[Paraview] Writing a reader with some properties that depend on other ones.

[Berk Geveci]

I can't remember exactly how this is done but exodus reader does it.
Look at the reader xml files and check out the exodus reader.

On 7/18/05, Wiktor Moskwa <wiko_m at poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am going to write a reader for ParaView but before I start
> I have to solve a following problem.
> 
> Data in my file is organized in a following tree structure:
> 
> frame sets
> |
> + - frames
>      |
>      + - cell/point data
> 
> User has to select a frame set then a frame and at last
> arrays of cell and point data.
> For example number of frames is unknown before a frame set
> is chosen and whenever a different frame is chosen, available
> data arrays may change too.
> 
> The problem is that I don't know how to organize widgets in a way
> they get updated according to user's choices.
> 
> Of course in a single call to RequestInformation of VTK object,
> all information cannot be obtained.
> 
> I tried to achieve something by playing with RequiredProperty tag
> but I wasn't successful. I couldn't find a solution in
> VTK/ParaView books.
> 
> 
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Wiktor
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