[Paraview] problems debugging plugin writer

[Dominik Szczerba]

Yes, and it is only the case with one of my plugins. My general remark 
would be plugging should be more verbose to allow debugging...

with regards,
Dominik

Berk Geveci wrote:
> I am assuming you also wrote an xml file for the gui? Like the example
> in Examples/Plugin/Writer?
>
> -berk
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Dominik Szczerba <dominik at itis.ethz.ch> wrote:
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>> My plugin writer does not show up in ParaView drop-down menu of save
>> file types (unlike my plugin readers). Problem is I get no
>> hints/errors/warnings whatsoever. How can I debug what is happening,
>> e.g. see if something goes wrong with the xml server file?
>>
>> I am posting my xml file here, but actually I would much prefer to be
>> able to debug this myself rather than have someone point me with a
>> finger to a wrong line...
>>
>> <ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>
>>        <ProxyGroup name="writers">
>>
>>                <WriterProxy name="vtkHDF5ImageWriter"
>>                                                                 class="vtkHDF5ImageWriter"
>>                                                                 label="HDF5 Image Writer">
>>     <Documentation short_help="Write a an image in a HDF5 file."
>>       long_help="Write a an image in a HDF5 file.">
>>       The reader reads structured HDF5 datasets. The default file
>> extension is .image.
>>     </Documentation>
>>
>>                 <InputProperty name="Input" command="SetInputConnection">
>>                         <ProxyGroupDomain name="groups">
>>                                 <Group name="sources"/>
>>                                 <Group name="filters"/>
>>                         </ProxyGroupDomain>
>>                         <DataTypeDomain name="input_type" composite_data_supported="0">
>>                                 <DataType value="vtkImageData"/>
>>                         </DataTypeDomain>
>>                 </InputProperty>
>>
>>                 <StringVectorProperty
>>        name="FileName"
>>        animateable="0"
>>        command="SetFileName"
>>        number_of_elements="1">
>>        <FileListDomain name="files"/>
>>        <Documentation>
>>          This property specifies the file name for the HDF5 writer.
>>        </Documentation>
>>     </StringVectorProperty>
>>
>>         </WriterProxy>
>>  </ProxyGroup>
>> </ServerManagerConfiguration>
>>
>>
>> - --
>> Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.
>> Computational Physics Group
>> Foundation for Research
>> on Information Technologies in Society
>> http://www.itis.ethz.ch
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