Hello,
The problem is that you need to have a TApplication instance running an
event loop for the canvases to work/refresh properly.
Try adding the following to your code:
TApplication theApp(argc,argv);
followed by (at the end of all your code)
theApp.Run();
Cheers,
Brandon
----- Original Message -----
From: "ANCIANT E." <eric_anciant@sodern.fr>
To: "'roottalk@root.cern.ch'" <roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:09 PM
Subject: [ROOT]
> Hello rooters,
>
> I installed root 3.10.02 / gdk on windows 2K / Visual C++ (ver. 6),
> after using for a couple of year root 3.02
> and now I cannot get Canvas to pop up :
>
> I got the "idenfied problem with old version of VC6", but until I get the
> Service pack installed, I managed
> to have things compile with some workarround
>
> I also saw on the roottalk digest that proper compilation options are of
> importance
> for the newer version of root (for root3.02 I used default Visual options,
> and
> it worked fine)
> So I tried to stick to the options given in Makefile.win32
>
> The compilator command obtained by tricking trough Visual GUIs is :
>
> cl /G5 /MD /GR /I "p:\root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug/include" /D "WIN32" /D
> "_DEBUG" /D "_WIN32" /D "_MT" /D "VISUAL_CPLUSPLUS" /D "_WINDOWS"
> /Fo"Debug/" /Fd"Debug/" /FD /EHsc /c
> "P:\APS_LOCAL\TESTROOT\TestConsole\TestConsole.cpp"
>
> the linker options are (however I don't know how visual internaly
> differentiate
> Lib and Link commands) :
>
> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
> shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
> shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib
> uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib gdk-1.3.lib glib-1.3.lib libCint.lib
> libCore.lib libEG.lib libEGPythia6.lib libfreetype.lib libFumili.lib
> libGeom.lib libGeomPainter.lib libGpad.lib libGraf.lib libGraf3d.lib
> libGui.lib libHbook.lib libHist.lib libHi
> stPainter.lib libHtml.lib libMatrix.lib libMinuit.lib libMLP.lib
> libPhysics.lib libPostscript.lib libProof.lib libProofGui.lib libRFIO.lib
> libRGL.lib libRint.lib libTable.lib libTree.lib libTreePlayer.lib
> libTreeViewer.lib libVMC.lib libWin32gdk.lib
> /pdb:none /debug /machine:IX86 "/out:Debug/TestConsole.exe"
> "/libpath:p:/root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug/lib" -opt:ref
> /subsystem:console,4.0
> .\Debug\TestConsole.obj
>
>
> My test example :
>
> //
> #include "TPad.h"
> #include "TSystem.h"
> #include "TEnv.h"
> #include "TH1.h"
> #include "TCanvas.h"
>
> #include <iostream>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> cout << " Using ROOTSYS " << gSystem->Getenv("ROOTSYS") << endl;
> cout << " Using DYNAMIC PATH "
> << gEnv->GetValue("WinNT.*.Root.DynamicPath","NOT DEFINED")
> << endl;
> cout << " Using MACRO PATH "
> << gEnv->GetValue("WinNT.*.Root.MacroPath","NOT DEFINED") <<
> endl;
>
> TCanvas can("toto","titi",300,300);
>
> TH1F histo("histo","histo",10,0,10);
> histo.Draw();
> gPad->Update();
> int i;
> cin >> i;
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> THE CONSOLE OUPUT IS :
>
> Using ROOTSYS p:\root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug
> Using DYNAMIC PATH
>
.;p:\root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug/bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\Sy
>
stem32\Wbem;C:\DLL-PWB-OLD;C:\DLL-PWB-NEW;w:\oracle\ora81\bin;w:\oracle\jre\
>
1.1.7\bin;W:\ORAWIN\BIN;p:\root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug\bin;p:\vni\cnl50\bin
>
;p:\rcs;p:\AnciantLocal\FTCCDSensor;p:\anciantlocal\simualgo\main\bin;p:\bin
> Using MACRO PATH .;p:\root_v3.10.02.win32gdk_Debug/macros
> Warning in <TWinNTSystem::SetProgname>: Wrong Program path
>
> Note the Warning : I found a reference of such a warning in Roottalk
Message
> from Marc de Kamps of Feb 25, 2003
> the answer of Fons Rademakers hinted on problems in Dynamic and Macro
paths
> which I checked, but I did not find anything looking wrong to me.
> (in particular I did not find any .rootrc file in my disk )
>
> I would realy appreciate some help
>
> thanks in advance
>
> eric
>
>
>
> PS :
>
> The following program using Root 3.02 worked :
>
> // TestConsole.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
> //
> #include "TPad.h"
> #include "TSystem.h"
> #include "TEnv.h"
> #include "TH1.h"
> #include "TCanvas.h"
>
> #include <iostream.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char* argv[])
> {
> cout << " Using ROOTSYS " << gSystem->Getenv("ROOTSYS") << endl;
> cout << " Using DYNAMIC PATH "
> << gEnv->GetValue("WinNT.*.Root.DynamicPath","NOT DEFINED")
> << endl;
> cout << " Using MACRO PATH "
> << gEnv->GetValue("WinNT.*.Root.MacroPath","NOT DEFINED") <<
> endl;
>
> TCanvas can("toto","titi",300,300);
>
> TH1F histo("histo","histo",10,0,10);
> histo.Draw();
> gPad->Update();
> int i;
> cin >> i;
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> The compilation OPTIONS were defaults of visual :
>
> /nologo /MLd /W3 /Gm /vmg /GX /ZI /Od /I "$(ROOTSYS)/include" /D "WIN32"
/D
> "_DEBUG" /D "_CONSOLE" /D "_MBCS" /Fp"Debug/TestConsole.pch" /YX
/Fo"Debug/"
> /Fd"Debug/" /FD /GZ /c
>
> The link OPTIONS were defaults of Visual :
>
> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
> shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
> kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib
> shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
> libCint.lib libCore.lib libEG.lib libEGPythia.lib libGpad.lib libGraf.lib
> libGraf3d.lib libGui.lib libHist.lib libHistPainter.lib libHtml.lib
> libMatrix.lib libMinuit.lib libPhysics.lib libPostscript.lib libProof.lib
> libRFIO.lib libRGL.lib libRint.lib libTree.lib libTreePlayer.lib
> libTreeViewer.lib /nologo /subsystem:console /incremental:yes
> /pdb:"Debug/TestConsole.pdb" /debug /machine:I386
> /out:"Debug/TestConsole.exe" /pdbtype:sept /libpath:"p:/root_v3.02/lib"
>
> I got no warning at compilation
>
> The output of the executable on the console is :
>
> Using ROOTSYS p:\root_v3.02
> Using DYNAMIC PATH
>
.;p:\root_v3.02/bin;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\DLL
> -PWB-OLD;C:\DLL-PWB-NEW;w:\oracle\ora81\bin;w:\oracle\jre\1.1.7\
>
bin;W:\ORAWIN\BIN;p:\root_v3.02\bin;p:\vni\cnl50\bin;p:\rcs;p:\AnciantLocal\
> FTCCDSensor;p:\anciantlocal\simualgo\main\bin;p:\bin
> Using MACRO PATH .;p:\root_v3.02/macros
> the current keyboard layout is 850
>
> And I got my canvas pop up !
>
>
>
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