Paraview compilation error (for plugin development on windows)

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Hi,
Here is the process step by step I apply for compiling paraview :

I open Visual studio 2017 terminal x86
I start cmake-gui from the terminal
I put Paraview-v5.5.1 sources (downloaded here https://www.paraview.org/download/) path on the first field
I put the directory created for the build on the second field
I click on configure
I choose Visual Studio 15 2017 generator for the project
When the red window appears:
I let default Paraview settings checked:
- Build_shared_libs
- paraview_build_qt_gui
- paraview_enable_catalyst (I dont know what is this for)
- paraview_use_vtkm
- vtk_group_paraviewcore
- vtk_group_paraviewRendering

I put QT_DIR path (QT 5.9 msvc2015)
I click on configure again
just 1 cmake warning :
"
For input:
‘${_qt5_install_prefix}/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
the old evaluation rules produce:
‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5/Qt5Config.cmake’
but the new evaluation rules produce:
‘C:/QT2/5.9/msvc2015/lib/cmake/Qt5@module@/Qt5@module@Config.cmake’
Using the old result for compatibility since the policy is not set.
"

I click on Generate when configuring done

Then I launch paraview generated solution : Paraview.sln
I generate ALL_BUILD on debug win_32 platform

At the end, 388 generation succeed and 33 failed

The error that appears multiple times :
can’t open file '…..\lib\Debug\vtkPVServerManagerRendering-pv5.5.lib

using ninja :
I set path of paraview source + path of build directory
I click on configure
I choose ninja configuration (ninja latest version)
When the red window appears:
I let default Paraview settings checked
I put QT_DIR path (QT 5.9 msvc2015)
I click on configure again
cmake warning
I click on Generate when configuring done
I go to paraview build directory on the terminal
I launch generation with the command: ninja
The generation ends with :
"
ADF_internals.c.obj : error LNK2019: unreasolved external symbol _open64 in the function _vtkcgns_ADFI_open_file
bin\vtkcgns-pv5.5.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 non resolved external
Linking CXX shared library bin\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.dll
creation of the lib lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.lib and lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.exp
creation of the lib lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.lib and lib\vtkInteractionImage-pv5.5.exp
Linking CXX shared library bin\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.dll
creation of the lib lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.lib and lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.exp
creation of the lib lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.lib and lib\vtkAcceleratorsVTKm-PV5.5.exp
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
"

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You can ignore this. It is a warning and doesn’t break anything. It is fixed in Qt 5.10 or 5.11.

Look for vtkPVServerManagerRendering in the list of projects in the solution and try to build just that project. See what goes wrong. If it succeeds then try the ALL_BUILD again, maybe some dependency info was missing. If it fails then post that error message (which is causing the others).

I’m not sure about your ninja build’s error…

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When I build only vtkPVServerManagerRendering I get this error :

‘… \ … \ … \ bin \ Debug \ vtkkwProcessXML-pv5.5.exe’ is not recognized as an internal command 1> or external, an executable program or a batch file.

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