How to build a koolplot library using VC++ 2010

Question

I want to use simple plotting functions in my C++ code. Presently I am using Qt5 with VS2010 c++ compiler. I came across this library called koolplot. But I cannot buid it with VS2010 from its source files. I am opening vs2010 cmd and running nmake...It shows winbgim.h missing..I copied that header in MinGW include folder and ran it ...now it shows "Plotdata.h:warning: 'typedef' was ignored in this declaration" Please help...if any one knows a simple plotting library running with VS2010 please suggest..

Answer 1

According to its website, Koolplot is designed for the MinGW/gcc toolchain - you'll have to do a bit of leg work to get it to compile on Visual Studio, though I don't know specifically what you'd have to do without taking a closer look.

Also, the library seems to do its own window management and the like, so I'm not sure how well you'll be able to integrate it with Qt.

Answer 2

koolplot needs WinBGI library (BGI = Borland Graphics Interface?). I have changed it to use native Win32 using VS2008:

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs/koolplot-heha.zip/

It's still incomplete as a good Win32 implementation would implement koolplot in a DLL which self-registers a Window class, and has both C and C++ interface. Moreover, koolplot as-is doesn't support multiple scales, finer plotting options, GDIplus, and fast data update, so it's not the right thing to write an oscilloscope program. It's C++ code is also outdated as there are lambda functions available now.

However, good integrating into Qt is another task.