From: Dan Johnston (dan.johnston++at++nrc.ca)
Date: 03/18/2003 11:11:44
Mike Greene wrote:
> A simple question - if I have a bought version of Performer for Windows
> (which I assume would be node-locked to my development machine), would the
> apps themselves be portable to other machines or do you have to have a
> license for each target machine. I'm looking at maybe building a viz on a
> high-performance desktop machine and then taking it around to demo on
> laptops. Is this feasible? (This is the way most windows API's work - you
> simply have to make sure you carry around the correct .dll's with the
> installed app).
>
That is what I am doing.
I develop on a high end machine - in my case a 5 Pipe ONYX Monster -
because the error messages from MS-Windows are not helpful and
I am much more productive with the UNIX development tools.
Then, when the application is working, I copy the source and data
files down to a MS-Windows box to show to people who cannot
seem to realise that there is more to computers than something
derived from Microsoft.
It works for me.
BTW: I assume you know that there is a demo version of OpenGL
Performer for MS-Windows that you can put on any of your
laptops. It just adds a 'powered by performer' message in the
top right corner, but otherwise works just the same.
Good luck!
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