Problems with running Ogre samples under MVC++ .Net 2003

[Baldrake]

I've been having trouble executing the samples provided with the Ogre distribution. I am using:

• Ogre 0.15.1
• Dependencies 0.13.0
• STLPort 4.6.2

I installed as per instructions and set up the appropriate lib and include paths, and compiled both release and debug configurations.

The samples run fine in debug mode within VC++.

When I run them in release mode, I get a warning message like: "'Demo_Shadows.exe' does not contain debugging information. (No symbols loaded.) Click OK to debug anyway." I'm not sure why I'm getting this, as I'm not attempting to debug.

When I try to run them outside VC++ (by double-clicking the executable), I get a cascade of problems with libraries not being found. When I add the library locations to the PATH environment variable, eventually I get the error:

Error #:9
Function DynLib::load
Description: Could not load dynamic library OgrePlatform.dll. System Error: Unknown Error.
File: \Ogre\ogrenew\OgreMain\src\OgreDynLib.cpp
Line: 83
Stack unwinding: DynLib::load(..) <- <<beginning of stack>>

I'm far from expert with the VC++ environment, so I assume there's some trivial setting I have wrong...

Thanks for any ideas!

[DWORD]

When I run them in release mode, I get a warning message like: "'Demo_Shadows.exe' does not contain debugging information. (No symbols loaded.) Click OK to debug anyway." I'm not sure why I'm getting this, as I'm not attempting to debug.

You should "Start Without Debugging" (Ctrl+F5).

When I try to run them outside VC++ (by double-clicking the executable), I get a cascade of problems with libraries not being found. (...)

You should be running the samples from the ogrenew/Samples/Common/Bin/Release or Debug folders.

[Baldrake]

Thank you, Christian!

[thebjoern]

On a sidenote: For .net 2003 you dont need the STLport anymore... will work just fine without it

[Baldrake]

Yep.. FWIW, the docs are inconsistent on whether STLPort is needed or not. I first tried without and was getting linker errors, so I am now using it...