[Paraview-developers] Writing ParaView brands using ParaQ (Client Server Plugins)

[David Cole]

2010/11/10 Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>:
>> - I want to offer a unique plugin that provides both the filter and
>> the interface (toolbars, menus, docks) to manipulate it in the context
>> of the new application. How can I combine those plugins into a single
>> one?
>
> You can combine multiple plugins into a single ADD_PARAVIEW_PLUGIN
> call. Just make sure that the inferface and other files are passed in
> correctly if you use ADD_PARAVIEW_OBJECT_PANEL and similar other
> macros to create plugins of different types.
>
>> - Should I use the ParaView plugin system? or should I use the Qt's one?
>
> You will have to use the ParaView plugin system if you are adding
> filters or any of the standard types of GUI plugins. You can use Qt
> style plugins for Qt widgets etc. but then you'll have to place the
> code in your application to load the plugin and use the components
> provided by the plugin explicitly. ParaView will not know what to do
> with it at all.
>
>>
>> - I also read this thread http://markmail.org/message/5f2yzi755ya4juxb
>> about client and server side plugins, which states that it is better
>> to create the same plugin to be loaded in both client and server. In
>> my case, I have two paraview builds, one compiled without OpenGl, Qt
>> and X support for the server, and the other one with support for them.
>> Which paraview path should I choose to compile my plugin? If I want to
>> combine both, my common sense tells me to use the one with graphical
>> support, but is this ok for the server side??
>
> Guess there's a little misunderstand about this. You still should
> create a single plugin in the source, but in your case, you will have
> to compile the plugin twice with two different ParaView's one built
> with Qt, OpenGL etc. and another without them.
>
>> Finally, a bit off-topic, is there some way to search inside this
>> mailing list? I found very useful the markmail search engine with the
>> paraview user mailing list, but I can't figure out how to search in
>> this mailing list...
>
> Hmm, I could have sworn there was a way, but now I can't find it.
> Maybe someone else knows.

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