[Paraview] Creating a PV 3 Plugin - qrc File

[clinton at elemtech.com]

If everything else went find, its probably because ParaView is looking for 
a "textChanged()" signal on the QLabel, and its not there, so the link isn't 
created.
I think we can bypass that for information properties, and otherwise spit out 
a warning if the expected signal isn't found.

You can verify that is what is happening by debugging in 
pqNamedWidgets::propertyInformation().

Clint

On Wednesday 20 February 2008 4:38:19 pm Mike Jackson wrote:
> OK. I got my VOI working and it seems to work because what I think are
> two reasons:
>
> 1) It is a Settable property
> 2) The values come from QLineEdits
>
> I have a bunch of other QLabels that are just "getters" to display
> some information that the reader gathers during RequestInformation.
> These values are NOT doing anything in the GUI.
>
> Here is a typical example:
>
> In the Server Manager XML file I have:
>
>       <IntVectorProperty name="NumberOfSlices"
>         command="GetNumberOfSlices" number_of_elements="1"
>         default_values="-1" information_only="1" >
>                 <SimpleIntInformationHelper />
>          </IntVectorProperty>
>
> In the Header of my Custom Reader I have:
> vtkGetMacro(NumberOfSlices, vtkTypeInt32);
>
> and in my .ui file that QLabel is named:
> NumberOfSlices.
>
> The default value doesn't even get used from the Server Manager XML.
> And turning on Debug for my custom reader tells me that the "Get***"
> Methods are never being called.
>
> So where did I screw this up?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
> On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 3:47 PM,  <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> > You have have multiple Qt widgets connected to one server manager
> > property. If you want the connection made between your widgets and the
> > server manager automatically, then suffix the Qt widget names with _0,
> > _1, _2 for which index of the property they are connected with.  If
> > you're going to set/get the values yourself, then you can name them
> > another way.
> >
> > Or if you want to make separate server manager properties, and have one
> > Qt widget for each, you'll have to have corresponding properties on your
> > filter.
> >
> > Clint
> >
> > On Wednesday 20 February 2008 12:59:10 pm Mike Jackson wrote:
> > > >From the ParaView wiki:
> > >
> > > "pqLoadedFormObjectPanel - if you want to design your form in the Qt
> > > Designer, you get a .ui file as a result. You can use this class to
> > > load the .ui file. If the names of widgets created in the Qt Designer
> > > correspond with server manager objects, they will automatically be
> > > hooked up"
> > >
> > > So, basically I need ServerManager XML for each "thing" I want to
> > > display in the gui?
> > >
> > > So I have a VOI that I am setting from the GUI. The QLineEdits are
> > > named "VOIXMin, VOIXMax.... ".
> > >
> > > Based on that I would need some xml in my server manager file
> > > like this:
> > >
> > >
> > >   <IntVectorProperty name="VOIXMin" command="SetVOIXMin"
> > >         number_of_elements="1" default_values="0" />
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Mike Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM,  <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Wednesday 20 February 2008 11:40:00 am Mike Jackson wrote:
> > > > > > I was able to get plugins working on windows so I'll just work in
> > > > > > that env for a bit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Question: In my .qrc file I am not really sure what I should be
> > > > > > putting in there.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Currently I have:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > <RCC>
> > > > > >     <qresource prefix="/ClientPlugin" >
> > > > > >         <file>pqH5RoboMetReader.ui</file>
> > > > > >     </qresource>
> > > > > > </RCC>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The layout of my project is:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PVRoboMet
> > > > > >   src
> > > > > >     ClientPlugin
> > > > > >        Resources
> > > > > >           pqH5RoboMetReader.qrc
> > > > > >           pqH5RoboMetReader.ui
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am not really sure what I should be putting for "qresource
> > > > > > prefix" ?
> > > > >
> > > > > If you use pqLoadedFormObjectPanel in your plugin, it doesn't
> > > > > matter what your prefix is.
> > > > >
> > > > > > When I try to load my plugin ParaView gives back a dialog that
> > > > > > says the plugin failed to load. ( Some actual text in that dialog
> > > > > > box would be useful)
> > > > >
> > > > > Update your code.  Its been fixed in CVS today, so you'll get the
> > > > > reason for failure.
> > > > >
> > > > > Clint
> > > >
> > > > Things are working now. I just need to start hooking up my widgets to
> > > > start getting values from the server side. At least this all works on
> > > > windows. I have no idea what the deal on my OS X machine is (Either
> > > > 10.4 or 10.5).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > > Mike Jackson
> > > > imikejackson _at_ gee-mail dot com