[Gate-users] Can I compile GATE with Visual Studio?

[green at berkeley.edu]

Hi,

I am trying to install GATE on a Windows XP system, but am having trouble
compiling.  Is it possible to use the Visual Studio compiler to do this?

I have the following installation configuation:
geant4.8.0.p01
clhep 1.9.2.2
lmf 3.0
gate 3.0.0

Everything appears okay until I run make for GATE.  The first few
files in GATE also appear to compile but when I reach
GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc I get the following error:

Compiling GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc ...
GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc
include\GateCompressedVoxelParameterizedInserter.hh(39) : warning c4355:
'this' : used in base member initializer list
include\GateCompressedVoxelParameterizedInserter.hh(41) : warning c4355:
'this' : used in base member initializer list
src\GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc(135) : use of undefined type 'G4Material'
     c:\Geant4\geant4.8.0.p01\source\geaometry\management\include\G4Region.hh(43)
: see declaration of 'G4Material'
src\GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc(135) : error C3861: 'GetMaterialTable':
identifier not found, even with argument-dependent lookup
src\GateCompressedVoxelOutput.cc(135) : fatal error C1903: unable to
recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation

Can anyone help me with this?  Any advice would be very welcome!

Thanks,
Carmen