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=Welcome=
 
=Welcome=
This part of the Wiki is dedicated to developers who would like to implement their own plug-ins for AnyWave.
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This part of the Wiki is dedicated to developers who would like to implement their own plug-ins for AnyWave.<br />
 
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=Setting up the SDK=
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|+ Quick Navigation
Before developing a plug-in for AnyWave, the developer must download and build the SDK.<br />
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The SDK is available here: https://github.com/anywave/sdk<br />
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| [[File:Menu_matlab_plugin.png|400px|link=AnyWave:MATLAB_Plugin|'''Write a MATLAB Plugin''']] || [[File:Menu_cpp_plugin.png|400px|link=AnyWave:Cpp_Plugin|'''Write a c++ Plugin''']]
Note that you can also try to build the complete AnyWave software which includes the SDK.<br />
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AnyWave git repository is available here: https://github.com/anywave/anywave<br />
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| [[File:Menu_matlab_batch.png|400px|link=AnyWave:Plugin_Batch|'''Make your plugin batchable''']] || [[File:Menu_matlab_batch_gui_compatible.png|400px|link=AnyWave:MATLAB_Batch_GUI|'''Make your plugin compatible with the batch GUI of AnyWave''']]
 
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Clone the sdk repository on your computer:<br />
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We suggest cloning the repository in a folder named '''AwSDK_src''' (for example) to make a clear difference between source folder and build folder.
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* On Linux or Mac systems this can be done in a terminal with the following command: '''git clone https://github.com/anywave/sdk AwSDK_src'''
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* On Windows, we strongly suggest to install the TortoiseGit Software, freely available at https://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/wiki/Download
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=Software requirements=
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A C/C++ compiler is required. Linux and Mac versions of AnyWave were build using the gcc/g++ compiler which is the most common compiler on these platforms.<br />
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The Windows version was built with '''Visual Studio 2008''', so it is strongly advised to use the same IDE to build plug-ins that will run with the Windows version of AnyWave.<br />
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However, it is possible to rebuild the complete AnyWave application using another C++ compiler and to set that version as the SDK to build plug-ins.<br />
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This choice will raise a binary incompatibility with the distributed Windows package and the developed plug-ins. See AnyWave compatibility section.
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On Mac OS X, '''XCode''' must be installed on the system to provide access to the gcc/g++ compiler.<br />
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'''XCode.app''' is freely available on the App Store.
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To successfully build the SDK, at least three software must be installed on the computer:
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* The Qt4 framework
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* The VTK library (version 5.4.2 to 5.8 will work)
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* CMake 2.8 or greater.
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==AnyWave compatibility==
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When building a plug-in, the developer has two choices:
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* Build for the currently distributed binary version of AnyWave.
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* Build for its own AnyWave version built from the sources available on github.
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===Plug-ins for the binary distributed package of AnyWave===
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Pay attention that if the plug-in must work with the distributed binary versions of AnyWave it must match more requirements:
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* Qt4 must be 4.8.2 to work with the Linux debian packaged version of AnyWave.
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* Qt4 must be 4.8.1 to 4.8.5 to work with the Windows and Mac OS X versions.
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* VTK library must be 5.4.2 to 5.8.xx (VTK 6.x will not work)
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The Linux and Mac versions have been built with the gcc compiler and therefore will use the glibc library.<br />
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On Mac systems, the XCode software must be installed to get access to the gcc compiler.
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'''ATTENTION:''' The Windows version of AnyWave was built with Visual Studio 2008. Therefore, the plug-in must also be built using Visual Studio 2008 for binary compatibility.
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===Plug-ins for the developer version of AnyWave===
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If a developer plans to build plug-ins that will stay private, it is up to him/her not to match the requirements previously mentioned.
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==Building AnyWave from sources and use it as the SDK==
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As mentioned before, the developer is free to use the complete AnyWave source code as SDK.<br />
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The requirements to build AnyWave are the same than for the SDK.<br />
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Follow the instructions available when cloning the anywave repository to build AnyWave.
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=Building the SDK=
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The SDK requires the CMake software tool to compile, so cmake 2.8 or greater must be installed on the system.<br />
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==Choose the SDK folder==
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The first thing to do is to create a build folder with an explicit name, for example: '''AwSDK''', that will be the root of the SDK.<br />
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We will consider for the following explanations that the folder is named '''AwSDK''' and is located in '''/home/user/Dev/AwSDK'''<br />
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We will consider that the git repository was cloned in a folder named '''AwSDK_src'''
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==Run cmake==
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Open a terminal and go to the SDK folder:<br />
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''cd /home/user/Dev/AwSDK''
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Launch cmake from the source repository:<br />
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''cmake ../AwSDK_src''
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If Qt and VTK were successfully detected, then type:<br />
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''make install''
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That will install the headers and library in the AwSDK folder.<br />
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You are ready to build a plug-in.
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Latest revision as of 17:14, 21 April 2020

Welcome

This part of the Wiki is dedicated to developers who would like to implement their own plug-ins for AnyWave.

Quick Navigation
Write a MATLAB Plugin Write a c++ Plugin
Make your plugin batchable Make your plugin compatible with the batch GUI of AnyWave