Add support for use of precompiled Octave binaries on Windows

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1046,11 +1046,22 @@ add_subdirectory(ApplicationExeCode)
 
 option(RESINSIGHT_USE_EXTERNAL_OCTAVE_PLUGINS "Use external Octave plugins" OFF)
 if(RESINSIGHT_USE_EXTERNAL_OCTAVE_PLUGINS)
+
+  if (MSVC)
+    set (OCTAVE_PLUGINS_URL "https://github.com/CeetronSolutions/resinsight-dependencies/releases/download/2024.11/OctavePlugins-0.1.1-win64.zip")
+  else()
+    set (OCTAVE_PLUGINS_URL "https://github.com/CeetronSolutions/resinsight-dependencies/releases/latest/download/OctavePlugins-0.1.1-Linux.tar.gz")
+  endif(MSVC)
+
+  message(STATUS "Starting to fetch OctavePlugin binaries from ${OCTAVE_PLUGINS_URL}")
+
   FetchContent_Declare(
     external-octave_plugins
-    URL https://github.com/CeetronSolutions/resinsight-dependencies/releases/latest/download/OctavePlugins-0.1.1-Linux.tar.gz
+    URL ${OCTAVE_PLUGINS_URL}
   )
 
+  message(STATUS "Completed fetching of OctavePlugin")
+
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(external-octave_plugins)
 
   file(GLOB FILE_AND_SYMLINKS ${external-octave_plugins_SOURCE_DIR}/*.oct)
@@ -1063,6 +1074,8 @@ else(RESINSIGHT_USE_EXTERNAL_OCTAVE_PLUGINS)
   if(OCTAVE_MKOCTFILE)
     message(STATUS "Adding OctavePlugin library")
 
+    # The build of Octave Plugins is currently not working when Ninja is used as build tool
+    # A separate build job is configured to build the Octave Plugins, and the build is cached at GitHub
     # add_subdirectory(Octave/OctavePlugin)
   else(OCTAVE_MKOCTFILE)
     message(