[Paraview-developers] using File>Open dialogue in custom filter

[Chiranjib Sur]

Utkarsh,
This is the first thing I tried this morning and just the one liner solved
my problem and made my day !

I just added the line
 <FileListDomain name="files" />
in my xml file and the problem is solved.

Thank you very much,
Chiranjib

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> Chiranjib,
>
> No, that's not what I mean. Your FileName is not being shown since you
> have the panel_visibility="never".
> Change that to "default" or "advanced" as appropriate.
>
> Utkarsh
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Chiranjib Sur <sur.chiranjib at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> HI Utkarsh,
>> Great, Let me try it.
>> Currently, I have declared it like
>>
>> <StringVectorProperty animateable="0"                            command="SetFileName"                            name="FileName"                            number_of_elements="1"                            panel_visibility="never">        <FileListDomain name="files" />
>>
>> ....
>>
>> so that I can extract the "FileName" as a string. However, with this, I
>> don't have an option to select the files using pop-up.
>>
>> If I understood it correctly, I need to use the following part along with
>> the one I already have ?
>>
>> <StringVectorProperty animateable="0"                            command="SetQFileName"                            name="QFileName"                            number_of_elements="1"                            panel_visibility="default"> .....
>>
>>
>> Is it what you mean by adding FileListDomain ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chiranjib
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
>> utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Simply add the "FileListDomain" to the property as done for the
>>> QFileName property here:
>>> https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/blob/master/ParaViewCore/ServerManager/SMApplication/Resources/readers.xml#L2659-2667
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Chiranjib Sur <sur.chiranjib at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am trying to write my own filter (C++) and want to deal with reading
>>>> an existing file. I intend implement  a functionality where file selection
>>>> will results into popping up a window like when one does, File->Open action.
>>>>
>>>> In the following screen capture, I want to implement that functionality
>>>> so that when one clicks mouse inside the text box, File->Open windows will
>>>> popup and the user can select the file he/she wants. (The alternative is to
>>>> provide the file name by typing which is error prone and I want to avoid
>>>> that)
>>>>
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>> After reading various posts from the previous mailing threads and the
>>>> other documentation, I narrowed down my idea to use the class pqFileDialog.
>>>> Is this the right choice or are there some alternatives? Are there any
>>>> place where, I can read and learn about usage of this class ?
>>>>
>>>> Google search points me towards solutions in pure Qt which looks like :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14372012/qt-standard-dialogs-example-open-file
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions from the experts?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Chiranjib
>>>>
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