[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[Greg Ushomirsky]

Hi Clint,

that's great, but it still means that I have to face up to building
Paraview in order to use the CVS version, correct?

thanks
greg


On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:10 PM,  <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>
>  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
>
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>
>  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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