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

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Glad it's working.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Chiranjib Sur <sur.chiranjib at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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