[Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling

[Sean Ziegeler]

Yes, that takes care of part of it.  However, it's not clear to me if or 
how one might add extra parameters for the script, so that the script 
itself doesn't need to be edited for simple parameters.  Is that possible?

-Sean

Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> Have you tried created a custom filter containing the programmable filter with your script?  Once it is a custom filter you can export that to XML and let other users import it.
> 
> -Ken
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org]
>> On Behalf Of Sean Ziegeler
>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:30 AM
>> To: clinton at elemtech.com
>> Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling
>>
>> I wonder, would the ability to load server manager XML and client QRC
>> files at run time allow me to distribute, e.g., a specific python
>> script, to others and it show up as a unique reader/filter/writer with
>> its own GUI widgets?
>>
>> That would be more elegant and less tedious than the current way of
>> doing things, in which I just tell them "paste the following script into
>> the Programmable Filter and modify the parameters inside the script as
>> needed."
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sean
>>
>> clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
>>> On Thursday 24 April 2008 4:20:46 pm Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
>>>> Clint,
>>>>
>>>> Great job as usual.  If you have not already, please add a description
>> of
>>>> this new functionality to the Wiki.
>>> Its already there:
>>> http://paraview.org/Wiki/ExtendingParaView#Loading_XML_at_runtime
>>>
>>> Clint
>>>
>>>> -Ken
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: paraview-bounces at paraview.org
>>>>> [mailto:paraview-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of
>> clinton at elemtech.com
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 2:10 PM
>>>>> To: paraview at paraview.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Paraview] adding existing VTK filter without recompiling
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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