[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[clinton at elemtech.com]

Yes, you do have to build it yourself if you want that new stuff.

Clint

On Thursday 24 April 2008 2:15:31 pm Greg Ushomirsky wrote:
> 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
> >
> >  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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