible options.
> I am trying to understand and build all the 3 options, a) SimpleITK, b) ManagedITK and c) P/Invoke.
>
> Please help me in understanding/resolving the following issues.
>
> 1) With options a and c, I am facing problem in installing/setting the SWIG tool. For example, while building SimpleITK I am getting the following CMake errors.
>
> **********************************************
> Building SimpleITK version "0.6.1-gGIT-N"
> Could NOT find Tclsh (missing: TCL_TCLSH)
> Found the following C# .NET versions: v4.0.30319, v3.5, v2.0.50727
> Processing json files...
> Processing json files...done
> CMake Error at G:/Softwares/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindSWIG.cmake:40 (message):
> Command "G:/Softwares/swigwin-2.0.10 -swiglib" failed with output:
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
> Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package)
> CMake Error at G:/Softwares/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:108 (message):
> Could NOT find SWIG (missing: SWIG_DIR) (Required is at least version "2")
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
> G:/Softwares/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:315 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
> G:/Softwares/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/cmake-2.8.11-win32-x86/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindSWIG.cmake:67 (FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS)
> Wrapping/CMakeLists.txt:8 (find_package)
> Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> **************************************************
>
> I also tried setting the SWIG_DIR to the directory where swig.exe is located. But, couldn't resolve the above issue.
>
> 2) To build ManagedITK, I couldn't find FinishCMake.bat file in ITK4.4.0, which is supposed to convert the generated vcproj files into managed projects. Any suggestions on how to convert the project files to managed projects? What all needs to be done to change a project to a managed project?
>
> 3) In general, using Windows Forms to develop a GUI may be quicker and using native C++ ITK library may be helpful in developing image processing algorithms. It looks like, option c (using P/Invoke) is a better option to utilize the best of both Windows Forms and native C++ ITK.  Any suggestions/comments on this?
>
> Many thanks,
> Best regards,
> D Jayachandra
> _______________________________________
> From: Dan Mueller [dan.muel at gmail.com]
> Sent: 06 August 2013 08:15
> To: Jayachandra DAKALA (NYP)
> Cc: insight-users at itk.org
> Subject: Re: [Insight-users] How to build ITK4.4.0 wrappers to use it with Windows Forms
>
> Hi D Jayachandra,
>
> Please see the following response on the mailing list:
> http://www.itk.org/pipermail/insight-users/2013-February/047217.html
>
> The easiest way to use ITK from .NET managed code is SimpleITK:
> http://www.simpleitk.org/
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards, Dan
>
> On 5 August 2013 20:01, Jayachandra DAKALA (NYP)
> <Jayachandra_DAKALA at nyp.gov.sg> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to use ITK in Windows Forms (C++/CLR) application to quickly build GUI.
>> Please guide me on "How to build ITK4.4.0 wrappers for Windows Forms."
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>> D. Jayachandra
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