[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[clinton at elemtech.com]

The CVS version of ParaView will allow you to load server manager xml files 
without building plugins.  It also supports loading Client side qrc files to 
add readers and writers without building plugins.

Clint

On Wednesday 23 April 2008 8:52:29 pm Greg Ushomirsky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to add an existing VTK filter to Paraview 3.2.1 for Windows
> that I downloaded from Paraview.org. I'm trying to follow the
> instructions on the wiki page
> http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Extend. That page gives an
> example of two XML files that would be needed to make the existing
> vtkCellDerivatives filter accessible through the menus.  I followed
> the instructions, made the two XML files, and them, as the
> instructions suggest:
>
> To load the XML file into the ParaView, we will go to menu File and
> select Import Package. This will popup a dialog in which we can select
> the appropriate XML file.
>
> Well, I go to the File menu, but there is no Import Package option!!
>
> So, do I really need to build paraview myself in order to add an
> existing filter?  Or am I missing something in the instructions??
> Sure, I could build a plugin, but that requires building paraview from
> source as well.
>
> thanks for the help,
> Greg
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