How to develop new module or expand existing one ?

Hi,

I am new to Salome and I would like to know if I can develop new module without salome source code.

And, if I want to expand an existing module, should I work with src code or salome binaries are enough ?

Moreover, I work under windows with visual studio 10 and I can't compile salome sources.  I have downloaded or build needed libraries (boost 1.52, HDF5189-win32-vs10-shared, libxml2-2.7.8.win32, omniORB-4.2.0, omniORBpy-4.2.0, pthread 2-9-1-release pr builded and iconv-1.9.2.win32).

I have error compilation for KERNEL module with libxml2 that need iconv but nothing in CMakeLists.txt allowed to fill the iconv path.

How should I proceed to build salome, and the develop/expand modules.

Thank you

Hello,

I am not an expert, but if you want to modify a module, you need the sources for sure.

Now, you can develop Python functions to be used in the Python console. It doesn't need compilation but you will need to load the script each time you want to use it. In the other hand, it is a quick and easy way to customize Salome.

Cfdmsh is an example of such thing.

(About compilation problems, I can't help you.)

Best regards,

William