[ome-devel] Getting started with C++ API for OMERO.server clients

[josh.moore at gmx.de]

Nick Perry writes:
 > the previous* command (not following). Sorry.
 > 
 > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Nick Perry <nperry at stanford.edu> wrote:
 > 
 > > Hey Josh,
 > >
 > > Sorry to bug you again.
 > >
 > > I'm trying to put together in my head everything I've done so far.
 > >
 > > With the command:
 > > svn co http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk/svn/omero/trunk omero
 > >
 > > I'm checking out a new omero distribution, right? So if I had the
 > > omero

Correct.

 > > server up and running already on my computer (the standard download), I've
 > > messed things up, right?

Not really. You'll need to shut it off (bin/omero admin stop) in order
to start the new server. If you've already deleted the directory, you
can use:

  killall icegridnode

to get rid of the runing server.

 > > I was just looking in my previous omero distribution folder and
 > > this new checked out one, and they share files but the latter has
 > > the build.py. So if I'm guessing correctly, I need to run the
 > > omero server out of this new, special distribution, right?

Right. When you run ./build.py from a checkout it produces the "dist"
directory. This is the same as the distribution which is available for
download.

 > > So the omero server with API is DIFFERENT than the normal omero
 > > server, and in order to write C++ api for connecting 3rd party
 > > clients to omero i need to be running the omero server using the
 > > distribution I check out with the following command...?

Not at all. As long as the versions match, you can use a distribution
with a checkout. Your distribution is most likely 4.0.x, so you'll
need to be checking out from:

  http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk/svn/omero/branches/Beta4.0/

The reason that the svn checkout is required is that we don't
currently provide the C++ library with the distribution.

 > > Thanks for the help,
 > > Nick

Gladly,
~Josh.

 > >
 > >
 > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Nick Perry <nperry at stanford.edu> wrote:
 > >
 > >> Hey Josh,
 > >>
 > >> Sorry I'm not as familiar with compiling C++ / makefiles as I should be,
 > >> but in the following step:
 > >>
 > >> Finding the library ¶<http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/wiki/OmeroCpp#Findingthelibrary>
 > >>
 > >> What will be produced by that build are two sets of artifacts:
 > >>
 > >>    - dist/include contains C++ header files as well as the slice files
 > >>    from which the Ice-based model is generated. You will need to pass these to
 > >>    your compiler.
 > >>    - dist/lib contains the shared library file, which you will need to
 > >>    pass to your linker. On Linux libomero_client.so on OS X
 > >>    libomero_client.dylib and on Windows omero_client.dll, in 32 or 64-bit
 > >>    mode depending on your CXXFLAGS (See OmeroBuild<http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/wiki/OmeroBuild>)
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> Note: the shared library files can be quite large, even over 200MB.
 > >>
 > >>
 > >> For bullet 2, do I need to pass my shared library file explicitly in a
 > >> step I should know how to do, or is this accomplished in the next step when
 > >> I use the make file?
 > >>
 > >> Thanks,
 > >>
 > >> Nick
 > >>
 > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:54 AM, <josh.moore at gmx.de> wrote:
 > >>
 > >>>
 > >>> *whew*
 > >>>
 > >>> Good to hear. ~J.
 > >>>
 > >>> Nick Perry writes:
 > >>>  > just kidding; i hadn't given the svn command my proxy info :)
 > >>>  >
 > >>>  > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Nick Perry <nperry at stanford.edu>
 > >>> wrote:
 > >>>  >
 > >>>  > > SVN still not working:
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>  > > svn co http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk/svn/omero/trunk omero
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>  > > svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svn/omero/trunk'
 > >>>  > > svn: PROPFIND of '/svn/omero/trunk': could not connect to server (
 > >>>  > > http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk)
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>  > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:05 PM, <josh.moore at gmx.de> wrote:
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> Nick Perry writes:
 > >>>  > >>  > Hi,
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> Hi Nick,
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >>  > I'm extremely confused about where to start when trying to play
 > >>>  > >>  > around with the OMERO server C++ API for OMERO clients. I think
 > >>>  > >>  > this is the correct page to start on
 > >>>  > >>  > http://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/wiki/OmeroCpp, but I'm
 > >>>  > >>  > having a hard time understanding what's going on.
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> That is the correct page, but as always, the docs can use
 > >>>  > >> improvements. I've updated them; can you give take a look, and tell
 > >>> me
 > >>>  > >> if things are clearer now?
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >>  > First of all, the svn call
 > >>>  > >>  > on that page (svn co
 > >>> http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk/svn/omero/trunkomero)
 > >>>  > >>  > doesn't work; i get the following error:
 > >>>  > >>  >
 > >>>  > >>  > svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svn/omero/trunk'
 > >>>  > >>  > svn: PROPFIND of '/svn/omero/trunk': could not connect to server
 > >>> (
 > >>>  > >>  > http://cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk)
 > >>>  > >>  >
 > >>>  > >>  > Why is this not working?
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> This morning there was a short outage of all developer
 > >>>  > >> resources. Could you re-try and let us know if it's working now?
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> ...
 > >>>  > >>  > Thanks,
 > >>>  > >>  > Nick
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >> ~Josh.
 > >>>  > >>
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>  > >
 > >>>
 > >>
 > >>
 > >