[Paraview] Problem with: ArrayMenu property="SelectInputVectors"

[Patrick boenzli]

Hi Amy,

thx for the tip but I already have the id tag included.

Is there another possibility for this behavour? Do I need to write some
extra C++ code?

- Patrick

Amy Squillacote wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> In the GUI XML for your filter, does the InputMenu menu XML tag have 
> an id entry in it where id="im"? For example, see the bolded section 
> in the below XML code.
>
> <InputMenu trace_name="Input" property="Input"
>            *id="im"*
>            label="Input"
>            help="Set the input to this filter."
>            input_name="Input"/>
>
> The InputMenu and the ArrayMenu have to be linked together like this 
> for the VectorMenu to know where to get its list of vectors from.
>
> - Amy
>
> Patrick boenzli wrote:
>>
>> Hi Paraviewers!
>>
>> I'm implementing a filter as a plugin and would like to make the 
>> VECTOR input array chooseable via GUI (as it is for example in the 
>> WarpVector filter). I added the following lines of code to the xml 
>> file (found at the end of the mail). The vector menu entry is 
>> displayed, but it is always empty (also if data should be available).
>>
>> Did I get something wrong? Thanks very much for your help!
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>
>> File containing: <ModuleInterfaces>
>>    <ArrayMenu property="SelectInputVectors"
>>               trace_name="Vectors"
>>               label="Vectors"
>>               input_menu="im"
>>               help="Select the input normals to process."/>
>>
>>
>> File containing: <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>     <StringVectorProperty
>>        name="SelectInputVectors"
>>        command="SetInputArrayToProcess"
>>        number_of_elements="5"
>>        element_types="0 0 0 0 2"
>>        animateable="0">
>>           <ArrayListDomain name="array_list" attribute_type="Vectors">
>>             <RequiredProperties>
>>                <Property name="Input" function="Input"/>
>>             </RequiredProperties>
>>           </ArrayListDomain>
>>     </StringVectorProperty>
>>
>> Please find the whole source under:
>> http://svn.orxonox.net/biomed/source/lod_filter/src/
>> the important c++ file is vtkETHZBioMedicalLODFilter.cxx
>>
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