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Installation instructions for the win32/msdev port of plplot
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This file contains information on how to compile and run the
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plplot library using MS Visual C++ on PCs running MS Windows
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98/NT/2000 (the current distribution has not been tested on
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neither 95 nor XP however it should normally work on these
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two versions of Windows as well.)
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Please note that the work on the win32/msdev port is under
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progress. These instructions will tell you how to build
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the plplot.lib library and all the C examples except x14c
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and x17c. However, the work on the plplot.dll is not yet
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finished. For more information about the win32/msdev port
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of plplot please see plplot/sys/win32/msdev/README.TXT.
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You'll need MS Visual C++ version 5, 6 or higher for building
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plplot. You might be able to use an earlier version of Visual C++
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but you will probably not be able to use the provided makfiles.
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You will also need to make sure that you can execute the "nmake"
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command on a MS-DOS promt command line.
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You can extract the sources of plplot in any directory you want.
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4.1 Open a MS-DOS prompt window.
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4.2 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev
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4.3 Type "nmake". The files needed for the compilation of
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plplot will be copied to plplot\tmp.
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4.4 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\plplib.
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4.5 Type "nmake plplib.mak". The plplot.lib library will
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be built and placed in the same directory.
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4.6 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\Examples.
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4.7 Type "nmake Examples.mak". All C examples will be
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built except x14c and x17c in the plplot/tmp
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directory. (For comments about the examples see
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plplot\sys\win32\msdev\README.TXT.)
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You can run the C examples directly from plplot\tmp. However,
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if you would like to run your programs in a different directory
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you have to make sure that plplot can find the font files
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(located in plplot/lib with the extension .fnt):
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5.1 Set the environment variable PLPLOT_HOME to point to
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where you have installed plplot, e.g.
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SET PLPLOT_HOME="C:\PLPLOT"
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(see plplot\FAQ number 1.12)
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5.2 or simply make sure that the font files are in the same
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directory where you execute your plplot program.
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6. Comments & suggestions
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If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the
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win32/msdev port of plplot please dont't hesitate to contact
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
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email: svensson@esrf.fr
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Installation instructions for the win32/msdev port of plplot
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============================================================
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This file contains information on how to compile and run the
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plplot library using MS Visual C++ on PCs running MS Windows
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98/NT/2000/XP (the current distribution has not been tested on
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Windows 95 however it should normally work on this version of
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Please note that the work on the win32/msdev port is well
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advanced, but not finished yet. These instructions will tell
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you how to build the plplot.lib and plplotd.dll libraries and
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all the C examples except x14c and x17c.
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For more information about the win32/msdev port
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of plplot please see plplot/sys/win32/msdev/README.TXT.
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You'll need MS Visual C++ version 5, 6 or higher for building
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plplot. You might be able to use an earlier version of Visual C++
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but you will probably not be able to use the provided makfiles.
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You will also need to make sure that you can execute the "nmake"
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command on a MS-DOS prompt command line.
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You can extract the sources of plplot in any directory you want.
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Note about the sources directly from CVS:
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If you obtain the sources via anonymous CVS from the CVS repository,
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then be aware that one header file will be missing: the file
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"plhershey-unicode.h". This file is normally generated by the
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UNIX/Linux build process and is part of the PLplot distribution (the
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compressed tar-file). It is not generated as yet as part of the
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Windows build process.
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Currently, a practical solution is to get the latest tar-file and
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extract that file from it.
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4.1 Open a MS-DOS prompt window.
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4.2 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev
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4.3 Type "nmake". The files needed for the compilation of
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plplot will be copied to plplot\tmp.
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4.4 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\plplib.
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4.5 Type "nmake plplib.mak". The plplot.lib library will
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be built and placed in the same directory.
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4.6 Change directory to plplot\sys\win32\msdev\Examples.
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4.7 Type "nmake Examples.mak". All C examples will be
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built except x14c and x17c in the plplot/tmp
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directory. (For comments about the examples see
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plplot\sys\win32\msdev\README.TXT.)
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You can run the C examples directly from plplot\tmp. However,
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if you would like to run your programs in a different directory
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you have to make sure that plplot can find the font files
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(located in plplot/lib with the extension .fnt):
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5.1 Set the environment variable PLPLOT_HOME to point to
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where you have installed plplot, e.g.
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SET PLPLOT_HOME="C:\PLPLOT"
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(see plplot\FAQ number 1.12)
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5.2 or simply make sure that the font files are in the same
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directory where you execute your plplot program.
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6. Building and using the DLL
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You must compile with the flag __PLDLL_H__ defined.
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This is necessary to select the correct prototypes.
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It is unfortunate, but there is - currently - no transparant
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Some more remarks (running the examples):
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- If an example program can not find the PLplot DLL at run-time,
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it may display a message box saying so, or it may simply stop without
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any output. The latter happens if you start it in a DOS-box (at least
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that is the case on my computer, running Windows XP).
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- If the example program can not find the font files, it will stop
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after you have selected a device. It will probably display a message
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to that effect, but unless you run it in a DOS-box, the message will
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disappear very quickly.
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7. Building and using PLplot for Java on Windows
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(Information kindly supplied by Ali Mohammed)
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I used the following steps to compile a jni enabled dll on windows
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1. Microsoft Visual C compiler version 12.00. It is part of Visual Studio 6.
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2. nmake.exe utility. It is downloadable from microsoft.com
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7.1. download the latest tarball from the following link
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http://plplot.sourceforge.net/cvs-tarball/
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7.2. Use winzip to expand the compressed tar file to the C drive.
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On my machine I have it installed under c:\plplot
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7.3. open "c:\plplot\src\plcore.c" file in a text editor.
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search for "getcwd()" and change it to "_getcwd()".
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7.4. Open up a dos shell in windows. Go to the following folder
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c:\plplot\sys\win32\msdev
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type "nmake" and press enter. (Assuming nmake is defined in the
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7.5. Within dos shell go to the following folder
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c:\plplot\sys\win32\msdev\plplib
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type "nmake plplib.mak" and press enter
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7.6. make a folder "core" under c:\plplot
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create a text file in this folder with the name "run.bat"
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Type in following in this file.
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set JAVA_HOME=C:\j2sdk1.4.2_01
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cl /I%JAVA_HOME%\include /I%JAVA_HOME%\include\win32 /Id:\plplot\include /LD c:/plplot/bindings/java/plplotjavac_wrap.c /Fejplplot.dll /link c:\plplot\sys\win32\msdev\plplib\plplot.lib /NOD USER32.lib GDI32.lib KERNEL32.LIB MSVCRT.LIB
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make appropriate changes based on your system environment
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Run this batch file from command prompt.
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On successful completion of all the above steps you will have jplplot.dll in
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"c:\plplot\core" folder.
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Any java application using plplot APIs should load this dll first.
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System.load("jplplot.dll");
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If you have any questions or difficulty, please feel free to email me.
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email: solent@sympatico.ca
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8. Building and using it under MicroSoft's .NET
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PLplot, from version 5.5.3, can be built and used in MicroSoft's .NET
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environment, if you use the C++ or C bindings. Previous versions
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used an obsolete keyword which the C compiler under .NET complained
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It appears that the C/C++ compiler in .NET2003 has an optimisation
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bug/quirk which can make contour and shade drawings look bad. This means
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that you have to turn off the optimisation for this compiler (by default
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it is turned on in the PLplot makefile!)
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9. Some build details
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Because the build environment on Windows is completely different than
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the one on Linux and UNIX, it is not possible to configure the build
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process as smoothly as under Linux/UNIX. In particular, the options
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in the header file "plconfig.h" are fixed in the file "makefile" in
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10. Comments & suggestions
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If you have comments or suggestions on how to improve the
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win32/msdev port of plplot please dont't hesitate to contact
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WL | Delft Hydraulics
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email: arjen.markus@wldelft.nl
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PLplot mailing lists: plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net (general usage)
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plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (questions regarding
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