[Paraview] Creating a reader for Paraview

[David C. Thompson]

> I am trying to write data reader to plug into Paraview. I have
> successfully created a vtk class called 'vtkLSPReader' (inheriting from
> vtkDataSetSource), TCL wrapped it and created an XML description file.
> However, when I start Paraview I get the following error message:
> 
> Error: In ParaView/ClientServer/vtkClientServerInterpreter.cxx, line 840 ...
> : Cannot find function "vtkLSPReaderTCL_Initialize" in libvtkLSPReaderTCL.so
> 
> I have tried adding a function called 'Initialize' to my class (even though
> I don't think it needs one) but I still get the same error.
> 
> I'm using Paraview 1.2 and use the VTK and TCL/TK source that came with it
> to build my data reader.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas how I can get this working.

I think what you need to do is produce Client/Server wrappings for the
reader. Look in ParaView/Utilities/VTKClientServer to see how ParaView
wraps VTK.

		David