# UWP (C++) Render Window Wrapper

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995 "2020-08-17T07:38:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Ugur)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/1 "2020-08-17T07:38:40Z")

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Hi everybody,

I am new to VTK and currently working with Qt and QVTKOpenGLNativeWidget. Everything works as expected. My question is that, is there also a wrapper for UWP (C++) platform?

Kind regards  
Ugur

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/2 "2020-08-27T13:03:23Z")

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There is no such wrapper in VTK. Does UWP require wrapping though ?

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### Author: ![Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Ugur)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/3 "2020-08-27T13:10:01Z")

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Maybe it doesn’t require a wrapper, but i didn’t also see an example working with UWP. My intention was to get info whether VTK can also run somehow on UWP (C++) platform or not.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/4 "2020-08-27T13:11:26Z")

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I’m not sure anyone tried that. Please do and let us know of your findings.

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### Author: ![Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ugur](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Ugur)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/5 "2020-08-27T13:23:47Z")

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Yes sure, I will share my findings.

The main problem is that handling vtkRenderWindow as “Widget” to put in UWP environment as “UserContol”. if we would have a wrapper for RenderWindow that support somehow UWP, it would be perfect.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/uwp-c-render-window-wrapper/3995/6 "2020-11-19T15:11:58Z")

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@LucasGandel
