[Paraview] Custom Filter Not Seen in 3.2.1 Filter Menu

[Mike Jackson]

Is the below still necessary with PV3 cvs head?
I have some custom filters that are not showing up in ParaView3 no  
matter what I do/delete/rebuild.

Thanks for any help
-- 
Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
Innovative Management & Technology Services


On Dec 11, 2007, at 7:29 PM, clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
>
> I see now why it isn't showing up.  At startup, the entries in the  
> filters
> menu are the ones listed in
> ParaView3/Qt/Components/Resources/XML/ParaViewFilters.xml.
> If any new ones are introduced after startup, they are added, which  
> is why it
> works with plugins.
>
> To get it in there, try this...
> === cloudGUI.xml ===
> <ParaViewFilters>
>   <Filter name="Cloud" />
> </ParaViewFilters>
> ================
>
> Then add this in your cloudParaViewImport.cmake file.
> PARAVIEW_INCLUDE_GUI_RESOURCES("${cloud_SOURCE_DIR}/cloudGUI.xml")
>
> Hmm.. I wish that wasn't necessary.
>
> For fun, if you want to make your own menu category, you could do
> <ParaViewFilters>
>   <Category name="CloudFilters" menu_label="&amp;CloudFilters">
>     <Filter name="Cloud"/>
>   </Category>
>   <Filter name="Cloud" />
> </ParaViewFilters>
>
>
> Clint
>
> On Tuesday 11 December 2007 3:08:31 pm Kent Eschenberg wrote:
>> Clint: Thanks! Yes and yes; files attached.  - Kent
>>
>> clinton at elemtech.com wrote:
>>> Are your custom filters in the "filters" group in your server  
>>> manager
>>> xml? <ProxyGroup name="filters">
>>>
>>> And your server manager xml for the filters was added to the  
>>> build using
>>> PARAVIEW_INCLUDE_SERVERMANAGER_RESOURCES?
>>>
>>> Clint
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 11 December 2007 2:40:22 pm Kent Eschenberg wrote:
>>>> Using the notes at
>>>>
>>>>     http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ExtendingParaView
>>>>
>>>> I've successfully added two custom readers to 3.2.1. However my  
>>>> custom
>>>> filter does not show up in the pulldown menu for filters. All 3 are
>>>> assigned to
>>>>
>>>>    PARAVIEW_EXTRA_EXTERNAL_MODULE
>>>>
>>>> and the "USE" and "ON" CMake options for all 3 are set. The  
>>>> debugger can
>>>> find the constructor for the custom filter. Is there anything  
>>>> needed to
>>>> add the name of the custom filter to the filter menu?
>>>>
>>>> The Tools->Manage Plugins menu is empty.
>>>>
>>>> TIA!
>>>> Kent
>>>> Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
>
>
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