Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
hm well thought I did do that. I am able to get it all working on another PC without installing 2005 *SP1*. just VC90 installed. thanks, have a good weekend. -T snip I think you didn't install the 2005 *SP1* redistribuable package (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647displaylang=en) .\ snip On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:24 AM, Mourad Boufarguine mourad.boufargu...@gmail.com wrote: Ted, I downloaded the osg precompiled package you are using (openscenegraph-all-2.8.2-win32-x86-vc90-Release.zip), and I checked that indeed, the osgdb_ive.dll depends on a zlib1.dll that was compiled with VS 2005 SP1 (which is weird). I presume it is also the case of libpng, curl and tiff. So, to move on, you have to recompile osg from the sources using the vc90 dependencies, or install the VC++ 2005 redistribuable packages (there are two if my memory serves me right ), I think you didn't install the 2005 * SP1* redistribuable package (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647displaylang=en) . Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, ted morris wrote: Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies ( http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
ok -- well, since I got it working on another box here at home I presume there must be another matching dll floating around on that PC. thanks, t On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Mattias Helsing helsin...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Ted, J-S, all, First - all creds and kudos for the vc90 binary win32 2.8.2 packages to Sukender, not me. Second - did you (Ted) sort this out? Can we drop it or do you still have problems? Mattias On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mattias Helsing helsin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi again Ted, I can't find any dll that depends on msvc*80 runtime dll but may have some clues to a solution. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd These all depend on zlib1.dll, which on my system depend correctly on msvcp90.dll. I'm guessing that somehow your system picks up some other zlib1. The zlib module is very common so there is a good chance you already got it embedded with other software. Try setting the PATH explicitly like: set PATH=vc90_dependencis\bin;vc90_osg\bin before running dependency walker or osgviewer dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL No, osgdb_tiff, _curl and the other plugin in your list depends on msvcr90.dll. However they also depend on many other modules that may, in turn, depend on whatever runtime they were compiled against. Hitting f9 in dependency walker will show you the full path to all listed dlls And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. I think this is a flaw in dependency walker. I don't have your system, but my system reports this too where top dependency msvcp90 depends on msvcr90. If this is the case also for you then just ignore. I'm dropping this for now since I can't find anything wrong with the binaries on the website. Drop me screenshots, text logs or whatever and I'll investigate further. cheers Mattias bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine mourad.boufargu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies ( http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Ted, J-S, all, First - all creds and kudos for the vc90 binary win32 2.8.2 packages to Sukender, not me. Second - did you (Ted) sort this out? Can we drop it or do you still have problems? Mattias On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Mattias Helsing helsin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi again Ted, I can't find any dll that depends on msvc*80 runtime dll but may have some clues to a solution. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd These all depend on zlib1.dll, which on my system depend correctly on msvcp90.dll. I'm guessing that somehow your system picks up some other zlib1. The zlib module is very common so there is a good chance you already got it embedded with other software. Try setting the PATH explicitly like: set PATH=vc90_dependencis\bin;vc90_osg\bin before running dependency walker or osgviewer dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL No, osgdb_tiff, _curl and the other plugin in your list depends on msvcr90.dll. However they also depend on many other modules that may, in turn, depend on whatever runtime they were compiled against. Hitting f9 in dependency walker will show you the full path to all listed dlls And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. I think this is a flaw in dependency walker. I don't have your system, but my system reports this too where top dependency msvcp90 depends on msvcr90. If this is the case also for you then just ignore. I'm dropping this for now since I can't find anything wrong with the binaries on the website. Drop me screenshots, text logs or whatever and I'll investigate further. cheers Mattias bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine mourad.boufargu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies (http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Ted, I downloaded the osg precompiled package you are using (openscenegraph-all-2.8.2-win32-x86-vc90-Release.zip), and I checked that indeed, the osgdb_ive.dll depends on a zlib1.dll that was compiled with VS 2005 SP1 (which is weird). I presume it is also the case of libpng, curl and tiff. So, to move on, you have to recompile osg from the sources using the vc90 dependencies, or install the VC++ 2005 redistribuable packages (there are two if my memory serves me right ), I think you didn't install the 2005 *SP1 * redistribuable package (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647displaylang=en) . Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, ted morris wrote: Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies ( http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi again Ted, I can't find any dll that depends on msvc*80 runtime dll but may have some clues to a solution. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd These all depend on zlib1.dll, which on my system depend correctly on msvcp90.dll. I'm guessing that somehow your system picks up some other zlib1. The zlib module is very common so there is a good chance you already got it embedded with other software. Try setting the PATH explicitly like: set PATH=vc90_dependencis\bin;vc90_osg\bin before running dependency walker or osgviewer dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL No, osgdb_tiff, _curl and the other plugin in your list depends on msvcr90.dll. However they also depend on many other modules that may, in turn, depend on whatever runtime they were compiled against. Hitting f9 in dependency walker will show you the full path to all listed dlls And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. I think this is a flaw in dependency walker. I don't have your system, but my system reports this too where top dependency msvcp90 depends on msvcr90. If this is the case also for you then just ignore. I'm dropping this for now since I can't find anything wrong with the binaries on the website. Drop me screenshots, text logs or whatever and I'll investigate further. cheers Mattias bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine mourad.boufargu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies (http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Yes, I think I resolved finding the 3rdparty dependencies. But for some reason, the osgdb_xxx pluggins listed in the last e-mail: osgdb_gz osgdb_curl osgdb_ive osgdb_png osgdb_tiff osgdb_tiffd dependencywalker shows that these pluggin dlls are still looking for MSVCR80.DLL *and* MSVCR90.DLL And the other pluggins can't find MSVCR90.DLL. bizarre. thanks, t Well, I tried dependencywalker.com and opened up the pluggins. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Mourad Boufarguine mourad.boufargu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies ( http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Mattias, OK, after checking PATH, and setting OSG_NOTIFY_LEVEL=DEBUG, it finds all the libraries in the pluggin and 3rdparty path but I still get This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem for the following pluggins for the RELEASE: gz curl ive png tiff and the following pluggins for the DEBUG: tiffd ps: the vcredist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes were already installed. I tried uninstalling them, re-installing them still no luck. ps2: I have VisualStudio 2008 (v9) IDE C++ installed. thanks, Ted On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Mattias Helsing helsin...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Ted, I finally got some time to check this out, but can't find any module that depends on the vc80 runtime. Everything runs fine and loads pngs and fonts without complaints on my xp. The machine I have tested on (unfortunatly) have the vc80 runtime on it but I'll test this on a clean xp later today or tomorrow. Meanwhile could you double check that your system picks up the dll's from the 3rdParty_binaries_vc90 zip *first*, i.e. if you have libpng13.dll and/or friends already in your PATH they may mess things up for you. Also - could you crank up OSG_NOTIFY_LEVEL and see if anything gets reported there? cheers Mattias On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Jean-Sébastien Guay jean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com wrote: Hi Ted, This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem Hmmm, that would seem to indicate that the VC9 binaries depend on the VC8 runtime (probably in addition to the VC9 one). That's pretty weird. Could whoever compiled those binaries (I don't remember) check that? J-S -- __ Jean-Sebastien Guayjean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com http://www.cm-labs.com/ http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Ted, You can use the Dependency Walker (http://www.dependencywalker.com/) to check the version number of the runtime, the dependencies were compiled against. I just tried it with the zlib and png dlls contained in VisualStudio 9 (2008) SP1 prebuild dependencies ( http://www.openscenegraph.org/projects/osg/wiki/Downloads/Dependencies), and I found that the release versions were compiled with the 9.0.30729 runtime, which is actually 2008 SP1. The debug version, though, was compiled with the 9.0.21022 runtime , which is the 2008 runtime. The zlib is used in both ive and gz plugins. I don't see how you get the message about the 2005 runtime dependency. Double check in the output window of VS that the zlib and png dlls that are actually loaded are the good ones. Regards, Mourad On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM, ted morris ted.mor...@gmail.com wrote: credist_x86 VisualStudio 2005 (v8) runtimes ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
...who ever that is -- thanks in advance! -Ted On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Jean-Sébastien Guay jean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com wrote: Hi Ted, This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem Hmmm, that would seem to indicate that the VC9 binaries depend on the VC8 runtime (probably in addition to the VC9 one). That's pretty weird. Could whoever compiled those binaries (I don't remember) check that? J-S -- __ Jean-Sebastien Guayjean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com http://www.cm-labs.com/ http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Ted, J-S, On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Jean-Sébastien Guay jean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com wrote: Hmmm, that would seem to indicate that the VC9 binaries depend on the VC8 runtime (probably in addition to the VC9 one). That's pretty weird. Could whoever compiled those binaries (I don't remember) check that? At first I didn't remember that either, but then it struck me - it was me :) Ted, I will look into this as soon as I can, hang on. Mattias ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Mattias, At first I didn't remember that either, but then it struck me - it was me :) I seemed to remember it was a Mat(t?)(h?)ias but didn't remember who exactly, and didn't bother to go check the archives... Shame on me. :-( Thanks for checking. Ted, as a workaround you could also install the VC8SP1 runtimes... It's not a solution because VC9 binaries should not depend on VC8 runtimes, but for the moment it would let you move forward while Mattias sorts this out. J-S -- __ Jean-Sebastien Guayjean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com http://www.cm-labs.com/ http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
Re: [osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Hi Ted, This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem Hmmm, that would seem to indicate that the VC9 binaries depend on the VC8 runtime (probably in addition to the VC9 one). That's pretty weird. Could whoever compiled those binaries (I don't remember) check that? J-S -- __ Jean-Sebastien Guayjean-sebastien.g...@cm-labs.com http://www.cm-labs.com/ http://whitestar02.webhop.org/ ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
[osg-users] broken osgconv.exe
Greetings, I'm having some trouble using osgconv.exe after installing 1) openscenegraph-all-2.8.2-win32-x86-vc90-Release.zipfile:///V:/osg/OSG_OT_2.8.2/openscenegraph-all-2.8.2-win32-x86-vc90-Release.zip 2) 3rdParty_Win32Binaries_vc90sp1.zip and setting the paths all works fine except for some of the pluggins when I run osgconv --formats I get a fail dialog box popping up four times indicating: This application has failed to start because MSVCR80.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem for the following pluggins: Plugin C:\OpenSceneGraph\RELEASE\OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2\bin\osgPlugins-2.8.2/osgdb_curl.dll not found. Plugin C:\OpenSceneGraph\RELEASE\OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2\bin\osgPlugins-2.8.2/osgdb_gz.dll not found. Plugin C:\OpenSceneGraph\RELEASE\OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2\bin\osgPlugins-2.8.2/osgdb_ive.dll not found. Plugin C:\OpenSceneGraph\RELEASE\OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2\bin\osgPlugins-2.8.2/osgdb_tiff.dll not found. I also get a similar dialog but for the libpng13.dll with the osgdb_png pluggin Plugin C:\OpenSceneGraph\RELEASE\OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2\bin\osgPlugins-2.8.2/osgdb_png.dll not found. I tried putting msvcr80.dll in the osg pluggins folder, in the binary pathed directory for 3rd party libraries: C:\OpenSceneGraph\3rdParty\bin or -- C:\OpenSceneGraph\3rdParty\lib ... etc.,etc.,etc. with no success. I would like to be able to use these formats -- particularily ive and gz. help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks all, T ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org