[Insight-users] A challenge to all Windows users

[John Drescher]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Michael Jackson
<mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> 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.
>

Great instructions. I see no reason why that procedure would fail.
Well until the user wants non default options like wrapping ...

Also LOL! That is about my experience with build times.

John