[Paraview] ParaView III - plugins under OSX

[clinton at elemtech.com]

On Wednesday 12 September 2007 12:24:59 pm Randy Hudson wrote:
> I had it that way, but changed it to avoid this error:
> Failed to load  ":/ParaViewResources/UGFlashReader_Client.xml"
> Failed to load  ":/ParaViewResources/UGFlashReader_Client.xml"
> Failed to load  ":/ParaViewResources/UGFlashReader_Client.xml"
> Failed to load  ":/ParaViewResources/UGFlashReader_Client.xml"

Well at least its trying to read it with the correct prefix :).
The error message could be clearer, but the xml parser is choking on your "&" 
character.

Clint

>
> I don't get that error when it's set to
> "/Users/hudson/Software/ParaView/ParaView.3.1.0/UGFlashReader_ClientPlugin"
>.
>
> BTW, PV_PLUGIN_PATH is set to
> "/Users/hudson/Software/ParaView/ParaView.3.1.0/UGFlashReader_ClientPlugin:
>/Users/hudson/Software/ParaView/ParaView.3.1.0/UGFlashReader_ServerPlugin",
> and it's exported.
>
> clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
> > Replace your
> > prefix="/Users/hudson/Software/ParaView/ParaView.3.1.0/UGFlashReader_Clie
> >ntPlugin" with
> > prefix="/ParaViewResources"
> >
> > As shown in the wiki http://paraview.org/Wiki/Plugin_HowTo
> >
> > Clint
> >
> > On Wednesday 12 September 2007 11:46:17 am Randy Hudson wrote:
> >> On my OSX machine, I've built client and server plugins for paraview
> >> 3.1.0 for my flash data reader, and set PV_PLUGIN_PATH to point to their
> >> directories.
> >>
> >> Even though the plugins both appear in the "Manage Plugins" dialog of
> >> paraview, the plugin's "file_description" string does not show up in the
> >> "Files of type" drop-down menu of the "Open File" panel.
> >>
> >> I've included the server xml, and the client xml and qrc files below.
> >>
> >>
> >> SERVER MANAGER XML FILE (named "UGFlashReader_Server.xml"):
> >> ------------------------
> >> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
> >> <ProxyGroup
> >>          name="sources">
> >> <SourceProxy
> >>          name="FlashHDF5Reader"
> >>          class="vtkFlashHDF5UGReader">
> >>
> >> <StringVectorProperty
> >>          name="FileName"
> >>          command="SetFileName"
> >>          number_of_elements="1">
> >>    <StringListDomain name="files"/>
> >> </StringVectorProperty>
> >>
> >> <StringVectorProperty
> >>          name="PointArrayInfo"
> >>          information_only="1">
> >>    <ArraySelectionInformationHelper attribute_name="Point"/>
> >> </StringVectorProperty>
> >>
> >> <StringVectorProperty
> >>          name="PointArrayStatus"
> >>          command="SetPointArrayStatus"
> >>          number_of_elements="0"
> >>          repeat_command="1"
> >>          number_of_elements_per_command="2"
> >>          element_types="2 0"
> >>          information_property="PointArrayInfo">
> >>    <ArraySelectionDomain
> >>      name="array_list">
> >>      <RequiredProperties>
> >>        <Property
> >>          name="PointArrayInfo"
> >>          function="ArrayList"/>
> >>      </RequiredProperties>
> >>    </ArraySelectionDomain>
> >> </StringVectorProperty>
> >>
> >> </SourceProxy>
> >> </ProxyGroup>
> >> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
> >>
> >>
> >> CLIENT XML FILE (named "UGFlashReader_Client.xml"):
> >> ----------------
> >> <ParaViewReaders>
> >>    <Reader name="FlashHDF5Reader"
> >>      extensions=""
> >>      file_description="HDF5 & NetCDF Unstructured Grid Flash PARAMESH
> >> files"> </Reader>
> >> </ParaViewReaders>
> >>
> >>
> >> CLIENT QRC FILE (named "UGFlashReader_Client.qrc"):
> >> ----------------
> >> <RCC>
> >>    <qresource
> >> prefix="/Users/hudson/Software/ParaView/ParaView.3.1.0/UGFlashReader_Cli
> >>ent Plugin" > <file>UGFlashReader_Client.xml</file>
> >>    </qresource>
> >> </RCC>