[Paraview] Need help with custom reader

[Brad King]

Christophe Dupre wrote:
> We have a custom reader that works fine in paraview 1.2. Since that seems
> to be obsolete, I'm trying to migrate it to the current paraview.
> So far, I have:
> - copied my vtk classes to VTK/Hydrid
> - updated VTK/Hybrid/CMakeList.txt (added reference to new .cxx files)
> 
> I've also modified GUI/Client/Resources/Readers.xml to add a <Module>
> entry for my new reader.
> 
> After compiling, paraview crashes when I open a data file using my reader.
> I can't find any documentation on the architecture changes between 1.2 and
> 1.8, so some pointers would be appreciated.

You also need to update Servers/ServerManager/Resources/readers.xml. 
There is now a book "The ParaView Guide:

http://www.kitware.com/products/paraviewguide.html

that explains some of this.

-Brad