Here''s a hack to make Sarin Webviewer work in Vista

[stebbo]

If you're sick of waiting for Sarin Web Viewer to work under Vista, here's a partial fix:

Download a file called d3drm.dll from some dll repository such as here, or if you have a 2nd PC running XP, grab it from its windows\system32 directory.

Copy it to Vista's windows\system32 directory.

Now you can run the Sarin Webviewer installer and it won't fail like it did before. You will have some refresh problems doing any 3d rotations, but everything else seems to be fine. I suspect it will be too lengthy to correct the refresh problems, so I won't even try to (at this stage).


More detail (for those who are interested):

Web Viewer requires the use of an older mode ('retained mode') of DirectX (drawing routines) which got dropped way back when DirectX 8 came out. Windows XP provided backward compatibility by supplying the d3drm.dll file. DirectX 10 (that comes with Vista) no longer supplies this file, but two components of Web Viewer (DiaWebviewer.ocx and MeshViewerCtrl.ocx) are dependent upon it.

 

[JohnQuixote]

Wow Stebbo. Very cool.

How''s that flux capacitor coming?

 

[Rhino]

Date: 8/15/2007 1:17:03 AM
Author:stebbo
If you''re sick of waiting for Sarin Web Viewer to work under Vista, here''s a partial fix:

Download a file called d3drm.dll from some dll repository such as here, or if you have a 2nd PC running XP, grab it from its windowssystem32 directory.

Copy it to Vista''s windowssystem32 directory.

Now you can run the Sarin Webviewer installer and it won''t fail like it did before. You will have some refresh problems doing any 3d rotations, but everything else seems to be fine. I suspect it will be too lengthy to correct the refresh problems, so I won''t even try to (at this stage).


More detail (for those who are interested):

Web Viewer requires the use of an older mode (''retained mode'') of DirectX (drawing routines) which got dropped way back when DirectX 8 came out. Windows XP provided backward compatibility by supplying the d3drm.dll file. DirectX 10 (that comes with Vista) no longer supplies this file, but two components of Web Viewer (DiaWebviewer.ocx and MeshViewerCtrl.ocx) are dependent upon it.

Thanks for this stebbo. I''ll let ya know how it works.

 

[Ellen]

Date: 8/15/2007 1:52:51 AM
Author: JohnQuixote
Wow Stebbo. Very cool.

How''s that flux capacitor coming?

 

[stebbo]

Date: 8/15/2007 2:44:56 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 8/15/2007 1:52:51 AM

Author: JohnQuixote

Wow Stebbo. Very cool.

How''s that flux capacitor coming?

Gave up, didn''t think it was environmentally sensible as it required over a gigawatt of electricity to operate.

Now I''m working on the diamond capacitor, based on diamond''s high thermal conductivity, high breakdown voltage and impressive electron mobility. If all goes well, one should be able to travel forward in time to collect their 401k and return back home to buy that 10 carater.

 

[JohnQuixote]

Date: 8/16/2007 1:08:11 AM
Author: stebbo

Gave up, didn''t think it was environmentally sensible as it required over a gigawatt of electricity to operate.

Now I''m working on the diamond capacitor, based on diamond''s high thermal conductivity, high breakdown voltage and impressive electron mobility. If all goes well, one should be able to travel forward in time to collect their 401k and return back home to buy that 10 carater.

That and a DeLorean should be enough to win the girl.

Great Scott!

 

[Ellen]

Date: 8/16/2007 1:08:11 AM
Author: stebbo

Date: 8/15/2007 2:44:56 PM
Author: Ellen

Date: 8/15/2007 1:52:51 AM

Author: JohnQuixote

Wow Stebbo. Very cool.

How''s that flux capacitor coming?

Gave up, didn''t think it was environmentally sensible as it required over a gigawatt of electricity to operate.

Now I''m working on the diamond capacitor, based on diamond''s high thermal conductivity, high breakdown voltage and impressive electron mobility. If all goes well, one should be able to travel forward in time to collect their 401k and return back home to buy that 10 carater.

Awesome!