[Paraview-developers] dynamic output port allocation?

Joshua Murphy Joshua.Murphy at lasp.colorado.edu
Thu Jun 13 13:03:32 EDT 2013


Thanks. I will give that a shot.

-Josh

On 6/13/13 11:01 AM, "Robert Maynard" <robert.maynard at kitware.com> wrote:

>The number of output ports can't be dynamically changed, instead you
>should look into using a multiblock dataset.
>
>On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Joshua Murphy
><Joshua.Murphy at lasp.colorado.edu> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Before I get too deep into trying to find a solution for a problem I am
>> having in a custom filter, I would like to know if the following is
>> possible:
>>
>>
>> Can I dynamically change the number of output ports (in PV 4.0) in a
>>filter
>> based on the information selected in a properties panel?
>>
>> What I need to do is the following:
>>
>> User selects space craft data to download from NASA's CDAweb
>> Multiple data sets can be selected, as sometimes all of the data you
>>need is
>> not in one dataset
>> This downloads multiple .cdf files from CDAweb
>> I need to be able to parse these files into separate tables, as name
>> collisions are quite frequent
>> Thus one filter may need to produce an arbitrary number of vtkTables
>>
>> If It is possible to dynamically allocate output ports, I will do it
>>that
>> way.  IF NOT, can anyone provide a suggestion?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>>
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